dangermouse
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Someone, I think it was Benny G. was looking for a poem where fish were described as bars of metal. Paul Boote suggested Hughes but couldn`t be exact.
It`s not a poem, it`s an essay, which probably explains why you couldn`t find it.
It begins;
"I spent hundreds of hours staring at a float,
Not drowsily, very alert"
And the line you were thinking of
"Is to bring up some lovely solid thing
Like living metal . . ."
I believe you can find it in 'Poetry in the Making' and `Winter Pollen- Occasional Prose`.
It`s not a poem, it`s an essay, which probably explains why you couldn`t find it.
It begins;
"I spent hundreds of hours staring at a float,
Not drowsily, very alert"
And the line you were thinking of
"Is to bring up some lovely solid thing
Like living metal . . ."
I believe you can find it in 'Poetry in the Making' and `Winter Pollen- Occasional Prose`.