Banshee She breaks the solid Silence of the night Wailing for the end Of ancient families Or foretelling the demise Of the great and holy Ghastly pale of skin With eyes of fire Burning with weeping And desire For souls Shrouded and veiled Bitter tears roll Down her long and hanging breasts A foster mother […]
Day: October 3, 2015
I have just been reminded that the magpie poem is my 200th post!
Congratulations on writing 200 posts on writing in north norfolk!
For me, one of the most beautiful birds in our garden…
is the magpie. If you read this blog regularly, you will know that I love our untamed garden and the wildlife in it. We regularly have magpies, arrogant and noisy but beautifully marked and charming. Magpies are in a Chinese folk tale called ‘The Little Weaver Girl and the Cowherd’, which I have referenced in the following poem. Magpie […]
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