The first gorse is in bloom and its warm scent of coconut and vanilla greets us as we follow the path across the moor. The rookery at Leanach Cottage is full of rooks and hooded crows. I wonder about the music the men who rest here would have danced to and all their loved ones, who wanted to keep them safe.
ancient battleground –
the place where men fell
brimming with life
pilgrims and progeny
hear a skylark sing
© Xenia Tran
This is another poem from a series I wrote at Culloden Battlefield during my visits in February and April. You can read two earlier poems here and here.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,
with love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Your Daily Word Prompt: Elude
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It looks so beautiful and peaceful now 💚 Beautiful tanka and images, Xenia. Much love to you all 💕🐕💕xxx
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Cathy, it has such a peaceful energy now and is a haven for wildlife too 💚🐦 Wishing you a lovely evening and please give sweet Flynn a gentle pat from us all 🤗💕🐕 xxx
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Thank you from Flynn and me 🤗🐕💕xxx
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Gorse will grow anywhere. But it is such a lovely colour and has such lovely smell. Lovely tanka too🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Karina, it’s so lovely to see and smell the gorse in bloom again 💛
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Gorse sounds like it has a lovely scent, a vibrant color and with rooks calling, the scene is complete! ❤
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Eliza, the gorse has a lovely, almost tropical, scent and it’s so good to hear the rooks calling again 💛
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What an interesting thought…what music would those, now fallen , warriors have danced to? Something that would have been played on a fiddle perhaps?
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Anne, I was thinking of ceilidhs and fiddle music too 💜 xxx
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The stone buildings speak of silence and antiquity, and your descriptions of gorse are so vivid. Your verse, as always, is beautiful and so meaningful. What a magical place. Wonderful stuff, Xenia. 🙂
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Mike, it is a very special and inspiring place to visit 😊
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