Watts, Julie

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Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre forLandscape and LanguageVolume 5Issue 1 En Passant Article 282013The Coast RoadJulie WattsThis Poetry is posted at Research Online.http://ro.ecu.edu.au/landscapes/vol5/iss1/28Recommended CitationWatts, J. (2012). The Coast Road. Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language, 5(1).Retrieved from http://ro.ecu.edu.au/landscapes/vol5/iss1/28The International Centre for Landscape and Language Edith Cowan University Landscapes ISSN 1448-0778 Volume 5 Issue 1 En Passant Winter 2012     Landscapes     Vol 5 Issue 1 Winter 2012     En Passant The Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language  ISSN 1448-0778 JULIE WATTS  The coast road    The coast road where seagulls dip and surfers wait  inky shapes on bobbing jade  where day and dusk shake hands   and the sun lies down upon a strip of sea  where runners skirt the boardwalk in rhythmic   meditation    and cars scuttle home     hearth-hooked  and hypnotised   where distant ships paint horizon toys                                                           and the jade darkens                                                            and the strip of sun                                                            dissolves   where the sky opens up its colour box and smears itself in oranges and reds  1161Watts: The Coast RoadPublished by Research Online, 2012The International Centre for Landscape and Language Edith Cowan University Landscapes ISSN 1448-0778 Volume 5 Issue 1 En Passant Winter 2012     Landscapes     Vol 5 Issue 1 Winter 2012     En Passant The Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language  ISSN 1448-0778                                                           and the surfers bob                                                           and the waves are teal                                                             and the hush of dusk                                                            approaches – approaches                                                            its finger on its lip.                  1172Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language, Vol. 5, Iss. 1 [2012], Art. 28http://ro.ecu.edu.au/landscapes/vol5/iss1/28

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