National Poetry Day deserves a bit of attention I think....
...so my contribution comes out of the week spent in Donegal this summer.....
happy memories...
...the crossroads...Cill Charta / Kilcar...
Cill Charta
The mist is down
Low hiding
Heather and bracken
Drop laden
Thin enough
To glimpse blue sky through
Soaking the skin
With western rain
Soft
As a lover’s touch.
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...grave and stone container
Cill Charta ancient graveyard .
Samuel Peranta is in charge of dVerse this evening.......so this is my contribution for National Poetry Day...thank you Samuel.
Samuel Peranta is in charge of dVerse this evening.......so this is my contribution for National Poetry Day...thank you Samuel.
I love this! We're having misty mornings here in Ohio too...
ReplyDeleteHello Dana...it's one of the bonuses of autumn I think!!
DeleteLovely gentle poem Gerry.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Pat...it was written on a very "soft day" as we say in Ireland...means gently damp!!!
Deletehow old is that grave yard? that is a pretty cool stone bench....
ReplyDeleteand def a nice gentle touch on your poem...
I'm not sure as I'm no historian but ther is a church in the aresa ...around about 6thC ...I had to climb through a field to get this pic!! stunning!
DeleteVery nice poem for poetry day.
ReplyDeletethankyou Beachanny.
DeleteDon't these just work beautifully together. A tapestry of words from others woven as if they were your own.
ReplyDeleteoh thankyou Aprille...the place helped a lot an ancient area of the Gaeltacht...
DeleteA beautiful poem....and I am deeply envious of the hammock in your banner.........
ReplyDeleteSherry...there is nothing as good as a hammock on a soft weathered day in the trees!!
DeletePleasant reading here!
ReplyDeletethankyou arts-new-frontier.
DeleteOhh. smooth poetry, Rain as lover's touch... that's a rain I would love.
ReplyDelete...then Bjorn...you must go to western Ireland..it's like that most days of the year...rain I mean!!
DeleteLove the sense the mist gives to this piece.
ReplyDeleteThankyou Kathryn...it was truly a mystical day that day.
DeleteThere's plenty of rain like that in Ireland - and the west of Scotland. The trouble is, that kind of rain soaks through the pores in any fabric ...
ReplyDelete...so you understood the lines!!...but it makes for an elemental place...
DeleteSuch a subtle verse in this commemoration for National Poetry Day.
ReplyDeletethankyou Semaphore for your kind comment.
DeleteHmm. Seriously? I think I missed poetry day. *sigh* i really should get a calendar.
ReplyDeletei can see death being soft as a lover touch on a misty day. That slight opening in the sky a blue door to softly, quietly walk to and through.
Ahh Mark ..how I love your imagination...that comment could be a poem itself...thankyou so much for the words!!
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