Walk on air against your better judgment.
--Seamus Heaney
He was standing in an old road, rutted and ancient, that wound up a black hill towards the sky, where a great flock of black birds was gathering. The birds were like black letters against the grey of the sky. He thought that in a moment he would understand what the writing meant. The stones in the ancient road were symbols foretelling the travelers journey.
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30 August 2010
21 April 2010
Song
I am sorry I have been so lax about posting for national poetry month. Here is something from (in my opinion) one of the greatest living poets:
A rowan like a lipsticked girl.
Between the by-road and the main road
Alder trees at a wet and dripping distance
Stand off among the rushes.
There are the mud-flowers of dialect
And the immortelles of perfect pitch
And that moment when the bird sings very close
To the music of what happens.
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birds,
National poetry month,
Poetry,
Seamus Heaney
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