Calton Hill overlooks Edinburgh and offers the most beautiful views in all directions from the sea to the mountains. It breathes with freedom.


beacon black

the first thing
I noticed was
the coconut scent
of the blooming gorse
beside the stepworn slope
and as the old observatory
came into sight
it felt as if
the summer sun
had come
not yet too early
as standing
upon Calton's mound
the sound of the city
drifts below
the cooling breeze
from the Salisbury Crags
and as we turn
to face the sea
at Leith
and 'neeth our feet
the rock dissembles
I read
the beacon black
words etched in stone proclaiming
the present may be theirs
but the past
and the future
ours



Poetry by Peter Humphreys
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Written on 2007-04-19 at 00:06

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my dear friend, this is a wonderful description! and i totally agree with you, it breathes with freedom! lovely writing!
Lilly xxxx
2007-04-19


Zoya Zaidi
What lovely description dear Humpherys!
I was there with you!
These are the sighs and sounds that inculcate in us the love of our country.
I absolutely agree with the lines of wisdom in the last stanza:
"the present may be theirs
but the past
and the future
ours"

Now I want to visit Ireland! lol!
Lovely pic. too!

((Hugs))
Love, Zoya
2007-04-19


Kathy Lockhart
vivid and moving imagery brought me to a beautiful place of peace.
2007-04-19