The Scroll Of Learning

A slip of paper
Passed around the group
Folded neatly after writing
Single line of thought.

When unravelled into many
The scroll of learning
Is absorbed into poetry
To read as one.

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Original item by J F Keane

That second stanza takes some believing!

(Have you looked in the corners for some dead poet`s bones?)

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Original item by J F Keane

I only tinker with minor details like the punctuation. The content of the original lines (and their order on the page) is always maintained.

The horse relates to the Dadaist art movement, who used collage a lot. In fact, Dada means 'hobby-horse'.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Dada

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Original item by J F Keane

In the second half of each Stockport Write Out Loud, John Keane, the coordinator, passes round a piece of paper on which everyone writes a line based on what's happened or what they've heard. Each folds the paper so their line can't be seen by the next, and passes it on. It's then unfolded to reveal the whole poem. Bizarrely, it works every time, though I think John does tinker slightly sometimes. John?
Stockport Write Out Loud is run within the art gallery surrounded by paintings, sculptures or photos or whatever is the latest exhibition. Cool, eh? Not sure if that's a self-portrait. Again, John?
Ah, I get it. It's a horse designed by a committee, like the poem. But this does not produce a camel, but a horse. clever.

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Um, I like this. Lovely language. (What is the WOL Stockport Collage thing about? I expect I should know.) An interesting illustration too - could be out of George Stubb's sketchbook!

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