by the hoar rock in the drowned wood* there was once a feasting-cup city pearl and aquamarine of its precincts and palaces sea-green peridot of its square miles but no one knows a way back through time to when Lyonesse was fresh from the hands of its makers No one can bear to think … Continue reading Two Poems by Penelope Shuttle
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Two poems by Penelope Shuttle
Langspiel New lamps for old sang the harp prepare for sorrow and snow for sleeping on a bare floor New lamps for old sang the harp, be glad to eat alone in the cold kitchen to walk by the golden cliff along the sunlit tide line Get used to the hard work of it … Continue reading Two poems by Penelope Shuttle
Two poems by Penelope Shuttle
Long Man The Long Man holds open house at Wilmington, the Downs are his backyard, his walking poles know their way home, they know where the best blackberries grow - not far from Heaven Farm, not far from The Lavender Line, the shadow village of Ripe, he won’t share them with me, though the … Continue reading Two poems by Penelope Shuttle
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