Thursday, March 19, 2009

"That Restless Whispering"

Happy belated St Patrick's Day folks! :) One day, I shall visit Ireland for myself.

"Windharp" by John Montague

The sounds of Ireland,
that restless whispering
you never get away
from, seeping out of
low bushes and grass,
heatherbells and fern,
wrinkling bog pools,
scraping tree branches,
light hunting cloud,
sound hounding sight,
a hand ceaselessly
combing and stroking
the landscape, till
the valley gleams
like the pile upon
a mountain pony’s coat.

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