A Dry-Stone Wall Near Coleraine

for Seamus Heaney

as if the pale stones

share the warmth

between two sides;

sea and field cut,

early light and full morning;

the path weathered and slow.

Reviews

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I think Leslie this strikes me with two different perspectives. Firsty a simple description of a dry stone wall in the warmth of the morning sun where a walker may simply ramble at leisure. Secondly the wall between two sides seems to describe 'the troubles' and the long path to resoloution. Enjoyable in either context.

[Emily B]

oh, i wish i was there, i can almost feel the warmth of the stones in the morning sun

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Descriptive thoughts in only so many words of this write...and the title of this gives us a bit more to relate in the verse...would be good if we had a picture of the scene...

[Leslie Philibert]

Thanks for the review. I hope I don`t need pictures, the words are pictures !

[Glen Yumang Manese]

I just wanted to see what Coleraine looked like...I understand your words are pictures...I've never been there in real life...I can always Google...u r welcome...good to read you...

[Leslie Philibert]

Coleraine is a town in Northern Ireland, roughly the area where Heaney came from, he was a Catholic from Derry, lived later in the Republic of Ireland.I know the area.

[Glen Yumang Manese]

I read some of Coleraine in a Google search...thanks for an in depth synopsis...