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Saturday, August 8th, 2020 12:49 pm
From here A poem by /u/Poem_for_your_sprog

The sun goes down upon the Ankh,
And slowly, softly fades -
Across the Drum; the Royal Bank;
The River-Gate; the Shades.

A stony circle's closed to elves;
And here, where lines are blurred,
Between the stacks of books on shelves,
A quiet 'Ook' is heard.

A copper steps the city-street
On paths he's often passed;
The final march; the final beat;
The time to rest at last.

He gives his badge a final shine,
And sadly shakes his head -
While Granny lies beneath a sign
That says: 'I aten't dead.'

The Luggage shifts in sleep and dreams;
It's now. The time's at hand.
For where it's always night, it seems,
A timer clears of sand.

And so it is that Death arrives,
When all the time has gone...
But dreams endure, and hope survives,
And Discworld carries on.


(Several years late, I know, but I saw it once and want to be able to remember it.)
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Thursday, August 8th, 2019 08:11 am
"They're simple folk,"
said the organiser.
"Don't get too fancy."

My friend picked up an egg sandwich,
oozing mayo at the crust.
"I don't know why they liked
your ham and cheese so much."
The frill of lettuce poked out the corner of her mouth.
"These ones are so much nicer."
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tielan: Teal'c: choose freedom (SG1 - Teal'c)
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 08:12 am
I have a fragment of poetry in my head and I can't place it.
Time is a wind and the red leaves fly before it
[far across? far away?] in the dusty time of year.
[something here that matches the scansion]
I hear you calling, my dear, my dear...

Unfortunately, I can't guarantee that even the words I have there are correct, so I can't websearch it. Frustrating, to say the least!

What I have is the rhythm of it in my head, and I just want the full poem.

Help?

eta: I remembered it! Sara Teasdale - Did You Never Know?
Did you never know, long ago, how much you loved me --
That your love would never lessen and never go?
You were young then, proud and fresh-hearted,
You were too young to know.

Fate is a wind, and red leaves fly before it
Far apart, far away in the gusty time of year --
Seldom we meet now, but when I hear you speaking,
I know your secret, my dear, my dear.
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Saturday, May 10th, 2014 06:47 pm
The earth is large.
The sea is large.
It seems, when standing on the shore,
that one could sail forever east
or walk forever west
and never meet another shore.
But 'large' is finite,
not endless.
The shore is there,
just out of sight.


(cont.)
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