Crossing silent, grassy spaces
revealing stars behind velvet cloak
night chases sun into the sea.
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water water everywhere! ...so eloquent and arresting...i adore this...regards linda...btw...i half expected lizzie and darcy from the title...lol
The sense of unity in this is superb Hugh. A first reading made me ask myself whether it would have been best to have done away with writing it in stanzas and have it as one piece, but I think that the dialectic that you express: that unity can only be achieved through the seperation of parts, is brilliant. I gave this a lot of thought before commenting because I think it is your most profoundly philosophical piece.
I love the sense of harmony emerging out of opposites that your poem conveys. Very expressive. Julia