Captain Fey, at his maps

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(without land, a man is nothing)

By tropic light
by moth light
he spends his hours with maps
circles the mountain
settles on the East
makes cattle calculations
plots a territory in red
a hundred thousand acres
mostly foothill scrub

a hundred thousand acres

even now he thinks
this may not be enough

Published by colinhopkirk

Poet, writer, artist. Writing and performing in England, publishing anywhere. Member of Hexameter performing poets. Workshops, projects, cross-arts collaborations.

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  1. Thank you so much Colin for your submissions which are much appreciated. You will be pleased to know that Captain Fey is featured today on the Poetrywivenhoe website at https://poetrywivenhoe.org/it-is-the-poem/ I have intuited that he was Captain Ernest Fey who settled in East Africa – if I’m wrong, please correct me and I shall alter the introduction accordingly.

    Very best wishes ::Peter

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