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Poem for November: The Harvest Bow by Seamus Heaney
As you plaited the harvest bow
You implicated the mellowed silence in you
In wheat that does not rust
But brightens as it tightens twist by twist
Into a knowable corona,
A throwaway love-knot of straw.
Hands that aged round ashplants and cane sticks
And lapped the spurs on a lifetime of game cocks
Harked to their gift and worked will fine intent
Until your fingers moved somnambulant:
I tell and finger it like braille,
Gleaning the unsaid off the palpable,
And if i spy into its golden loops
I see us walk between the railway slopes
Into an evening of long grass and midges,
Blue smoke straight up, old beds and ploughs in hedges,
An auction notice on an outhouse wall--
You with a harvest bow in your lapel,
Me with the fishing rod, already homesick
For the big lift of these evenings, as your stick
Whacking the tips off weeds and bushes
Beats out of time, and beats, but flushes
Nothing: that original townland
Still tongue-tied in the straw tied by your hand.
The end of art is peace
Could be the motto of this frail device
That i have pinned up on our deal dresser--
Like a drawn snare
Slipped lately by the spirit of the corn
Yet burnished by its passage, and still warm.
This group is about connecting people in the region with each other and the fiery spirits in other parts of the world. It could be discussions, events, examples of good work, ideas we can work on together.
Scotland's largest environmental festival. Back for its 5th year. Workshops, exhibitions, debates, world & folk music, culture, children's activities, local food village, camping.
Scotland's largest environmental festival. Back for its 5th year. Workshops, exhibitions, debates, world & folk music, culture, children's activities, local food village, camping.
Thanks for posting the link, this is a really great publication, particularly the essay by Bill Ivey.
Ivey proposes the concept of “Expressive Life” as a conceptual tool for understanding the role of culture and art in society. He claims that dis...
We seek to define the intangible qualities that make communities thrive. We look at future thinking, social and cultural capital, place-based learning, health, sustainability, inclusion and participation.
Members of Carnegies Rural Action Research Projects may be interested in this conference being held in Devon by a partnership of Carnegie UK Trust, The Devon Towns Forum and Devon Rural Network. The Conference is to feature presentations from Kate...
I'm attaching a copy of the Big Tent's sustainability report which was prepared for us by Davie Philips from Cultivate. This was part of our Climate Challenge Fund grant but also as part of our commitment to share the learning about how to green a...
Carnegie's Manifesto for Rural Communities brings together key messages from a major, four-year long action research programme funded by Big Lottery, UK. This video was taken at the launch of the Manifesto on October 22nd, St. Martin in the Fields...