Saturday, August 23, 2008

Milk Thistle

a child digs for memories
beneath the gorse black earth

under a foal of bone
a skull appears

cauled in sweetbriar
and milk thistle

the child digs deeper
below the shovel line

his granddad’s voice
summoning him home
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:13 PM

    Stephen, this piece is worthy of the great Seamus Heaney himself. Wonderfully evocative.

    Gary

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  2. Stephen Rowntree1:33 PM

    Thanks Gary, having walked through the Heaney's homeland, you can't but help feel the presence of his words.

    S

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