Shadows grazing eastward melt
from their vast sun-driven flocks
into consubstantial dusk.
A snow wind flosses the bleak rocks,
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this windy darkness; Scorpio above, a watercourse of light; the piercing absence of one face withdrawn for ever from my sight. very good poem
Minute by minute summer died; time's skeletons have built this reef on which our love lies wrecked. Our hearts drown in their cardinal guilt.'..........excellent poetic writings...great
light's turncoat margin: rocks and trees dissolve in nightfall-eddying waters; tumbling whorls of cloud disclose the cold eyes of the sea-god's daughters. a very fine poem. tony
Scorpio above, a watercourse of light; the piercing absence of one face withdrawn for ever from my sight. very fine poem
Beautiful evocative poem from the well repected and well known Australian poet Gwen Harwood, from Brisbane, my home town.
Great work and nice collection
What a lovely poem! It touched my heart with all of the lyrics. R.I.P Gwen, you were amazing