A little more than a mile
Climbing the turves
shadowy air amidst
sunlit peaks softly
made murmering
our gentle oath.
In dotage danced
deep-cloven banks
of grassclad orchards,
tunder arched bay-side
of the widening tilth.
Forged the furlong
'till great dingle met
was not an echo or
a whisper made but
hearts spoke truth
with sacred hush,
twined and rooted
'gainst curling knoll.
Zoe
oink!
Zoe,
I liked this one a lot.
I got most of the words from my youth, but what the heck is tunder?
JP
Zoe, been messing around in the "t's" again. lol No tunder in my dictionary, did you mean tundra, or tinder perhaps?
Les
JP
Thanks, "tunder" is ......er.......oh! apparantly non existant!
Les
Drat, I was sure "tunder" was a word, I imagined it to be kind of earthy so I guess tundra will do.
Zoe
How about terrace?
Les
Terrace as in a flat, narrow stretch of ground, often having a steep slope facing a river, lake, or sea would be good but the overall feeling of the word is
too urban, I think, thanks for the suggestion.
Zoe
Too urban? Check out the bottom passages and pictures at this website:
[kyapa.tripod.com] />
Les
Okay then Les, link master, terraces:
[astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk] />
[www.geoexplorer.co.uk] />
The second one is my favourite example of terraces - urban!
Zoe
My point was simply that a terrace can be an area of differing elevation.
Les
OK, terrace it is then. I just thought it sounded a bit man made, really wanted a word that meant formed by the elements and so on, but terrace is fine.
A little more than a mile
Climbing the turves
shadowy air amidst
sunlit peaks softly
made murmering
our gentle oath.
In dotage danced
deep-cloven banks
of grassclad orchards,
terrace arched bay-side
of the widening tilth.
Forged the furlong
'till great dingle met
was not an echo or
a whisper made but
hearts spoke truth
with sacred hush,
twined and rooted
'gainst curling knoll.
Zoe
Thanks again, Les