Hugh Greasley is a poet and painter who uses landscapes as a means of exploring landscapes, people and memory. Explorations can be about such things as sunlight falling into a shed or the experience of visiting a wreck on a Cornish beach at night in the teeth of a gale.
Hugh also works as a visual artist, painting in oils and has had a scientific education. He has published seven collections of poetry.
Gills
Gills
When I was a fish
in the middle time
I had gills and a tail.
The other fishes became fish and even birds
but I became myself.
The first gill became my mouth, my lips, my jaw,
my cheek and my ears
and now when I talk and listen
I use my gills.
Hugh Greasley
‘Gills’ is part of Hugh Greasley’s Lunar Walk anthology. Lunar Walk was a collaborative project with Performance Artist Helena Eflerová, based on a night walk during full moon, down the river Itchen to the sea.