Fisherfolk Poems - Poems about Fisherfolk

... OLD MYSIE “As crazy as Old Mysie” my grandma used to say. Land company made promises, too good to be true, To fisherfolk from Isle of Skye, it seemed the thing to do. Cleared up land and n......

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...copper burns across an endless sky competing caws claim salt, surf and sand sailing high above slowly sagging carcasses long forgotten at the edge of the world buckled rails swim over a s......

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...As I slept in isolation my desired beloved appeared to me; therefore, dreams have become my reality and consolation. —Ono no Komachi, translation by Michael R. Burch Submit to you—is that wh......

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...Watching wan moonlight illuminate tree limbs, my heart also brims, overflowing with autumn. —Ono no Komachi, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch As I slept in isolation my de......

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...Selsey, a glistening jewel by the sea speak to me! Tell me of the treasures, buried in your beaches talk of the fishing boats, bolstered by the sea. Whisper of the stony multitude rimming your wat......

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