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Prosperino at allpoetry
Within the seeming greyness of a weary world
Amongst these leaves that swirl around my head
Dear England at allpoetry
My world fades to grey
I wake to mornings which bring few surprises
Refuse and Refuge at allpoetry
Red kite soars, hovers;
tail flags flap, vibrate sound waves

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on The Old Men Admiring Themselves In The Water by William Butler Yeats, on June 25
'I HEARD the old, old men say'
This eavesdropping and the wonderful description of the men like old gnarled trees reflected at the water edge. The repetition of 'old' seems to suggest this is the observation of someone youthful, gaining insight into a time far far from them.
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on Galloping Horses (After The Flower Show) by Cicely Fox Smith, on June 25
This gives such a wonderful glimpse into another world from the past. The imagery is so fine one could be watching a camcorder of the days events. There is a great sense of enjoyment, rythmn and constancy in a world that seems so much more sure of itself.
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on Risk by Anais Nin, on June 25
This sums up so well the conflict of the mind and the heart, particularly for a woman beset by the fear of 'becoming' & the risks it might involve, yet so perfectly expresses when the heart can no longer be supressed by the mind or remain fearful alone. Together they must go forward to blossom into the essential 'Self'
on If I could write words by Spike Milligan, on June 25
This was a man who's passions were endless, so deep they had no bottom or top, a mind that could spin so easily out of control and a heart led by eyes that saw too far and too deep. Such an elemental nature could only be described thus.