There is, in other words, the left and right sides of the frame, as well as above and below - coordinates on an axis.įinally, this daily practice encompasses an entire life work. 284) or "white water moving across channel below it" (pg. And again "small white birds gliding across below it" (pg. 88), or "shoulder of ridge in upper left corner" (pg. Ratcliffe places the real world of his surroundings inside a frame, so that the things which he describes are as if images in a painting - for instance "empty column of feeder in lower right corner" (pg. Leaves in bamboo thicket, rufous-sided towheeĭisappearing from branch in upper right corner" "silver of sun rising through motion of green Here there is a concentration on "things as they are." The actual origins of Shiki's theory were actually in painting, and this painterly quality is shared by Ratcliffe's work. The objective representation of scenes in daily life has much in common with Shiki's "life sketch" method of haiku. Writing here becomes the discipline of a daily practice, both a meditation on existence and careful attention to a way of proceeding and the materials of the work. Hence "things seen" means also things read and remembered - all of that which is important to the poet's world and the process of creating or building that world. But as in Duncan's sense of "the real," this encompasses a broad range of human experience. Through daily notations of things seen, we are invited to see the world around us, where meaning arises gradually through the process of the poem itself. "Kandinsky thinking 'a never-ending extent of redĬan only be seen in the mind.' How each colorĬannot dispense with boundaries of some kind." Of the unmade white bed, pale grey light in skyĪbove still dark corner of the plane opposite it"Īnd yet "existence is interpretation" (Gianni Vattimo) as we see in lines appearing after these straightforward observations.
"wedge of pink orange light on wall to the left In situating the writer (writing) at a particular location, one sets out a definition of what it means to be alive and to be human.
Thicket, whiteness of cloud pressing down above "motion of leaves in upper right corner of bamboo Of ridge on left, still bright silver planetĪ way of looking - Cloud Ridge is a continuation of Stephen Ratcliffe's project of recording daily events, primarily what is seen, from a particular location, often called "site-specific work." "grey light coming into sky above horizontal line Willcox’s scores occurred in the second quarter when Reyes completed a 5-yard pass to Brian Blair and fullback Phillip Foreman rushed into the end zone from 28 yards.The Return of the Present: Cloud Ridge, by Stephen RatcliffeĤ82 pp. With two seconds remaining, Dale Clester, who earlier made a 28-yard field goal, came up short on a 51-yard attempt. Rob Wahlin carried the ball three times to the 1, and on fourth down, Willcox’s defensive front pushed back Wahlin’s brother Rick from getting into the end zone.īlue Ridge cut the lead to 13-11 with 23 seconds left on the next play when Reyes tried to hand off the ball but was tackled for a safety.Īfter Monty Reidhead returned the ensuing punt 12 yards to the Willcox 46, Blue Ridge quarterback Don Sanders hit Chris Clarine with a pass to the 34-yard line. Leading 13-9 with less than 2 minutes remaining, Willcox used a goal-line stand to preserve the victory.Īfter Blue Ridge defensive back Greg Schimmel intercepted a Jessie Reyes pass at Willcox’s 40-yard line and returned the ball 23 yards to the 17, the Yellow Jackets moved the ball to the 7 and had a first-and-goal with 1:47 left. The Cowboys were in control from the beginning taking a 13-3 lead at halftime. GAME SUMMARY: Willcox (9-3) knocked off Blue Ridge (9-2) a week after upsetting previously unbeaten Williams to claim its one and only state title. SCORE: Willcox 13, Lakeside Blue Ridge 11 43ĬHAMPIONSHIP: Class 2A (known as Class B at the time)
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