Turfcutter

FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
edited September 2004 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
I trudge through deep bog:
peatwater ditchsplash boots stomp
through floodblack turfspoil.

Dropsheet deathchill winds
roar through halfempty plastic
turfbag famine mouths.

Bent in my oilskins,
Seasalt lashing my red face,
I work through the storm.

There will be enough.
I will fill my barn with turf.
Let rains do their worst.
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  • Finsbury...I'm glad to see you just keep writing exceptional bits of work...I was quite sad to see the 'Ophelia's Nun' thread go to waste like it did...I'm truly sorry my friend...there was some beautiful stuff there, not only by yourself but by so many talented writers. Hopefully I can contribute again to one of your threads...Cheers mate...:D
    PJ: Toledo-9/22/96. E. Lansing-8/18/98. Detroit-8/23/98. Detroit-10/7/00. Detroit-6/25 & 6/26/03. Toledo-10/2/04 [VFC]. Detroit-5/22/06. Chicago-8/5/07 [Lolla]. Cleveland-5/9/10. Baltimore-10/27/13.

    EV: Honolulu-4/21 & 4/22/07 [Kokua]. Detroit-6/26/11.
  • Edmund's slow bass whisper, lockeye gaze
    and counsel in a deadly confidence
    Move the aged Gloucester to rage
    Against his eldest, Edgar. Evidence
    concocted, letters forged, fool a man
    who would be dupe to cunning. Yet a net
    of lies, however thickly woven, can
    beneath a well shone light prove hollow yet.

    Where hearts have sight and lies are shone to flames
    A liar's secret plottings can be seen
    and heard to scream those poor defamed names
    that would be whispered, beyond their screen
    of dark conspiracy. No ploy, no plan
    Will grow on lies that blight another man.
  • That last one was inspired by readings of "King Lear". Any Shakespeare fans here? :)
  • coleencoleen Posts: 938
    novice shakespeare fan here. couldn't keep up with you i'm sure.

    keep em coming fins. :D
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