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Doug interesting I wondered if it could also end 'tease the historians to come' without the concrete it could be all history -methinks On 15/03/2017 16:18, Douglas Barbour wrote: > So many cities > shone upon their hills once > gold burnished > in the setting sun > > stone & concrete > shattered now > by jungle vines > the blood soaked ropes of war > > across the centuries > they fall > wall by wall > > stone blocks tossed > scattered & covered > by mud & bush > > fortress this country or that > their cities a capital > joke on historians to come > > > Douglas Barbour > [log in to unmask] > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ > > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress). > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). > Listen. If (UofAPress): > > > > and as you read > the sea is turning its dark pages > turning > its dark pages. > > Denise Levertov