Castlerigg Stone Circle

- what the old stones say -


We too, placed here
some while ago by hand of man
within this bowl of hills and sky,
we stones circle.
A living part of turning Earth
weather, lever, ice and waves,
chisel, frosts and Earth's deep fires;
all have shaped us.
Here in our place
beneath unbounded measured sky
we move still.


Jo Walton, Autumn 1996, Keswick. Do read and enjoy this poem but do not to reproduce it in any way without permission

© Jo Walton (bluejo@gmail.com)

Note on this poem
Back to The Muse Comes Back
Forward to Old Men on Benches
Up to the index