Lovely whispery last line and a half, Seth!Antcliff wrote:The only thing
in the ruined croft cottage
Brass bed,
roof gone, door gone.
Where the wind sometimes rests,
undisturbed by rain, whispering
at stars
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Magpie Jane
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Wow, Seth, that's about as good as any cinq could ever hope to be! Such a strong, clean 'spirit of place'.
Everything looks better by candlelight.
Everything sounds more plausible on the shortwave.
Everything sounds more plausible on the shortwave.
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Magpie Jane
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(with apologies to TS Eliot)
I, too,
have stalked the smoke
o'er narrow tracks and watched
the shadows that rise from danger
and dreams.
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I, too,
have stalked the smoke
o'er narrow tracks and watched
the shadows that rise from danger
and dreams.
*
Everything looks better by candlelight.
Everything sounds more plausible on the shortwave.
Everything sounds more plausible on the shortwave.