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Ellisian Fields
Although we stare until our eyes go fuzzy
nothing stirs, no whisker, not a nostril.
The pond has want of life but we live hopeful:
the fringing sedge is dense, the water scuzzy
and these impediments can well excuse the
absence of movement. At least we have a photo,
a snap displaying capybara profiles,
unmistakable if somewhat muzzy.
A quarter hour ago the pair revealed
their forms in a dash between pools but now they’re sleepers
sunk in a swamp. Take note: Ellisian Fields
are wild and tangled places. If you’ve failed
to glimpse a twitch of life look closer, deeper.
You never know what treasures that might yield.
Ellisian Fields is a selection of 43 of the best poems that Tim Ellis has written over almost 20 years. Some of them are popular performance poems that have not previously been published, some are competition winners, and others are samples from Tim's three collections. Enjoy the birds of the world in colour, explore the rainforests of Central America, wear yourself out going around the world in three minutes, tingle in trepidation as a girl meets a unicorn in a dark wood at midnight, or just take yourself off on a crap world holiday!
nothing stirs, no whisker, not a nostril.
The pond has want of life but we live hopeful:
the fringing sedge is dense, the water scuzzy
and these impediments can well excuse the
absence of movement. At least we have a photo,
a snap displaying capybara profiles,
unmistakable if somewhat muzzy.
A quarter hour ago the pair revealed
their forms in a dash between pools but now they’re sleepers
sunk in a swamp. Take note: Ellisian Fields
are wild and tangled places. If you’ve failed
to glimpse a twitch of life look closer, deeper.
You never know what treasures that might yield.
Ellisian Fields is a selection of 43 of the best poems that Tim Ellis has written over almost 20 years. Some of them are popular performance poems that have not previously been published, some are competition winners, and others are samples from Tim's three collections. Enjoy the birds of the world in colour, explore the rainforests of Central America, wear yourself out going around the world in three minutes, tingle in trepidation as a girl meets a unicorn in a dark wood at midnight, or just take yourself off on a crap world holiday!
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First published December 14, 2013
About the author
Tim Ellis
7 books11 followersTim Ellis lives in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the UK, where he runs a small gardening business. He is fascinated by wildlife, especially birds, and with his partner the artist Robbie Burns he has travelled around much of the world seeking out the rare and the beautiful.
As a poet he divides his talents equally between page and stage. He has won a number of written poetry competitions and slams, and in 2021 he was long-listed in the National Poetry Competition.
On the performance side, he is a well known face at slams, festivals and Open Mics throughout the North of England and can be found ranting at the occasional political rally too, but his principal haunt is Poems, Prose and Pints at the North Bar in Harrogate, of which he is an organiser.
As a poet he divides his talents equally between page and stage. He has won a number of written poetry competitions and slams, and in 2021 he was long-listed in the National Poetry Competition.
On the performance side, he is a well known face at slams, festivals and Open Mics throughout the North of England and can be found ranting at the occasional political rally too, but his principal haunt is Poems, Prose and Pints at the North Bar in Harrogate, of which he is an organiser.
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