A Marriage.

A Marriage.

Postby Jo » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:24 pm

One of my favourites. A Marriage by R.S.Thomas.
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We met
under a shower
of bird-notes.
Fifty years passed,
love's moment
in a world in
servitude to time.
She was young;
I kissed with my eyes
closed and opened
them on her wrinkles.
`Come,' said death,
choosing her as his
partner for
the last dance, And she,
who in life
had done everything
with a bird's grace,
opened her bill now
for the shedding
of one sigh no
heavier than a feather
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Postby Rowan » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:42 pm

Lovely Jo.
Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee.
Gaelic Proverb

Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit.
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Postby Monsy » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:40 am

Yes, it is lovely!
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Postby Daffyd » Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:19 pm

Beautiful word pictures there Jo.
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Postby dejavou » Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:38 pm

But sad too
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