AFTER FERN HILL
a series of tanka after the poem ‘Fern Hill’ by Dylan Thomas – click each tanka to visit linked ukiyo-e
watching pebbles
move with the stream
distant church bells
the bark of a dog-fox
across the valley
nightjars
flashing into the dark
hay on the wind
from fields high above the house
one owl to another
a cock’s crow
the farmer’s son and his girl
walking warm
out of the green stable
two young horses
Paul Conneally
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I like the reference! Excellent reinterpretation.
Thanks so much!
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Paul, this is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing it. Now you have inspired me!
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