Down in the valley
by Marcin Malek
There is a valley
between the Ballina and Sligo
where birds and humans
are fading with delight
There is a valley
where mist
is composed of the last breaths
of those who dear
to enter its gates
Christ himself
walks along its sharp ridges
to stroke with a wounded hand
heathers fur
and rocks of the glen
Those who have fallen
into its trap
acquired a knowledge
of the dimension of time
A lot like in Newgrange
when the light
meets the nail hole
only for a few gasps
Then – and then only
seven steps is enough
valley will release
every wondering soul
as sundew stray young
But tomorrow – again
between the Ballina and Sligo
people and gulls from the shore
will glow in the eyes of unknown
as self-confident
refugees from the beyond
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Woman And The Weed poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Огюст Барбье – Корреджо
- The Beyond by Muralidharan Mudaliar
- Yell of Pain by Maria Ivana Trevisani Bach
- Sonnet LXVII by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Высоцкий – Штормит весь вечер, и, пока
- Second Epistle to Davie by Robert Burns
- Василий Тредиаковский – Песенка любовна
- Enter This Deserted House by Shel Silverstein
- For This
- A Walk After Dark by W H Auden
- Robert Burns: Tho’ Cruel Fate Should Bid Us Part:
- Will the SEZ Act Boost Exports?
- Prayer by Roland Flint
- Morning Poem #39 by Wanda Phipps
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
