the harbour is an ironing board

Posted on November 9, 2005 by lynsey gedye

concrete poetry by Denis Glover

The harbour is an ironing board
Flat iron tugs dash smoothing toward
Any shirt of a ship any pillowslip
Of a freighter they decree
Must be ironed flat as washing from the sea

Denis Glover

Concrete poetry on Wellington’s waterfront.

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2 Responses to the harbour is an ironing board

  1. Mike_Anthony says:
    August 10, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    The fourth line should read:
    “Of a freighter they decree”

  2. lynsey gedye says:
    August 10, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    Oh, eeek, eeek, eeek! Thanks, Mike, my bad.

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