Quarry
Extinct, fallow, weed-clogged
Cavities of harvested air
Look down upon the harbour
Where familial rock is set
Cut square and thrown
With brutal care beneath
These same feet passing mine
On this and other Sundays
© PJ Nolan 2005
Terrible Ugliness Is Born
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*Yeats* was sometimes wrong. As maybe were The Old Masters. Not sure about
them today.
But Yeats, yes - sometimes a terrible ugliness is born.
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