Old Myzie
... 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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Categories:
fisherfolk, brother, death, depression, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Dungeness
...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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Categories:
fisherfolk, beach, bird, boat, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Ono No Komachi Translations
...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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Categories:
fisherfolk, desire, life, longing, love,
Form: Tanka
Ono No Komachi Translation: Autumn
...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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Categories:
fisherfolk, age, autumn, death, depression,
Form: Tanka
Talking of Selsey
...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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Categories:
fisherfolk,
Form: I do not know?