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SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 16, 2015March 26, 2021Posted inPhotosTags:Freswick, Northern Scotland, UllapoolLeave a comment on SCOTLAND

HUSH

Certainty knows so loudly
A fighter-jet
Carving the world
Into soundbites
Mass-produced in bright keys
Belched from its rear end
Filling all space for thought
With static

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 6, 2015March 29, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:The noise of certaintyLeave a comment on HUSH

A TALE OF TWO WORLDS

Fairy tales
Predictable pleasing
Happy end delivered
Folded and pressed
To the good, never ugly
Vistas of rolled lawns
Patchwork fields
Forests grown on request
Ready-clipped to measured height

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 5, 2015March 29, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:contrasting situationsLeave a comment on A TALE OF TWO WORLDS

WORDS

Words ride on sound-waves
Across smoky rooms and satellites
They carve out keys
That unlock underground rivers
And spark dry flints
Into fires that buzz
Hum and ignite ideas
Through towns and continents
We must use them well

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJune 2, 2015March 26, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:Poetry, Use of words, wordsLeave a comment on WORDS

Freswick – photos – changing light, changing elements

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneMay 28, 2015March 13, 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Freswick – photos – changing light, changing elements

Scotland: photos – Glencoe, Ullapool, Laird to Wick

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneMay 28, 2015March 13, 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Scotland: photos – Glencoe, Ullapool, Laird to Wick

ROME

ROME Scotland

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneApril 24, 2015March 29, 2021Posted inPhotosTags:RomeLeave a comment on ROME

QUEUING IN HEAVEN

Can we choose where we sit
At the eternal church lunch
In that great house of heaven?
Do we have to share a room?
Could it be … dormitories!

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneApril 24, 2015March 29, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:IronyLeave a comment on QUEUING IN HEAVEN

THE CRY – LE CRI : A CHRISTMAS POEM (kind of)

We struggle through life
Dragging carrier bags
Heavy with what we know
But once a year we dream
That the world stops running
Its habitual course
Just long enough
For God to put in
An appearance

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneDecember 22, 2014March 29, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:Bilingual, Christmas, français, NoëlLeave a comment on THE CRY – LE CRI : A CHRISTMAS POEM (kind of)

THE LINE – LA LIGNE

Vertical line wafer-cotton-thin
Top to bottom, heaven to earth
Perfection drawing down to gravity

Pure line cuts through messed-up years
Soul-tearing conflicts, each side’s tug of war

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 18, 2014March 26, 2021Posted inPoems1 Comment on THE LINE – LA LIGNE

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