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Donegal

A line of stones; the threat of so much space, a fallen horizon. Salt grass coarse with rain, nights heavy with tides and the battered story of the sea,the broken gong of the moon, strange friends. Then,I knew not what to call the rough curves of peat, slight of the sea, a bodhran wind over the rocks. When I am no more; let me melt in the rain of this cold coast, its own name shaped, the seagull`s call.

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Date: 3/27/2015 9:44:00 AM
Lovely. I instinctively read it out loud with an Irish accent. I love the imagery here "the broken gong of the moon" is unbeatable. The "cold coast" is economical and yet very evocative. And if the last two lines aren't part of folklore then they should be. Just lovely. This is the work of a proper poet.
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Leslie Philibert
Date: 5/24/2015 4:12:00 AM
Thanks and my best wishes
Date: 3/27/2015 9:08:00 AM
- A very well written poem, Leslie .... touching! - I wish you a beautiful and relaxed weekend :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Leslie Philibert
Date: 5/24/2015 4:13:00 AM
Hallo Anne, as I know you write well I am pleased you liked this, best wishes, Leslie

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