LARGELY an elegy for the old North- East: the "Right Jarrow", at least in public perception. Kelly observes
The yard's
dead, quiet.
Chains no longer
hold onto ships
onto lives.
A poem about Swan Hunter's notes: The yards are finished.
Kids need to be told where the river is.
A final sequence celebrates the paintings of Norman Cornish, one of which, Two Men at Bar with Dog, graces the cover.
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