Dai Vaughan’s poem about the distinguished sculptor and artist Robin Hume was written in Cambodia where he was located when he heard of his friend’s death earlier this year. Robin Hume’s many friends, ex-colleagues, and Glasgow Art School graduates will remember him with affection and admiration.
IN MEMORY OF A FRIEND
Robin Hume 1943-2017
How is it that I am lying here
Beside this pool
Snoozing in the sunshine
Having just swum in the cool water
And you are no more
Or rather your body
Lies in the chill of the mortuary
While your spirit has flown
To where mysteries unfold
And the truth is known
Is there a justice in this
That I can’t fathom
You weren’t old
In today’s understanding
Nor were you ill
Or if you were
You didn’t seem so
Was it simply that you had done
All you could do
All you were ever meant to do
Your perceptive eyes
And skilful hands
Had fashioned from clay
All that was needed
For those who had known you to say
What a true artist you were
What a generous soul
What a fine man
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