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the dreamers\u2019 ark<\/strong><\/span> by Paul Summers<\/em><\/p>\n the oak is seasoned each board & beam rendered immaculate planed & polished the wrights slip- each limb in balance like lovers\u2019 vows caulked with hope our lines are tied beyond the lash the sirens call in refrain beseeches on their barricade then truths & lies the ghosts of all then faith & doubt the flexing muscle will raise us off our petards primed we\u2019ll voyage toward towards a haven this ark of gesture within the warp the reek of sheep its canvas chest repels the barrage its swell embellished non nocere<\/em> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" the dreamers\u2019 ark(the haven, tynemouth) by Paul Summers the oak is seasonedthe sawyers done each board & beamis shaved & steamed rendered immaculate in barrel curves planed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":528,"featured_media":13629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1660],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gfdesign.co.uk\/culture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(the haven, tynemouth)<\/p>\n
the sawyers done<\/p>\n
is shaved & steamed<\/p>\n
in barrel curves<\/p>\n
to perfect laps<\/p>\n
glazed by noble toil<\/p>\n
each peg set tight<\/p>\n
immoveable in situ<\/p>\n
& dogma pitched<\/p>\n
the mast is set<\/p>\n
of briny rain<\/p>\n
a kelpie chorus<\/p>\n
us to join them<\/p>\n
of angry waves<\/p>\n
file two by two<\/p>\n
our champions too<\/p>\n
complete the crew<\/p>\n
of a lunatic tide<\/p>\n
our silt-kissed keel<\/p>\n
the mainsail draped<\/p>\n
some promised land<\/p>\n
of our communion<\/p>\n
& good intent<\/p>\n
& weft of oily sheets<\/p>\n
the thrill of transit<\/p>\n
heaved out in pride<\/p>\n
of this storm<\/p>\n
with gilded words<\/p>\n
do no harm<\/p>\n