Thursday 12 May 2011

All quiet on the hill

No traffic moves
outside
the early room
opened to
the feathered crew
the echoed sounds of songs
and doomed
to caw of crow
when one brings news
on a squeaky bike
overlaid
with the day's first take-
off

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gw2011

11 comments:

  1. This struck a chord Gwilym, here sometimes the news-boy throws it on my back....i would be there tending the garden :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  2. oh not just the back...sometimes on the head, and got it on the face as well!

    wishes,
    devika

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  3. Devika,

    Thanks and watch out - news has a habit of getting quite heavy!

    best,
    Gwilym

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  4. Yes i know, Gwilym....more ofte i skip those pages...nothing, been in reporting myself and i know how they cook 'heaviness' into the news :)

    wishes,
    devika

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  5. well i know i made it sound lighter still, Gwilym....but there are times it could really affect us...like the disasters, where lives are really hit...and the news is matter of fact,

    wishes,
    devika

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  6. Well, today another murder on the front page, and underneath some Hollywood propoganda .... usual fare :), cheers!

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  7. Like the look and sound of all the "o" words in the first half, Gwilym.

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  8. Many thanks John and Gordon.

    O what a wonderful morning ... until the news arrives!

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  9. When Blogger unexpectedly went down Comments and a new post disappeared into the ether. Perhaps they'll come back. Perhaps not. Either way - it's on with the show :)

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