Monthly Archives: December 2024

A Walk in the Sunset

I sometimes walk at sunset through the long woods up beyond my house where the mournful owl swoops among the darkening trees. I pause and listen to the rustle and scurry of unseen feet, the various mutterings of the forest. … Continue reading

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A Terrible Beauty

With passion and with bardic fire you shaped a golden past; weaving from the threads of Time ancient stories, ancient rhyme, you massaged the nation’s ego with visions which would last. Yeats, your poet’s words awoke the slumbering nation’s heart: … Continue reading

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Woodland Burial

One late summer evening In the autumn of our lives As we often do these days We talked about death These were our good times The old feuds, bitter arguments Cutting insults, biting sarcasms All lay behind us We agreed, … Continue reading

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