Sunday, April 30, 2017

Visit To A Colliery: Pit Village, Beamish Comments

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Visit to a Colliery: Pit Village, Beamish
A landscape in the shadow of a pit,
Coal dust has settled everywhere like sand
Even the cobbled streets are smeared with it
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Tom Billsborough 30 April 2017

I wrote a poem about a Welsh deserted village after the Slate Quarry closed. But this is a much better poem than mine.Some of the lines are superb, particularly the last one which evoked a great emotional response in me. There is no doubt this is going to feature in my favourites' list.

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