Carved in Stone
bluestones and sarsens,
a Bronze Age tomb in Wick,
stone scrapes on the headland
above the channel
where reindeer used to roam
Maiden Castle
rolling its layered ramparts
beneath dark clouds
predicting the storm of arrows
the Legions with tortoise and ballista
barbarians at the gates
Horst and Hengist’s beached ships
within their double ditch and wall
motte and bailey the castle grounds
alive with daffodils
Vettones and verracos
the toros de Guisando
grazing sand meadows in a dream of stone
the danzantes at Monte Alban
stone circles and Gorsedd rings
a chorus of granite
this year
stone steps climbing beaches
a stone triangle
growing in a place I knew
the history of my life
my people
carved in stone
rogermoorepoet 
Yeah.dear moor!!u,me n alls know very well dt is history of our people in shape of carved in stone
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Sometimes, Aruna, our lives are just words, blown away on the wind. Occasionally we anchor them more deeply. The fragile chain that leads from Stonehenge to me is long … and stronger than we think … for I am here … as you are there … and we are both blessed by our linkage to that enormous chain … that links us into our heritage.
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Yeah dear roger!!u r right.dt enormous chain is like a gift given by God to emotinal writers.
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Roger we visited Maiden Castle on our trip! It’s quite the site (and sight) to see. Certainly the kind of thing that inspires poetry. Loved this one!
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It was just down the road from where Clare’s mother lived. A beautiful place to visit. Wonderful views out to Corfe Castle and Brownsea Island. It was ‘destroyed’ as a fortress and living space by the Romans. Great Museum in Dorchester dedicated to Mortimer Wheeler’s original excavations and digs. STILL DIGGING .. I saved up and bought that book … it was the first book I ever bought.
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No kidding? It was a beautiful area. We went to Corfe Castle as well – that was a gorgeous ruin! There was just so much to see and not enough time!
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We love Corfe. Use to go there every time we visited. Watched sheep dogs herding sheep in the fields below the walls. Just sat on the warm stones and marveled. Hardy’s Wessex, of course, and many memories of him and his novels throughout the area.
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It’s so beautiful there. The view is magnificent. I’m going to have to pull out some of those photos to share for Wordless Wednesday!
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That would be well worth doing. I shall keep my eyes open for those … looking forward to them … but I won’t be wordless when I see them and say “WOW!”
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Thanks Roger!
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