The author of this pamphlet won the King's College James Prize and T.R.Henn Prize (both for creative writing) while at Cambridge, and was awarded a Travelling Studentship for English Poetry on graduating. Here are some endings
- "Rainbow" - "Yes, I collect rainbows when I am out and about. It comes very naturally to me./ Here is another one for you."
- "Kipper Tie" - "Little imagining that within our own brief lifetimes/ Our beloved colour photographs would fade/ And all our youth dissolve/ Into a gradually receding blur."
- "The Colour of Grief" - "Grief has no measure, no shape, and no horizon./ Perhaps only an artist/ Who could create a colour that is beyond all colour/ Could depict the colour of grief."
- "Window on the World" - "I would highly recommend stained glass as a medium./ It requires considerable craftsmanship/ And painstaking attention to detail,/ But you can always re-use the pieces/ When your entire view of things/ Has been shattered yet one more time."
- "Studio" - "just in case an angel/ Should pass through my north-facing window/ And perch for one instant on my workbench,/ Its wings ablaze with colours/ For which only God knows the names"
I think there are too many colours in this book.
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