Text Box: Homeward Bound
30 years
Release date: October 2007
A single limited edition of 300 copies only
+ 30 digital (giclée) artist proof copies SOLD OUT
Image size 18inches x 15inches
Published price: £117.50 inc VAT
 
Text Box: HOMEWARD BOUND
With a resolute tick and a resonant tock
The loitering hands of the grandfather clock
Creep on at a barely perceptible pace
Across the now yellowed and romanised face
Its elegant case and its baritone chime
A quarter repeater, it keeps perfect time
Both cadence and air to the passage of day
Dissecting the hours that the master’s away
 
With deep concentration – and long wistful sigh
And a bright knowing gleam in a rich Chestnut eye
With singular foresight of master’s return
And with great expectation, he has no concern
For the grandfather clock striking quarter-past eight
But the rise and the click of the latch on the gate
The crunch of the gravel, the key in the lock
For Bramble will never have need of a clock