Godwin, Elizabeth Anne

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The GooseVolume 15 | No. 1 Article 399-1-2016Blank FiveElizabeth Anne GodwinUniversity of Wales AberystwythPart of the Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Literature in English, North AmericaCommons, Nature and Society Relations Commons, Place and Environment Commons, and thePoetry CommonsFollow this and additional works at / Suivez-nous ainsi que d’autres travaux et œuvres:https://scholars.wlu.ca/thegooseThis article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars Commons @ Laurier. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Goose by anauthorized editor of Scholars Commons @ Laurier. For more information, please contact scholarscommons@wlu.ca.Cet article vous est accessible gratuitement et en libre accès grâce à Scholars Commons @ Laurier. Le texte a été approuvé pour faire partie intégrantede la revue The Goose par un rédacteur autorisé de Scholars Commons @ Laurier. Pour de plus amples informations, contactezscholarscommons@wlu.ca.Recommended Citation / Citation recommandéeGodwin, Elizabeth A.. "Blank Five." The Goose, vol. 15 , no. 1 , article 39, 2016,https://scholars.wlu.ca/thegoose/vol15/iss1/39.  Blank Five  'the rain' you said   ‘of a day of a night of a day will wash an orange eye into green grass'   you were right;       flowers    a bleed of copper  half transparent in the sunlight  swim thin as fish  unfurling    under thin walls of water;    snail shells;  wraith-like    under trees;  between blades of grey green grass moss a mechanical bird;  hops  listens;  hops...  chrome green sap torn from hazel and from thorn stares out through the starting rain  white    orange tipped like scorched fern  a butterfly  straggles; bobs;   1Godwin: Blank FivePublished by / Publié par Scholars Commons @ Laurier, 2016  zig - zags...  if it settles;  you will stay;   it does not                              ELIZABETH JARDINE GODWIN was born in South Africa and studied English Literature and Art History. She has taught in America and currently divides her time between England and France.  Her creative and critical work is concerned with the effects of landscape, building and memory and what this can tell us about our ongoing relationship with built and unbuilt landscapes. The importance of water and light in shaping our sense of architecture and the ecology of place is also a focus of her research and creative practice. 2The Goose, Vol. 15, No. 1 [2016], Art. 39https://scholars.wlu.ca/thegoose/vol15/iss1/39

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