Mist-hung mountains
For ten years or so, Gavin Maxwell spent as much time as he could living in a remote cottage in...
Crossing the long-haired sea
This poem by the seventh century Irish poet-monk Beccán mac Luigdech captures the ruggedness and exhilaration of crossing rampant seas...
Soft-eyed cattle
If you have ever stopped to commune with cows in a field, you’ll have noted their softness of gaze, big-eyed...
Saint-encrusted towers
How many masons chipped away for how many centuries to create 'saint-encrusted towers', which would have to withstand the vibrating...
Beware the plate-faced warrior
Something about this image that suggests implacable, closed, helmeted.
‘Then through that colonnade, Hector of Troy,
Towards his mass...
Wide-cheeked monster
Orlando accompanies his beloved Sasha back to the Muscovite ship, and soon loses her below deck. When searching for her,...
Heart-drenching beauty
From Nicolson's superb book on Sissinghurst and his family's relationship with it, including its transition to more public ownership. He...
Hoar-rimed trees
A crisp and unusual description of a Russian winter day in its chill beauty.
'White winter had set...
Diplodocus-filled hall
AÂ diplodocus is a huge herbivore dinosaur; perhaps it once in a while crashed into early human habitation. Â Could such ancient...
Good-humoured Syrinx
These two fine young girls manage to protect themselves from the depredations of a sleazy, tasteless monster. I remember Leigh...
Lemon-coloured light
A warming, bright but not dazzling light, and streaming through gaps in snow-clouds too.
'The sky was loosening and lemon-coloured...
Horse-taming Argos
Leigh Fermor echoes the hundreds of Homeric triologisms, many attributing this or that characteristic to one or another Greek city...
Love writingredux.com? Â Enjoy our sister sites:
www.foolsareeverywhere.com  I   www.nuannaarpoq.com  I  www.spyderceleste.com  Â
© Beatrice Otto 2022 - design & content unless otherwise stated - all rights reserved
Â
Â