tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255875252024-03-15T13:54:31.451+00:00wordsculpturesWords and pictures reflecting life and faith.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger974125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-89327972086933331642024-02-14T08:14:00.000+00:002024-02-14T08:14:10.520+00:00This love will carry<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytAeE6SvHi-1TR7NDqF5WTcsdEFrg2cGdA6yZqi6rUW3MYAW_7exsm5aUzW_NC7Bub71khc4fnAirLixVSXisLVkB4PMGNC4In0zFRTV7tUFHKxUTDICqQaG0HS7fTv6-BBAEs2SqUzwdcSabXGrSgl3jC0z6bVTMeJj9TbyjOme7KZ1BkQ/s1800/Valentine%202024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytAeE6SvHi-1TR7NDqF5WTcsdEFrg2cGdA6yZqi6rUW3MYAW_7exsm5aUzW_NC7Bub71khc4fnAirLixVSXisLVkB4PMGNC4In0zFRTV7tUFHKxUTDICqQaG0HS7fTv6-BBAEs2SqUzwdcSabXGrSgl3jC0z6bVTMeJj9TbyjOme7KZ1BkQ/s320/Valentine%202024.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This love will carry</span>* <br /><br />In the quiet darkness, <br />when all is still but my soul, <br />I will see you. <br /><br />And on the shoulders of darkness <br />I would carry a candle <br />to your side.<br />I would not bring my darkness <br />nor candle my fears; <br />I would not shadow you <br />with my anxious soul. <br /><br />And if my love could carry, <br />my love would carry you, <br />I'd be a transport in your care.<br />But, for now, <br />the wraith of missing enfolds me <br />even before you are gone. <br /><br />I will see you still, <br />though you be far away <br />tired, troubled <br />and fighting battles. <br /><br />My love carries me there, <br />wherever 'there' may be <br />my love will carry me, <br />would that my love <br />would carry <br />you. <br /><br /><br />14/2/2024</div><div style="text-align: right;">*title of a
Dougie MacLean song</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-22783690170385794992023-12-15T07:20:00.000+00:002023-12-15T07:20:55.930+00:00Some other blues<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8BMuB5gKnGYGRj4gev_znjVi5VmJzuOiXDfFVUrlwX1Spo80KNxoq25cMgd05_hha8xRZuKLeVqCCDB1kQOycbkSC_wlcSjcz9-XT5T3Tz12Kk7fvUqiFJ3uxKXV6R4FeYiZzsQ2CM-IWThvtzerDTq0dbTDBtQo4n2Wg5wWPKmildsjoQ/s527/IMG_2243%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="241" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8BMuB5gKnGYGRj4gev_znjVi5VmJzuOiXDfFVUrlwX1Spo80KNxoq25cMgd05_hha8xRZuKLeVqCCDB1kQOycbkSC_wlcSjcz9-XT5T3Tz12Kk7fvUqiFJ3uxKXV6R4FeYiZzsQ2CM-IWThvtzerDTq0dbTDBtQo4n2Wg5wWPKmildsjoQ/s320/IMG_2243%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="146" /></a></div>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I
can't bring sunshine,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">can't
stop the rain.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Can't
turn back time -</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
I can't ease the pain.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Can't
fathom reasons</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
world goes round,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">why
up is up</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">or
down is down.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But,
sure as a hand</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">is
warmer in a glove;</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">if
you'll let me,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">you'll
have my love.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Can't
get to grips</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">with
high-tech things,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">with
changing times -</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
trouble it brings.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Why
history changes</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">by
the accent used,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">details
are changed</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
facts abused. </span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But,
rest assured,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">if
there's a God above;</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">if
you'll let me</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">you'll
have my love.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This
isn't like</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">some
other blues</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">where
all is bleak</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
life confused,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
light gone out</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">'cos
the 'lectrics fused.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I'll
plead guilty</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">if
I'm accused -</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">if
you'll let me</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">you'll
have my love.</span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8BMuB5gKnGYGRj4gev_znjVi5VmJzuOiXDfFVUrlwX1Spo80KNxoq25cMgd05_hha8xRZuKLeVqCCDB1kQOycbkSC_wlcSjcz9-XT5T3Tz12Kk7fvUqiFJ3uxKXV6R4FeYiZzsQ2CM-IWThvtzerDTq0dbTDBtQo4n2Wg5wWPKmildsjoQ/s527/IMG_2243%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="241" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8BMuB5gKnGYGRj4gev_znjVi5VmJzuOiXDfFVUrlwX1Spo80KNxoq25cMgd05_hha8xRZuKLeVqCCDB1kQOycbkSC_wlcSjcz9-XT5T3Tz12Kk7fvUqiFJ3uxKXV6R4FeYiZzsQ2CM-IWThvtzerDTq0dbTDBtQo4n2Wg5wWPKmildsjoQ/s320/IMG_2243%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="146" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-61065585807821541532023-11-12T08:00:00.001+00:002023-11-12T08:00:00.145+00:00Armistice 2023<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWfCmPrQXFEgqJ7PdVv9ssYgx6d-WuGeySBxhw-Nva7T7an1KWzquX2Zmt89Ol30NVR0wNiiHpA3sYC1ohyZwhyCQCBVEPJv473VzWrao2ZlnJE5RMmYuoJeTmVQTrnQAN15cNwp_JxyCnQ8GizgJ1_SW2fBUzS5yJSk8PNOaosorYSHvhQ/s2782/IMGP7417%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="2782" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWfCmPrQXFEgqJ7PdVv9ssYgx6d-WuGeySBxhw-Nva7T7an1KWzquX2Zmt89Ol30NVR0wNiiHpA3sYC1ohyZwhyCQCBVEPJv473VzWrao2ZlnJE5RMmYuoJeTmVQTrnQAN15cNwp_JxyCnQ8GizgJ1_SW2fBUzS5yJSk8PNOaosorYSHvhQ/s320/IMGP7417%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Stiff
stalked sentries in Autumn sunlight,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">silently
at attention before the stone,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">stand
dumb before the crowd.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Piped
bugle notes</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">stir
the mute moments</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
the silence</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ends.</span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">But</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">not
all</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ends,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">not
all </span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">are
attentive</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">to
solemn history;</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">violent
scars surface</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">from
bloodied soil</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">again.
</span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
who sleep</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">on
pillowed beds</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">contemplate,
for a moment,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">on
those whose restless sleep</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">wrestles
with the fear of waste.</span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-47445144882665497342023-11-11T08:00:00.006+00:002023-11-11T08:00:00.132+00:00Ghosts, in memorial<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EADa-m7BP5ywIkOLPUWTQO1ozWcmEVZXPmXpJSNB0x_S5_pYm6jIW1DBwZDqfrFy5e47YD5wI_OKadKHOSOuZCf7ug_DeDujtgsl-Gg2afVjMwOIK_6lqjaeFD1bWVZoz2pFSR8S3Tr0d6uOQ8zubiTsLhtyMtVl4RRB5lFSVCkJgMIczQ/s883/45795650_10212420879904221_4323150149841846272_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="883" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EADa-m7BP5ywIkOLPUWTQO1ozWcmEVZXPmXpJSNB0x_S5_pYm6jIW1DBwZDqfrFy5e47YD5wI_OKadKHOSOuZCf7ug_DeDujtgsl-Gg2afVjMwOIK_6lqjaeFD1bWVZoz2pFSR8S3Tr0d6uOQ8zubiTsLhtyMtVl4RRB5lFSVCkJgMIczQ/w640-h284/45795650_10212420879904221_4323150149841846272_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">The
annual wraith of war</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">stalks
sensitive earth,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">leaving
blood-stained trails</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">haunting
tendered lives</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">with
its heavy boots.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Ghosts,
in memorial,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">gather
around</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">gatherings
around</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">memorial
stones</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">and
half masted flags.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">Poppies,
in abundant echo,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">badge
lawyers and teachers,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">housewives
and doctors,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">nurses
and drivers</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">who
have never ventured</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">before
gunfire,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">nor
skirted craters</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">in
a rush to oblivion.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">The
holy water of tears</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">elaborates
grim remembrances</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">of
histories shared</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">or</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">held
at arms length by generations</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">that
poorly understand</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">the
painful chaos of conflict.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-60684393420382397382023-11-09T23:12:00.000+00:002023-11-09T23:12:12.827+00:00Uncaptured<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NaTZAveCV6TOhxR_m6m53yGgoxs-2SsQryyUIncyx8rR_LfeMdsB2Um1BSJsg1zJscI87CxymhMKe1zKpAybnrDoio2NKYWfkbLLo4iJ-JE-l5ll8nfrDiwhKbY3NxlG7gd4YnAZiIgaTpNGJJdcVNL5MgdO8WzSAwh30iXGO1VqMwgidQ/s2127/IMGP6837%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2127" data-original-width="1522" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NaTZAveCV6TOhxR_m6m53yGgoxs-2SsQryyUIncyx8rR_LfeMdsB2Um1BSJsg1zJscI87CxymhMKe1zKpAybnrDoio2NKYWfkbLLo4iJ-JE-l5ll8nfrDiwhKbY3NxlG7gd4YnAZiIgaTpNGJJdcVNL5MgdO8WzSAwh30iXGO1VqMwgidQ/w286-h400/IMGP6837%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="286" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Uncaptured</b></span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mine
are painted lines, inky shallows -</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
whites of the 'i' s</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">blinking
in mascara masquerade.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Grease-paint
for thoughts.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Words
are dreams,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">dreams
are words</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">but
the sentence</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">never
snores</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">but
fidgets</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
somnambulism.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And
I stumble over syllables:</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">that
pebbled shore of speech</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">rattling
in the ebbing desertion</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of
restless, stanzaed, sea.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Meanwhile
the grease-paint thoughts</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">gulling
and floundering</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
the tide</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">fade</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">beyond
the dream. </span>
</p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-10215384853772286632023-11-07T06:44:00.000+00:002023-11-07T06:44:59.232+00:00And still they fall<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDNVxqFPd5d6zioHu07kKj-vCQ_GJnO4x8D7ex9wJMCTRXn6AjDlkyLp0jJRIkeyi9NFIEMhMoOB6CgHcn015mHRniHGQlC0qHnZE6boY4EFkm1dT7ZMleetGQ1IBmNtAIzCVvctCqCdqKL7lJDz-imdRf3UY25kgr-EIBFuCZjSoVCLdKQ/s4447/IMGP7347%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3177" data-original-width="4447" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDNVxqFPd5d6zioHu07kKj-vCQ_GJnO4x8D7ex9wJMCTRXn6AjDlkyLp0jJRIkeyi9NFIEMhMoOB6CgHcn015mHRniHGQlC0qHnZE6boY4EFkm1dT7ZMleetGQ1IBmNtAIzCVvctCqCdqKL7lJDz-imdRf3UY25kgr-EIBFuCZjSoVCLdKQ/w400-h286/IMGP7347%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And
still they fall,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">daily,
into</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
trap of blood.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Transfusing
the dust</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">with
their red tears</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
pain,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">echoing
the past</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
their passing.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Nations
pass</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">their
unlearned histories</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
a relay</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">that
knows no finishing tape,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">no
applause</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">save
the silence</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of
remembrance</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
the podium</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of
stacked coffins.</span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And
in the soil,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">below
the fields,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">bones
turn and tumble</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
anguish,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">sacrificed</span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for the forgetful.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-48050619664098009812023-02-18T22:08:00.001+00:002023-02-18T22:08:24.636+00:00Mist of time<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Mist of time</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkmgKNAgTlQbQ0mIFIddkmGdL7vHMVJizVOkawiZmDCNCp8D6rrWXSbjuVcx7J-qnHDmnKhiI6r55w_aSYIi60KfGktACuSOx15lrKWbRrd-H5k_DfneiS9KJbz5TEtGkN1Dd8gj2L2Leg5ECNS4i-PZl9Uw48TkLpcwd2xA5RuHuwSo/s6050/IMGP6111%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4050" data-original-width="6050" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkmgKNAgTlQbQ0mIFIddkmGdL7vHMVJizVOkawiZmDCNCp8D6rrWXSbjuVcx7J-qnHDmnKhiI6r55w_aSYIi60KfGktACuSOx15lrKWbRrd-H5k_DfneiS9KJbz5TEtGkN1Dd8gj2L2Leg5ECNS4i-PZl9Uw48TkLpcwd2xA5RuHuwSo/w640-h428/IMGP6111%20-%20Copy%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div>
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This
is the mist of time,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the
nether days</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">when
sleepy winter </span></span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">way-leaves
for trees to wake,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">nudging
spring from slumberous torpor.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Snow
becomes snowdrops.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Crocus
choirs strike up early colour.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lambs
tails drip from branches</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">as
chandeliers, pendant jewellery,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and
the early buds of new season</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">begin
the gossip</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">that
speaks of fresh redoubt. </span></span>
</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-57602064893582235352023-02-14T10:56:00.000+00:002023-02-14T10:56:01.147+00:00Valentine<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52iTCkKF9rYiMHBq6w4CVUmgrZ9vhsO0NBCrm-2_KKi-CNe9YO_1zFMH-1V0yDUTvjQbImjypI8gSbG22RAGQRIbmxkX3q3g8mUZ6LFP5PSUOipV7v8kOH9JiJKzOBsxrURXv-prG16DgKcnnIsAotL-QizVUohVH2qO7u7AsN7YW3Gk/s572/Fullscreen%20capture%202142023%20104345%20AM.bmp.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="380" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg52iTCkKF9rYiMHBq6w4CVUmgrZ9vhsO0NBCrm-2_KKi-CNe9YO_1zFMH-1V0yDUTvjQbImjypI8gSbG22RAGQRIbmxkX3q3g8mUZ6LFP5PSUOipV7v8kOH9JiJKzOBsxrURXv-prG16DgKcnnIsAotL-QizVUohVH2qO7u7AsN7YW3Gk/w426-h640/Fullscreen%20capture%202142023%20104345%20AM.bmp.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQd9wdL4vFoav-ztnNvQi9QHiYWqU-GeEFYRB7pXrFd53EtGhBe9-eTOPymAmB0Jz8TnelwdP-CwDOq0rbhwJ-ERxRgSZQvQIFNbFemrCwqtwzNvSzkir1iqRAB0nW6u0sMhXe0yfpOFvqOvS3vDNyUglKuOzwJi2D_QjHxksXicpJqw/s621/Fullscreen%20capture%202142023%20104500%20AM.bmp.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQd9wdL4vFoav-ztnNvQi9QHiYWqU-GeEFYRB7pXrFd53EtGhBe9-eTOPymAmB0Jz8TnelwdP-CwDOq0rbhwJ-ERxRgSZQvQIFNbFemrCwqtwzNvSzkir1iqRAB0nW6u0sMhXe0yfpOFvqOvS3vDNyUglKuOzwJi2D_QjHxksXicpJqw/w464-h640/Fullscreen%20capture%202142023%20104500%20AM.bmp.jpg" width="464" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-54427983129241814252022-12-18T10:14:00.000+00:002022-12-18T10:14:04.084+00:00Jigsaw ice Haiku<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVYagPctZaXLPR-Q9PTGvit671xTIfF6XoVObrP41KsJff88nhuCPY1JQxtnxHKS_rYcxeuw3tcPodqC2zDeAQbM-yF0BHT9rsht_s7NVqLo9W598XKVGqlInCyxpedrEZXJD7yY2DLvw1qk2xClex8upbzCN0C00Y9aU22Ls8iXyzvg/s1757/IMGP5857%20-%20Copy%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="1757" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVYagPctZaXLPR-Q9PTGvit671xTIfF6XoVObrP41KsJff88nhuCPY1JQxtnxHKS_rYcxeuw3tcPodqC2zDeAQbM-yF0BHT9rsht_s7NVqLo9W598XKVGqlInCyxpedrEZXJD7yY2DLvw1qk2xClex8upbzCN0C00Y9aU22Ls8iXyzvg/w658-h442/IMGP5857%20-%20Copy%20(3).JPG" width="658" /></a></div><br />
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ragged
jigsaw ice</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">leeches to
the pleading pool</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the
drought begins.</span></span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-77380223477293029682022-12-17T15:15:00.000+00:002022-12-17T15:15:28.852+00:00Fear not<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlrlIR-gp2_tmrEnTUOPNCbmTPnS3fhvy10QCVaRtYgwBeHoG3yZdPHGHsAEVeCqqbr9drZji99JLUTCDsoEDmjyLGA2lu_v5Njuvn_2E6nUmS8txLLDqvc_UKmgp90ogCPAsYL9UYxwD-iOT3XGNBOM0X7iUEM-A01wvWhVnr3Xiomw/s2619/IMGP5837%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1747" data-original-width="2619" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijlrlIR-gp2_tmrEnTUOPNCbmTPnS3fhvy10QCVaRtYgwBeHoG3yZdPHGHsAEVeCqqbr9drZji99JLUTCDsoEDmjyLGA2lu_v5Njuvn_2E6nUmS8txLLDqvc_UKmgp90ogCPAsYL9UYxwD-iOT3XGNBOM0X7iUEM-A01wvWhVnr3Xiomw/w478-h318/IMGP5837%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="478" /></a></div>
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Naked
night</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>cowers,</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>the
Light has come,</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>in
starred night.</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>The
bitter desert</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>reveals
a secret</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>from
the depth of time</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>as
Angels, enchoired,</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>entrance
cowering</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>sheep
guards</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>and
silence</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>flees
</b></span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>with
the shallow darkness.</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Tomorrow,</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>unfrightened,</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>in
wanton day</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>the
lesser light of dawn</b></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>will
break the spell.</b></span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-59483349785635262302022-09-23T10:04:00.001+01:002022-09-23T18:51:54.610+01:00Thief<p>
</p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Thief</span>
</b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">(Covid 19 mk</span></i></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">II</span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">)</span></i></span><b><i>
</i></b></span></span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">They
are gone;</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">your
nose, your lips</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">have
slipped</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">away
again.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The
kisses have gone</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">their
gentle nuzzling</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">parable
of love</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">is
lost again.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Your
eyes kiss mine;</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">your
lips and tongue</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">obstructed
at the checkpoint</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">we
have no passport</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">bar
the two stripes</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">where
one should be.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">My
tears are the sweat on my brow,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">the
percussion of a sneeze</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">and
the expectorate bark</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">which
seize in ambush.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">In
the midnight the thief</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">holds captive</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">your
kisses</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">and
I have only words</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">to
love-letter the ransom.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-47904213898831174902022-09-20T07:44:00.000+01:002022-09-20T07:44:10.326+01:00Lament<p>
</p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Lament</b></span></span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Turning
in the cloister,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">skirling
pipes</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">cry
their exit;</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">breath
becoming music,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">complex
notes</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">scrying
the unknown</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">at
the leaving of the spirit.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In
countless quiet rooms,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
singularity or chorus,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">complex
feelings</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">stab
and stir</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
ambush.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Screens
share finalities.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Fading
into mist</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Her
reality,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">at
the mercy of historians</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
opinions,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">complex
addenda </span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">will
realign</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
familiar.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">New
generations</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">will
not experience</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">nor
understand</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">our
lament.</span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-77727090549232687262022-09-19T15:59:00.000+01:002022-09-19T15:59:28.142+01:00The last procession<p>
</p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The
last procession</b></span></span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The finality of
returning;</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in procession She
returns,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">decorated like a present</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">for some special
occasion.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The solemn funeral march,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the swirling mourning of
pipes</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and the occasional clash
of bell,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">mark her returning.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Windsor greets her,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the open tomb expects
her,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and, crown and sceptre
resigned,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">peace awaits.</span></span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-43062149085057528992022-09-19T15:30:00.003+01:002022-09-19T15:30:54.878+01:00The State Funeral<p>
</p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The
State Funeral</b></span></span></p>
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<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
bell rings: the toll of a life redeemed,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">tuneless,
lest the tune itself becomes a focus.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A
majestic solitary note</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">subject
to the majesty of Her Majesty.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
bell rings again, its singularity of purpose</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">accentuating
between its tolling</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">a
leaving, an absence, a farewell.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A
gun echoes the bell,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">its
discharge of smoke</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">like
the dispersal of a soul</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">onto
'the long walk'.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Solemn
footfalls,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
accompaniment</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">march
their tune in turn,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">while
silent feet face the cortège</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
contemplation.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And
She is gone.</span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-65047904501625151332022-09-12T15:45:00.005+01:002022-09-12T16:17:12.996+01:00The long march<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> The long march</span></span></b><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVB51EZDw-5AdEo58SpUILaGd-kkhr_N9c8IH5zAyeCPoKT3P44MWuX8SYzd11KZi_beQR-CO6-ov1oT7AtlubuKAqHJLLlov4CIeFpoj8m8wKbhRFQY4u0oi1MmzpFb_RVUZD4gKW-LIo6GpREPinkjLnSSyOkgqOQKQIXaEGTmAiIqw/s1600/BBC%20iPlayer%20-%20Watch%20BBC%20One%20live%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox%209102022%20121055%20PM.bmp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVB51EZDw-5AdEo58SpUILaGd-kkhr_N9c8IH5zAyeCPoKT3P44MWuX8SYzd11KZi_beQR-CO6-ov1oT7AtlubuKAqHJLLlov4CIeFpoj8m8wKbhRFQY4u0oi1MmzpFb_RVUZD4gKW-LIo6GpREPinkjLnSSyOkgqOQKQIXaEGTmAiIqw/w640-h360/BBC%20iPlayer%20-%20Watch%20BBC%20One%20live%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox%209102022%20121055%20PM.bmp.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<p></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Elizabeth,
like soldiered livery,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">adds
her colour to our history.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Guarded
by the stasis of Her passing,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">she
will not change</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">as
we who remain will change.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">She
will not mark the miles</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">we
are yet to travel</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">as
she has set milestones</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">in Her wake.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">In
the dignity of death</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Her
shadow</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">fills
our future;</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Her
coffin</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">shades
our country,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">in
airborne progress,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">to
the capital.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Her
spirit takes a different</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">lofty
path</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">uncharted
by obligation</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">and
tradition,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">unchained
by the rules</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">and
mechanics</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">of
man.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">She
travels</span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">a singular path <br /></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">to
the commonwealth</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">of
the faithful.</span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-90154844125415195892022-09-11T15:32:00.001+01:002022-09-11T15:32:24.124+01:00Elizabeth II<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujj_q3GOf3h8kpPkWabGaK42Bj_D8thQEpEpzMWQtqQiuED28ldAhZfhmAXrAQYhBfAR_vqeZRNO1hJjOmCwUxhAthJoujaAOQCfIwkNWmPtVOR618q4_Rbjx3Jdr609Xs3pR2xj-cer7tO0Yzc1SyzQdQF3TxCldgvJ4jAVV6m8gEDA/s2016/liz%202_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujj_q3GOf3h8kpPkWabGaK42Bj_D8thQEpEpzMWQtqQiuED28ldAhZfhmAXrAQYhBfAR_vqeZRNO1hJjOmCwUxhAthJoujaAOQCfIwkNWmPtVOR618q4_Rbjx3Jdr609Xs3pR2xj-cer7tO0Yzc1SyzQdQF3TxCldgvJ4jAVV6m8gEDA/s320/liz%202_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>
<p></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Elizabeth
II</b></span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
never met. You and I.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
walked in different circles -</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">you
in pomp, me in a crowd.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">You
became Queen when I was three</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
walked through my life</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">You are MY queen.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
never met, you and I</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">but
we spent seventy years in company.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Thank
you for those years.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We
never met, you and I</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">but
we walked together.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Now
you walk alone</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and,</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">maybe,</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I'll
catch up with you</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">soon.</span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">*written today at church and read in the morning service <br /></span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-20360539198256900842022-09-10T12:24:00.000+01:002022-09-10T12:24:06.012+01:00The trumpets sound<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQRbjXqFmG3-j1fIPb3NwgdTOwH_8WJL9R4M1TUwRsmLTWpYF9QdfA-1_XHNja9eVcuEgLJ6ckHpBwClN_-tJ9t9S1_djx7U59yeiucQfXR3RUj3QqjBCx8NKuP9qALIGaVwUuTGt46NJBiRmHWRYuhquvZ71rMpOnoTmy-3WPfc2Hvw/s532/BBC%20iPlayer%20-%20Watch%20BBC%20One%20live%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox%209102022%20115408%20AM.bmp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="532" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQRbjXqFmG3-j1fIPb3NwgdTOwH_8WJL9R4M1TUwRsmLTWpYF9QdfA-1_XHNja9eVcuEgLJ6ckHpBwClN_-tJ9t9S1_djx7U59yeiucQfXR3RUj3QqjBCx8NKuP9qALIGaVwUuTGt46NJBiRmHWRYuhquvZ71rMpOnoTmy-3WPfc2Hvw/s320/BBC%20iPlayer%20-%20Watch%20BBC%20One%20live%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox%209102022%20115408%20AM.bmp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The
trumpets sound</b></span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
trumpets sound -</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">chordant
brass in respectful air</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
the day breaks in two.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What
is gone is gone.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Matriarch
to Patriarch,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
baton is passed</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">a
novelty, bright liveried</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
centuried tradition.</span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
trumpets sound -</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">scarlet
tunics, bright buttoned,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">dispose
their guns,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">dispose
their bearskins</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
mass singularity.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bareheaded
they pronounce</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">'<b>the
King</b>'</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
hurrah chorus</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">with
a chorus peopling yard and environs.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rAslBffANJYmqbUlT8rVx7ENUe0u41Hd7OE6g3hmZB1oYbLdTNUXUUu6df_KV-WJhZo-4RZqnPAOYbcpgTRK4s5IMbhsrz3gWToFHaOKmi6_ClOrfXJtPgyDNTXvarEKOqO-2gLLmr4Lw9acRDEiBV5wfj69jCcFn1R8-YaRPglu6eM/s768/BBC%20iPlayer%20-%20Watch%20BBC%20One%20live%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox%209102022%20115121%20AM.bmp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="768" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rAslBffANJYmqbUlT8rVx7ENUe0u41Hd7OE6g3hmZB1oYbLdTNUXUUu6df_KV-WJhZo-4RZqnPAOYbcpgTRK4s5IMbhsrz3gWToFHaOKmi6_ClOrfXJtPgyDNTXvarEKOqO-2gLLmr4Lw9acRDEiBV5wfj69jCcFn1R8-YaRPglu6eM/s320/BBC%20iPlayer%20-%20Watch%20BBC%20One%20live%20%E2%80%94%20Mozilla%20Firefox%209102022%20115121%20AM.bmp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And
in towns and villages</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
cities and countries</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">church
bells</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
unity</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ring
out their</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">proclamation</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in
sad celebration.</span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-1847273289604345042022-05-29T09:28:00.002+01:002022-05-29T09:28:40.979+01:00Bee haiku<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7RNfT2ghQW1XXu77UpBw5-9MVSakEgub8tAACQbuFjVt3uOQMmNx7qGMatVKW4ljIbh6RSipxhIZWDUI65fZUikb4wuNyAieebROrNQ9V9l4msztHbgfUjnFazmLYT2z03x9yv3K3lxDvILjC_Cw0uC88zsgdsX2h4B-0F_M2bakTVE/s6130/IMGP4481%20-%20Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4130" data-original-width="6130" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7RNfT2ghQW1XXu77UpBw5-9MVSakEgub8tAACQbuFjVt3uOQMmNx7qGMatVKW4ljIbh6RSipxhIZWDUI65fZUikb4wuNyAieebROrNQ9V9l4msztHbgfUjnFazmLYT2z03x9yv3K3lxDvILjC_Cw0uC88zsgdsX2h4B-0F_M2bakTVE/w455-h307/IMGP4481%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="455" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Coracle insect</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">stirring air between flowers</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">hunting for sweetness.</span></span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-83819606787203221382022-02-14T08:00:00.001+00:002022-02-14T08:00:00.222+00:00Valentine <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfZ-rJ7M_kpcM0WTEQDUmF81cn-cFbRZYf2zdMbnbRYU0-eEcwk_oJs1eLB7CCw0_wcu37xLtnrZxVSrZw_GkK6sG1vkIk8i--mH4mZmIyWlAi3ol6kwcmLvUqTiMams8IMQ9RRJgOhWYVmsfoeuwBPJSIAnzS5Gqx1zqjoWUW3-ep_aI=s2362" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfZ-rJ7M_kpcM0WTEQDUmF81cn-cFbRZYf2zdMbnbRYU0-eEcwk_oJs1eLB7CCw0_wcu37xLtnrZxVSrZw_GkK6sG1vkIk8i--mH4mZmIyWlAi3ol6kwcmLvUqTiMams8IMQ9RRJgOhWYVmsfoeuwBPJSIAnzS5Gqx1zqjoWUW3-ep_aI=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When we were young </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">valentines were love-hearts </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">neatly wrapped in tubes </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ready to unwrap and read. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now we are no longer young </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and those things of love</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> are unwrapped and tasted. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sweet is no longer
all sugar </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and gone in moments. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Love remains</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> sweet</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">lasting a life time.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-35515642779932259082022-02-09T08:00:00.001+00:002022-02-09T08:00:00.353+00:00The rainbow arch<p style="text-align: center;"><i> (Lindisfarne Abbey)</i><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwKYqwF28Qx5Zbs5NgW9wo5WlUSbGuiWkSR0o83VA0_P-9gdAcdbp5oawVd-aJ0INpqsunqCQ_igCNMyjqwoF2VtIY44yU5_4uh1MA3EbPyckL63Gap4nhpw8e6UUKsuslNzRwEkDRUs-cxDLXFzA2pcOgbUbAbS9V5nZoCKi47xMHxMw=s1600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1600" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwKYqwF28Qx5Zbs5NgW9wo5WlUSbGuiWkSR0o83VA0_P-9gdAcdbp5oawVd-aJ0INpqsunqCQ_igCNMyjqwoF2VtIY44yU5_4uh1MA3EbPyckL63Gap4nhpw8e6UUKsuslNzRwEkDRUs-cxDLXFzA2pcOgbUbAbS9V5nZoCKi47xMHxMw=w492-h335" width="492" /></a></div>
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Those days are gone</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">when island children</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ran over the arch</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in unclad feet.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">They dared the drop,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in ancestral perpetuity,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for no reason</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">but the vital call </span>
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of coming of age.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Now, only storms trouble</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the stonework -</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">galing winds</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">rifling the mortar,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">sculpting the bricks</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">beyond the masons' art.</span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-35815050167904921362022-02-08T11:15:00.000+00:002022-02-08T11:15:04.865+00:00Alert<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpP3m7hj9AOInVl7KUFMGxCyeOnadx2NQC8atE8eef_WpLgOcaBapKkVJrI5vn7gRXOJhJ8a77kQwJ4cZxRIAuHO6VoPrN_r7aCxRKsJP0Bx3spiOrryVHdemoQpZQjKgywtWWKYbPLcJB2zxd6NZazdfSIMWlfjzfCq4jstMfqj3YSc/s1442/IMGP1272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1442" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpP3m7hj9AOInVl7KUFMGxCyeOnadx2NQC8atE8eef_WpLgOcaBapKkVJrI5vn7gRXOJhJ8a77kQwJ4cZxRIAuHO6VoPrN_r7aCxRKsJP0Bx3spiOrryVHdemoQpZQjKgywtWWKYbPLcJB2zxd6NZazdfSIMWlfjzfCq4jstMfqj3YSc/w468-h335/IMGP1272.JPG" width="468" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There is something in the air</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">senses are afire,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">blades of grass are whispering.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There is a song in the rustles</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of vague movements,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the corners of searching eyes</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">pick up brief ghosts.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This is safe pasture,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">but the weanings</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">play their games</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">under wary watchful</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">pickets.</span></p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-2908185785941384032022-02-07T08:00:00.001+00:002022-02-07T08:00:00.224+00:00Returning to rust<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtfEv6hyAhtD8rJmq0-6g9Bpex4Dvx7YIWi_GGQ9gaTO1mtarT-Wc67yCylJ8wo9_7aBpb166lemUyhqRwJMGnTf-eu1XtNzJWCtpx4cqKB353qwcgvuyTvyCPXKR-FHHor6_uVW66kNS1Zdz4V4O4p9VP0OIfb9Qa59LETxf48HVA4VE=s3255" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2323" data-original-width="3255" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtfEv6hyAhtD8rJmq0-6g9Bpex4Dvx7YIWi_GGQ9gaTO1mtarT-Wc67yCylJ8wo9_7aBpb166lemUyhqRwJMGnTf-eu1XtNzJWCtpx4cqKB353qwcgvuyTvyCPXKR-FHHor6_uVW66kNS1Zdz4V4O4p9VP0OIfb9Qa59LETxf48HVA4VE=w428-h305" width="428" /></a></div>
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Once favoured with work
and opportunity</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">redundant iron</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">fades with age and
uselessness.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Built from dust it
returns to rust</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and peels like sunburn</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with the exposure of
days.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Deposed by usurping
modernity</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">it lies uninterred</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and scavenged by rain,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">abandoned</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">to stain the ground</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with its red-brown
blood.<br />Grass and weeds now grow</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and flow</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">through its arteries</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">surrounding it with
enquiry</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and contempt.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wandering through the
wilderness</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">of my brain</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ideas, like pebbles,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">tumble against each
other.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dry and ageing,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">or emerging</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">from the soup</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">of formation,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">they mix</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">like soup</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in the fabrication</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">of a liquidiser.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Coloured and precise,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">or banded and speckled</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with caveats,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">they share space</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">causing clarity or
confusion</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">in equal measure.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The are shiny and new
like jewels,</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">or dull with conformity</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and the chains</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">of reasonableness.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All life is there.</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shall I choose one</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">for the slingshot</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">or polish one</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">for display ?</span></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</p>
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<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">These
are links to the past,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">testament
to smithery</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
a forge of time.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Fire
and iron</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">trained</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for
the skirmish of wear</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
the battle of tides.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
firm plantation</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of
anchorage</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">into
unyielding rock</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">still
promises safety</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">for
transient visitors.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And,
long after they are gone,</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the
bleeding of rust</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">will
exsanguinate</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">their
finality.</span></p>
<p><br /> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25587525.post-49013170572366132392022-02-04T15:09:00.000+00:002022-02-04T15:09:38.111+00:00Straining against<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY3UgvC4Mx10V6RSMOFUof6tXwbOsaQR8m9rDD4SPYTVRs1QA2VwFw4dgniSBZG_Ivm2bKF7OcQtRoBuWvYtq8j0lGgRdxVU5_cDZw2XDFaMW5GHwQr7GsNrI7W6iL7b1gB7-enkVVmx6HlfZ51Jvc05msxQYKJdCHeYv-e2Nt85PsfFA=s3401" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3401" data-original-width="2435" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY3UgvC4Mx10V6RSMOFUof6tXwbOsaQR8m9rDD4SPYTVRs1QA2VwFw4dgniSBZG_Ivm2bKF7OcQtRoBuWvYtq8j0lGgRdxVU5_cDZw2XDFaMW5GHwQr7GsNrI7W6iL7b1gB7-enkVVmx6HlfZ51Jvc05msxQYKJdCHeYv-e2Nt85PsfFA=w289-h404" width="289" /></a></div>
<p></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Age
has wearied the masonry;</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">worry
lines strafe patterns</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">where
salty winds embrace.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Nature
sculpts</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">a
living tension -</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">abhorring
the definitions</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of
human masons .</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Conservative
straight lines</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">fall
foul of tender abrasion</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and
the advent</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">of
abstraction.</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Straining
against the inevitable</span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">new
beauty,</span></p><p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">with determined frown, <br /></span></p>
<p align="CENTER" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">puts
on a new face.</span></p>
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