‘On Returning’ is an example of ‘Visual Poetry’ - where one has attempted to support the original written work with relevant imagery.

‘On Returning’ is a short, visual / video poem, written while revisiting deepest Cornwall, alone; seeing the familiar, triggering memories from the distant past, from long ago, but recalling events (and relationships) now through different eyes.

As for memory; looking back is both selective and fallible. Pain is rounded out, details fogged by the passing of time; by simply growing older, seeing things in a different light, putting them in context or understanding them from a new perspective. ‘On Returning’ is my attempt at capturing that idea. I hope it rings bells.

It is rendered in monochrome to reinforce the abstraction of temporal memory from that of real life events.