Between Friends: 'Introductions' by Moya Cannon

Hello friends!

In between our fuller episodes, in which we share a conversation with someone talking about a poem that is very special to them, we thought we'd start a new occasional offering, between friends...

Expect voices, readings, poems and stories, from our continuing adventures with The Poetry Exchange...

In this first mini-episode between friends, John Prebble reads a poem that has come back to him recently, which really makes him of The Poetry Exchange: 'Introductions' by Moya Cannon.

There will be a new, fuller conversation coming soon, so stay tuned!!

In the meantime, between friends, thank you for listening.

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Introductions

by Moya Cannon

Some of what we love

we stumble upon –

a purse of gold thrown on the road,

a poem, a friend, a great song.

And more

discloses itself to us –

a well among green hazels,

a nut thicket –

when we are worn out searching

for something quite different.

And more

comes to us, carried

as carefully

as a bright cup of water,

as new bread.

'Introductions' by Moya Cannon, from The Parchment Boat, The Gallery Press, 1997

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