Posted on 08/26/2006 9:01:39 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
Good morning, Tomkow!
Hi starbase!
WOW these picture are perfect for our celebration.
The dragon pictures are astounding. My goodness, I am speechless. Beautiful temples.
Thank You for sharing your adventures with us.
Hello ASA Vet and welcome to the Lair.
Thanks for pinging others to see these wonderful pictures.
Contemplating Camelot's Ruin
Let it be told again, how there it stood,
There by the Camel's fabled stream
There the keep arose, a fortress strong,
Strong enough to hold a dream
Fifteen hundred years or more
Glimmering like a chimera in the telling,
A place where one man strived to stand tall
Against the darkness gathering, swelling
To wipe away the light that was,
And bravely through that twilight strode the Bear,
And for a season, he succeeded,
And planted the dream that lingers there.
And yet in the end, the darkness called his name,
Blood fighting blood, love betrayed,
Are what we remember best of what he wrought,
except the lone promise made
When carried off to Avalon
for healing beyond time and space
on that fair faerie isle,
to return again - Arthur, lo, quicken your pace!
Oh exquisite poetry, Knitting, thank you very much.
So rich in imagery.
Author Salman Rushdie said, "Literature is the
one place in any society where, within the
secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices
talking about everything in every possible way."
G'evening Feather!
Been stuck on midnight to 8 shift.
*unnngh*
Well, for goodness sake, Darksheare, nice to see you!
What you working at if you don't mind my asking.
Security work, nothing spectacular.
I end up being able to only lurk, maybe post one or two posts and then wander off.
*sigh*
It was rainy, cold, and miserish last night.
And it's supposed to rain again tonight.
Yupper just like here. Been that way all weekend, just get the weather willies from it all.
The rain was playing havoc with my equipment, been 'interesting' in that respect.
Oh I bet so, all the dampness in the air is bound to bother electronics.
It was the rain itself that took out some of my electronics.
Was quite fascinating.
Gotta head back out.
*groan*
Oh well.
Once in awhile nowadays, my brain will break from the geopolitics and still give me a glimmer...Sunken Civilization pinged me to two really interesting pings today, both with a bit of connection to Arthur, and thus the birth of this poem.
Arthurian material used to be a major hobby of mine...
and I still cry when I read the end of the Morte D'Arthur or see the end of Camelot...
Every poem worthy of being posted, I put here to share!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.