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Land’s End

Posted on 6 Mar 2018 by Alan Reynolds

Thank you. I will leave you now,
for my cottage by the sea.
I can be sane for hours a day,
when that’s required of me.
—
When we were young, the Dragon’s song
boomed softly in our ears,
so far away, so very deep.
It frightened us for years.
—
They say the Dragon died last night.
It was extremely old.
I’d ask you down. I will someday.
Just now it is too cold.

6 thoughts on “Land’s End”

eliseskid on 6 Mar 2018 at 22:06 said:

I cannot put my finger on the exact reasons why I like this poem so much, only that I do. I’m so glad to have had the chance to read it.

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- Alan Reynolds on 19 Mar 2018 at 17:40 said:
  
  I’m so glad you like it. Thanks for telling me.
  
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Sandra Lee on 11 Mar 2018 at 04:12 said:

Good one. Makes me want to sing .🎶

Sent from my iPhone

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- Alan Reynolds on 19 Mar 2018 at 17:40 said:
  
  Many thanks also for the music notes :-)
  
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Dave Kingsbury on 13 Mar 2018 at 00:06 said:

Beguiling – echoes, for me, of Betjeman and one by Graves …

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- Alan Reynolds on 19 Mar 2018 at 17:41 said:
  
  Cheers Dave. Nice to hear this.
  
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