"The Island"

Robert Berry
University of Otago
Department of English

Deep South v.2 n.1 (Autumn, 1996)

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THE ISLAND




	In the day there is an island	
	but it has sailed away
	now that the gulls are silent
	and the sandcrabs sleep.



	From the land's end	
	there is the beat of white light;



	it lulls me.



	Fear is remote now.
	Even the rocks are warm.

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