The inspiration for this poem was a seed pod I found while wondering around in Kirstenbosch Gardens last winter. To me it looked exactly like a little hedgehog - and the inspiration kind of flowed from there.
Farthing Wood
Quilled hirsuteness,
hard, spiky, brown.
Solitary, nocturnal, pin cushion
barbed, bristling ball at sudden sound.
Hedge-grown, cartilaginous rodent,
bashful, and bowed:
soft, silken centre,
Nature’s mohawk, avowed!
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Kirsten Dewar
Farthing Wood
Quilled hirsuteness,
hard, spiky, brown.
Solitary, nocturnal, pin cushion
barbed, bristling ball at sudden sound.
Hedge-grown, caliginous rodent,
bashful, and bowed.
Soft, silken centre,
Nature’s mohawk, avowed.
Quilled hirsuteness,
hard, spiky, brown.
Solitary, nocturnal, pin cushion
barbed, bristling ball at sudden sound.
Hedge-grown, caliginous rodent,
bashful, and bowed.
Soft, silken centre,
Nature’s mohawk, avowed.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Albert Einstein
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
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