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I do enjoy your posts, thank you
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http://www.readingtheforest.co.uk/leonard-clark.html
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MarcusRann wrote:Thanks TOS, yes I'm really enjoying learning about Leonard Clark. Here's a link to info on his unusual upbringing in Cinderford.
http://www.readingtheforest.co.uk/leonard-clark.html
Fascinating MR. It would explain the Wikipedia account which says born in Guernsey and then says in contradiction, born and raised in the Forest of Dean.
Clearly had an influence on Winifred Foley.
I will see if my friend from Cinderford, an aspiring poet, is aware of him.
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The hard blue winds of March
shake the young sheep
and flake the long stone walls;
now from the gusty grass
comes the homed music of rams,
and plovers fall out of the sky
filling their wings with snow.
Tired of this northern tune
the winds turn soft
blowing white butterflies
out of the dog-rose hedges,
and schoolroom songs are full
of boys’ green cuckoos
piping the summer round
Till August sends at last
its brick-red breath
over the baking wheat and blistered poppy,
brushing with feathered hands
the skies of brass, with dreams of river moss
my thirst’s delirium.
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Lockdown Advantages
Broad Beans flourishing,
Spuds recovered from the frost.
Onions fine, need no nourishing,
Two Cucumber plants definitely lost.
Runner Beans appearing,
Blackcurrant Bushes growing fruits.
Spinach great, weeds need clearing.
Peas want support as they send out shoots.
French Beans set in their place
Leeks watered, standing tall.
Beetroot growing fast, lettuces apace.
Me, on the allotment in thrall.
Alfred Lord Tension (2020) @ALTension