Thanks for your valuable comments Sally. The standing stones do feel
magical, and comforting in an odd kind of way.
bw
James
>From: Sally James <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New sub: Visits To Stone
>Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 10:08:36 +0100
>
>There is al ot in this poem for me James it is quite deep and I understand
>a lot of what you are saying here. I am interested in standing stones and
>do think there is a kind of magic associated with them. The mountains in
>Scotland do have a magnetism about them and some in Wales also. Just one
>quibble for me, the penultimite line does not seem right for me. I think it
>is the word may which conuses me a little. bw Sally j
>
>
>>From: James Bell <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: New sub: Visits To Stone
>>Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:18:15 +0000
>>
>>We have recently found that there is a small menhir under a laurel hedge
>>on the edge of our garden in Brittany. It has made me more interested in
>>standing stones and started producing poetry too. Comments welcome.
>>
>>VISITS TO STONE
>>
>>you travel into the country of stone
>>and - though you look
>>have seen none yet
>>tho' fel the heat they will hold
>>later in the day
>>
>>you feel that stone around your
>>neck - the burden to make
>>your head bend forward
>>and ache even in the sun -
>>tho' there will be release
>>
>>and the stone you live beside -
>>have visited again and touched
>>to make sure it still exists
>>radiated nothing - answered
>>your touch with its hardness
>>
>>and at night there is silence
>>the stone clouded by mist
>>for dew at dawn that will make
>>the stone glitter before
>>the morning again moves on
>>
>>you think of that stone
>>and sense the pull
>>the heaviness of granite that
>>might crumble in another 5000 years -
>>too long for you and stone visits
>>
>>too long even for the non-living
>>to remain in one shape
>>for anyone to be concerned -
>>may one day slip from a mountain
>>or stand on the bottom of the sea
>>
>>
>>
>>bw
>>James
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