Windgather Rocks
On the ridge,
bones peek through
Divulging what lies beneath
Something solid and lasting
Where Bronze Age hunters paused
Perusing the land like birds of prey
Considering their next moves.
Four
thousand years later
Lingering at the self-same spot
Watching a treeless distance appear
Bereft of wild boar or hunting deer
Reaching up to green Back Spond,
Kettleshulme and far beyond.
On this
abridged December day
Silent rocks still show the way.
Cares require a gathering up
Just like prevailing winds
About this jagged jawbone
Where the golden plover sings
Divulging what lies beneath
Something solid and lasting
Where Bronze Age hunters paused
Perusing the land like birds of prey
Considering their next moves.
Lingering at the self-same spot
Watching a treeless distance appear
Bereft of wild boar or hunting deer
Reaching up to green Back Spond,
Kettleshulme and far beyond.
Silent rocks still show the way.
Cares require a gathering up
Just like prevailing winds
About this jagged jawbone
Where the golden plover sings
Lovely words, pondering the ancient past.
ReplyDeleteA place with a poetic name like "Windgather Rocks" needed a poem to go with it.
DeleteI like poems that take us back thousands of years. It sounds so much better in poetry.
ReplyDeleteI did my best.
DeleteThat's beautiful and I do love the look of Windgather Rocks.
ReplyDeleteI have walked in the valleys east and west of there. It seems like the roof of the world.
DeleteBeautiful, and very evocative.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to give a sense of somewhere beyond everyday life and the usual endless chatter about war, economic matters and celebrities.
DeleteExcellent photo and most enjoyable poem YP.
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading it Carol.
DeleteBeautiful blog
ReplyDeleteFrom a beautiful blogger!
DeleteThe earth will be here long after us,
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading my poem David.
DeleteWe are only passing through unlike the land that will always be here. Great poem YP.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading my poem Dave and for responding to it with genuine understanding.
DeleteA beautiful place. I can see why you were inspired, Neil. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ellen! It was the name as much as anything that inspired me.
DeleteWhat about Woolgather Rocks?
ReplyDeleteI don't know where they are.
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