A Drawn out Murmur

Then a deeper sound is heard, a drawn out murmur,

as the cold Southerly sighs in the woods sometimes, 

as the troubled sea hisses on an ebb tide, 

as the rapacious fire whistles in a sealed furnace.

Then I'd urge you to burn fragrant resin, right away,

and give them honey through reed pipes, freely calling them

and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.

( Virgil )

They are Not Dandelions

appearing up the sandy track.

wind blown bucket  & sprouting peonies

(Past the Equinox now)

Through Glass

Max 1934 - 2016

" If I have a small voice, and people

are willing to listen,

I'd be pleased."

Invention of Aristaeus - Arcadian Master

creatures, of a type marvellous to see, swarm together,

without feet at first, but soon with whirring wings as well

and more and more try the clear air, until they burst out,

like rain pouring from summer clouds,

or arrows from the twanging bows,

whenever the lightly armed Parthanians first join battle.

( V )

Apis Mox / Autogenesis of Bees

But if someone's whole brood has suddenly failed,

and he has no stock from which to recreate a new line,

then it's time to reveal the famous invention of Aristaeus

( Virgil - Georgics 4 )

Reunited

with Karen

Beekeeper

( detail of Beekeeper's dress )

She just needs shoes

Kelp Pit / Cloud Pools

B @ Peatwell

Neither straight nor crooked, neither here nor there

but shadows folded on deeper shadows

and deeper, to a core of oblivion

like the convolutions of a shadow shell

or deeper, like the foldings and involving of a womb.

( D H Lawrence - original draft / Ship of Death )

Revelry ( in Kirkwall )

Venus II

& Pilot boat

Dancing to the Antelope Song