Cheers Freckle. By the way I am getting very envious of everybody doing the AW on Saturday, especially given the weather forecast. Good luck! :cool:
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The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water
I HEARD the old, old men say,
"Everything alters,
And one by one we drop away."
They had hands like claws, and their knees
Were twisted like the old thorn trees
By the waters.
I heard the old, old men say,
"All that's beautiful drifts away
Like the waters."
William Butler Yeats
Love the description of the knees :cool: (probably a bit close to home :rolleyes: )
Really must get on with some work but I wrote a couple haiku today whilst waiting by the river for the tracking to be done on my car!
buried in the grass
small bundle of sun and sky
feline-torn bluetit
proud parents float by
a raft of ducklings follow
with their mother's eyes
Good luck to all Fell Poets running at Anni Waltz tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to loads of Lakeland inspired verse :cool: