
Bonnie Helen Hawkins
Artist - Illustrator - Teacher - Arts Management
Memory Forest


In 2019 the wonderful Irish poet Gaynor Kane chose my oil painting "November Light" to grace the cover of her most recent poetry book, "Memory Forest".
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I met Gaynor while working on the 52 Crows project in 2018, when she kindly submitted a poem, "Keening" to my blog.. The illustration for "Keening" is also reproducted in the book.
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To read more about Gaynor and her work, please visit her website www.gaynor.kane.com
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Gaynor Kane is supported by the arts Council of Northern Ireland.
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"Memory Forest" was published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press. www.hedgehogpress.co.uk
Keening
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In the centre of President's Park,
she stands, arms outstretched,
cradling a taxidermic crow
in the palms of her hands;
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presenting it to the world
like a sacrifice. Black wings
murder a blue sky
then weigh down
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the top branches.
Deafen the dog-walkers,
joggers and chess-players
with their screeching and cawing.
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They jump from branch
to branch and then,
as quick as they arrived,
fly away; respects paid.
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Reproduced with kind permission from Gaynor Kane.
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