slumpystones
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Scratchmarks in the Chalk...slumpy
Feb 22, 2007, 20:13
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Scratchmarks in the chalk
A scar, a blemish
undetected
Sacred places now
neglected
Hiding secrets
unsuspected
Just scratchmarks in the chalk
Hopes, beliefs now long
rejected
Dedications
unrespected
Sacred landscapes
unprotected
Just scratchmarks in the chalk
Modern farming
unaffected
Earth and human
disconnected
Inherited yet not
protected
Just scratchmarks in the chalk
This has been around since Thornborough and Tara made the headlines, though not directly about either. A bit Crass-esque for you lovers of protest punk ;)
And no, I didn't use a rhyming dictionary.
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Littlestone
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Re: Scratchmarks in the Chalk...slumpy
Feb 22, 2007, 21:08
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Thanks slumpy: duly added to the ever growing word-hoard of our poems.
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VenerableBottyBurp
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Re: Samuel Pepys' diary account of visit to Avebury
Feb 22, 2007, 21:13
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nigelswift wrote: I stopped, and took a
countryman of that town, and he carried me .... I did give this man 1s.
I told him if he comes back I'de haver to charge him a tenner, especially if I have to carry the lazy sod!
:)
VBB
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slumpystones
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Re: Scratchmarks in the Chalk...slumpy
Feb 22, 2007, 21:15
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Thanks. Slightly different sentiments to the usual ;)
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slumpystones
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They watch, they wait...slumpy
Feb 23, 2007, 20:54
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I didn't plan on submitting anything at all [don't want to hog the thread and all that] but I was captivated by this image today http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/55670 and it just grabbed me. A stunning photo. Before I knew it this was sitting in front of me.
Like hooded mourners
they show no face
they speak no words
they leave no trace
the winter rain
the spring snowfall
the burning sun
and through it all
they watch
they wait
Like shrouded dead
they bide their time
they break no silence
they make no sign
their lonely vigil
their unheard call
an endless dream
and through it all
they watch
they wait
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Littlestone
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Re: They watch, they wait...slumpy
Feb 23, 2007, 22:31
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Yup, that one caught my attention too. Great poem to go with as well slumpy :-)
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Littlestone
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Richard Jefferies and Alfred Williams
Feb 23, 2007, 23:34
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I provided a link to this in an earlier post but it may have been missed...
Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) and Alfred Williams (1877-1930) were two Swindon poets and writers who, still today, remain relatively unknown outside their home county of Wiltshire. They were poets who shared a mutual love of the local countryside, and especially a love for the Downs close to their home town of Swindon. There are commemorative plaques to both men on the Ridgeway, and their poems and prose ring with a love of those places.
In honour of both men the Friends of Alfred Williams and the Richard Jefferies Society, are holding an event on Saturday, 3 March from 2pm at the Richard Jefferies Museum, Marlborough Road, Coate, Swindon, Wiltshire. The event is entitled, Appreciation on Richard Jefferies and Alfred Williams. Entrance is free and you are invited to select and read your own five minute extract from the poets' repertoires - or to just go along and listen. If you are able to attend, make sure you visit nearby Coate Water, a place which is stunningly beautiful but which, sadly, is threatened with development.
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nigelswift
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Hattie Howard - The Antiquarian
Feb 24, 2007, 09:30
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Strikes a few chords round here I reckon!
http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/15588/
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slumpystones
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Re: Hattie Howard - The Antiquarian
Feb 24, 2007, 11:34
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Excellent ! I think Mr Atkinson would shudder reading this;
The stately “Antiquarium”
Is his emporium, his home.
He wonders if when he is gone
Will people look with mournful pride
On him done up and classified,
And the right label on.
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Littlestone
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Re: Hattie Howard - The Antiquarian
Feb 24, 2007, 11:50
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Excellent ! I think Mr Atkinson would shudder reading this;
Chuckle... yes, I couldn't help think of Mr Atkinson as well.
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