Tuesday, March 12, 2013

“as a bird longs for land”

as a bird longs for land
searching
over the endless waters
so my heart turns
and turns again
seeking south

(for north
is never true)


Mairi Graham-Shaw
© 2013


Image links to its source on Wiki Commons.
"Noah sends off a dove from the ark." Miniature on vellum; from Aegidius of Roya's "Compendium historiae universalis" of Southern Netherlands (manuscript "Den Haag, MMW, 10 A 21")C. 1450-1460
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5 comments:

  1. marMarch 12, 2013 at 11:34 AM

    Aaahh sorry about the title on this one.

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    1. UnknownMarch 12, 2013 at 11:41 AM

      Not to worry, Mar! Do you like the illustration?

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  2. L.E. LeoneMarch 14, 2013 at 4:06 PM

    Good one. Wow.
    I keep going back and reading it again...

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    1. UnknownMarch 14, 2013 at 11:52 PM

      Isn't it! Mairi writes some dynamite poems--& always nice to see your cyber self, L.E. : )

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  3. marMarch 16, 2013 at 5:12 AM

    I do like the illustration. I wound up giving it a boring series title anyway. Thanks LE!

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