W.j. Turner Stone Poems

  • 1.
    He carved the red deer and the bull
    Upon the smooth cave rock,
    Returned from war with belly full,
    And scarred with many a knock,
    ...
  • 2.
    The stone-grey roses by the desert's rim
    Are soft-edged shadows on the moonlit sand,
    Grey are the broken walls of Khangavar,
    That haunt of nightingales, whose voices are
    ...
  • 3.
    I love a still conservatory
    That's full of giant, breathless palms,
    Azaleas, clematis and vines,
    Whose quietness great Trees becalms
    ...
  • 4.
    The pebbly brook is cold to-night,
    Its water soft as air,
    A clear, cold, crystal-bodied wind
    Shadowless and bare,
    ...
  • 5.
    "A German aeroplane flew over Greek territory dropping a bomb which killed a shepherd."


    'Sitting on a stone a Shepherd,
    ...
Total 5 Stone Poems by W.j. Turner

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