APERTURES #6

bernard hemensley

goldy hermitage

30 / january / 2018

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IS THIS FELLA REALLY ME? JUST FOUR SLEEPS AWAY FROM COMPLETING SEVENTY JOURNEYS AROUND THE SUN.

bernard hemensley

goldy hermitage

28 / january / 2018

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POEM PUT TOGETHER RATHER QUICKLY FOR ROB SCHACKNE

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WHILST RIDING MY BIKE

AROUND A ROUNDABOUT

A GOOD FEW YEARS BACK

SOME LOUD-MOUTHED BOY-RACERS

SHOUTED AT ME TO

GET-OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY.

YOU STUPID OLD MAN

THEY ADDED

ON ACCOUNT OF MY BIG BEARD

I GUESS.

WELL

THAT WAS THIRTY YEARS AGO
AND 
ACCORDING TO ROB SCHACKNE

 THERE'S GONNA BE

A BIG LUNAR ECLIPSE

AT THE END OF THE MONTH

ON THE EVE OF MY SEVENTIETH

AND IF I SEE

THOSE BOY-RACERS

OR THEIR LIKE AROUND
I'LL GIVE THEM
STUPID OLD MAN

I'LL BE SURE TO 
KICK THEIR ASS!

COME-ON

AT MY AGE

YOU SHOULD 
CUT ME SOME SLACK.

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bernard hemensley

goldy hermitage

28 / january / 2018

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KITCHEN FOTOS / IT'S RAININ' OUTSIDE

BERNARD HEMENSLEY

GOLDY HERMITAGE

25 / JANUARY / 2018

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CALLIGRAFFITI

BERNARD HEMENSLEY

GOLDY HERMITAGE

22 / JANUARY / 2018

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for GENEVIEVE

SHE WANTED MASTS AND NETS.

SHE WANTED WAVES AND SPRAY AT SUNRISE.

SHE WANTED A FISHERMAN TO CATCH AND BRING HOME HER DREAMS.

SHE WANTED TUNA AND SWORDFISH.

SHE WANTED BASS AND TARRAGON...

MACKEREL AND ROSEMARY.

SHE WANTED GARLANDS OF FLOWERS...

ROSES.

SHE WANTED ROSES.

SHE WANTED LAURELS AROUND HER LOVER'S HEAD.

SHE WANTED ITALY...

ESPECIALLY SICILY.

SHE WANTED TO LIVE IN A HUT NEAR THE SHORE

 AND SEE THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF HER FISHERMAN.

SHE WANTED TO GO TO A CHURCH TO PRAY AND LIGHT CANDLES FOR HIS SAFE RETURN WITH THE OTHERS.

SHE HAD THIS DREAM OF A FISHERMAN.

SHE WANTED TO MAKE LOVE WITH A FISHERMAN.

MAYBE A PHOENICIAN, A GREEK OR A CARTHAGINIAN.

SHE WANTED HIS BABIES AND TO SLEEP SOUNDLY WITH THEM EACH NIGHT.

SHE WOULD NOT SETTLE FOR LESS.

SHE WANTED SICILY..."FAIREST GARDEN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN."

SHE WANTED TO SEE THE BAY AT TAORMINA.

SHE WANTED ETNA'S ETERNAL FIRE IN HER VEINS.

SHE WANTED MASTS AND NETS.

SHE WANTED SUNRISES AND SPRAY.

SHE WANTED TUNA, SWORDFISH, ROSES, AND GARLANDS OF LAUREL.

SHE WAS GOING TO STAND BY HER DREAMS.

BERNARD HEMENSLEY

GOLDY HERMITAGE

21 / JANUARY / 2018

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23 FOTOS : FOLLOWING A PATH T'WARDS SOUTHILL, THIS EVENING

bernard hemensley

goldy hermitage