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On Not Finding Bede\r\n<\/strong>\r\n\r\nAt the throat of the Don\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0where twin Tyne tunnels\r\n\r\nundercut Crackwillow\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0we searched for you.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe searched for you\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in Go-To-Bed-At-Noons,\r\n\r\nby Pellitory-Of-The-Wall,\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0through Lady\u2019s Bedstraw.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\nAt Station Burn, Field Scabious\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0could have been your glow;\r\n\r\nBlack Medic your remedy.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We searched for you\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nthe way Small Tortoiseshells\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and Meadow Browns\r\n\r\nsearch Timothy and Tansy;\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0how miners\u2019 caged Linnets\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\ntrace Bernician sky.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We thought we traced\r\n\r\nyour coracle over Whitburn Steel;\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0clouds scattering\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nfor your arrival, but as we looked\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0beyond Souter Point\r\n\r\nwe could only see waves\u2014\r\n\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0like praying hands of saints.<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
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This poem featured in Land of Three Rivers: The Poetry of North-East England<\/em> (Bloodaxe, 2017)<\/p>\n
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Jake Morris-Campbell<\/strong> was born in South Shields in 1988. A recipient of New Writing North\u2019s Andrew Waterhouse award, he has published two pamphlets of poetry: The Coast Will Wait Behind You (Art Editions North, 2015) and Definitions of Distance (Red Squirrel Press, 2012). He is completing a PhD in Creative Writing at Newcastle University. www.jakecampbell1988.blogspot.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Not Finding Bede At the throat of the Don \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0where twin Tyne tunnels undercut Crackwillow \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0we searched for you. We searched for you \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0in Go-To-Bed-At-Noons, by Pellitory-Of-The-Wall, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0through Lady\u2019s Bedstraw. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At Station Burn, Field Scabious … Continue reading