A SIGN OF THE TIMES ~ DRY STONE WALLS ~ REPLACED BY BARBED WIRE !
A WALL OF PENNINE STONE I SEE
A rough hewn WALL of quarried STONE
Reminds us how things used to be
By Horse & Cart from quarry borne !
A rough hewn WALL of quarried STONE
Such sturdy WALLS they used to build
By Horse & Cart from quarry borne
Unnamed Stone Masons ~ rural skills !
Such sturdy WALLS they used to build
WALLS that lasted cent*ries long
Unnamed Stone Masons ~ rural skills
These WALLS still ring with Hist*rys Song !
WALLS that lasted cent*ries long
But now replaced by WIRE BARBED
These WALLS still ring with Hist*rys Song
Replaced by FENCE that has no CHARM !
But now replaced by WIRE BARBED
Reminds us how things used to be
Replaced by FENCE that has no charm
A WALL OF PENNINE STONE I SEE !
Thanks for your visit ~ comments welcome ~ LOVE ~ A & B 🧡💙🧡💙
REPETITION is important in Spoken Poetry so the PANTOUM style of
Poetry was developed in which each 2nd & 4th line in the QUATRAIN
becomes the 1st & 3rd line in the subsequent verse ! In order that lines
ONE & THREE in verse ONE are repeated ~ Line 3 (V1) becomes line 2
in the Final Verse and Line 1 (V1) becomes line 4 ! So the PANTOUM
ends where it began ! Pantoums can have as many QUATRAINS as one
wishes ! This POEM can be sung as a FOLK SONG ~ Rt Hand on Rt EAR !
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Author:
ANGELA & BRIAN (Pseudonym) (
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A fine write B&A.
Thanks UNCLE STEVE ~ pleased you enjoyed our trip into Yorkshire ! The work described in the video would take many many hours ~ fortified by the odd bottle of Theakstones Old Peculiar !
Blessings to You & Your Cute Companion !
Love in the Spirit ~ Angela & Brian
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We walked by many stone walls in the Yorkshire Dales where we spent many of our holidays.
Good Morning UNCLE ANDY ~ Pleased it revived fond memories ! We lived in Leeds for a while and Ilkley Moor (sans chapeau) etc was great Walking Country ! We sing *While Shepherds watched their Flocks by Night ............ !* to Ilkley Moor Baht*at ! It seems very fitting as it is Sheep Country !
Blessings & Poece to YOU & YOUR Lovely JOYCE
Love ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡💙🧡💙🧡
I love this poem A&B. Where I live I am surrounded by dry-stone walls (even around my home), There are miles and miles of them. New dry walls are still built here and, of course, old ones repaired. I could go out tomorrow (weather permitting) and find people working on them. It's like painting the Forth Bridge ~ when you get to the end you go back to the beginning. ("To make an end is to make a beginning, the end is where we start from" ~ T.S. Elliot).
I would like to make your poem an A&B Fave if I may.
Ex animo, Alan
I didn't like that B'ah tat tune to the hymn at first, but I've come to like it - unusual it is!
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