Canal Images

By Sian Evans

Location: Armentieres Square, Stalybridge

I
Stagnant water
becomes
ice islands
becomes
frozen
afternoon stroll.

II
Green grass
where the sun shines
white grass
where the moon shines.

III
Beer can
coke can
soup can
refuse –
an exhibition of

IV
a mop,
a shopping basket,
three balls,
and a red scooter.
Is this art?

V
Abandoned pallet
a life raft for
strands of yellow grass.
Refuge.

VII
The ducks?
The geese?
Not even a robin.
First look,
frozen February.

Sian Evans relocated to the rainy north from the sunny south five years ago. It rains and it pours and it floods. She thought it was a myth! This, however, leaves plenty of time to spend indoors writing. Sian is studying English Literature and Creative Writing at Salford University.