England - Gleaming In the Distance
...across the Doggerland dogged people trudge
Neanderthals, Heidelbergers...Sapiens, the last ones standing
hairy mammoths, heavy life bearing down
the mighty maw of an ice wall crunches, enfor...
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Categories:
cliffed, conflict, destiny, england, history,
Form: Narrative
Epiphany
...It clings to the cliffed shore,
to the wintered face of the thistle path,
to the fingers of the old man's glove
as he waves his memory homeward
In that breath between come and go
she moves...
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Categories:
cliffed, america, analogy, anxiety, assonance,
Form: Free verse
Northern England
...NORTHERN ENGLAND
Steep hills and sudden
Gouged by ice, and water-formed -
This is no civilized landscape gentle
With demesne and orchard
And sun-kissed downland copses;
It is t...
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Categories:
cliffed, home,
Form: Free verse
Gateshead Gate - Crash
...These steep hills are part of me
Where I learned to ride a bike
And gazed over the industrial haze
And ice-dammed the steep melting streets
So the toy boat couldn’t
Drift out of control downslope.
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Categories:
cliffed, memory, education,
Form: Free verse