The Old Quarry
A secret healing place48 total reviews
Comment from artisart4u
Your poem is nice about remembering a favorite peaceful place.
Being around water can make up feel that way.
I think everyone can find a nice quiet place.
Your rhyme in the poem is also nice.
Good luck with your poem.
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Your poem is nice about remembering a favorite peaceful place.
Being around water can make up feel that way.
I think everyone can find a nice quiet place.
Your rhyme in the poem is also nice.
Good luck with your poem.
Comment Written 21-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Many thanks for this complimentary review and award of 6 stars, artisart4u. Much appreciated!
Comment from Spitfire
Who would have thought a quarry had such personality? And a human feel to it also (Reference to heart and guts)It's a place still alive with the past (sound of hammers, pool holding ancient thoughts)Interesting contrast between the words choices in stanza two (jagged, guts torn, violent spill, feral, hover) and then the peaceful message toward the end.
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Who would have thought a quarry had such personality? And a human feel to it also (Reference to heart and guts)It's a place still alive with the past (sound of hammers, pool holding ancient thoughts)Interesting contrast between the words choices in stanza two (jagged, guts torn, violent spill, feral, hover) and then the peaceful message toward the end.
Comment Written 21-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Maybe the more violent language in the second verse was because we are renovating the old farmhouse at the moment and I'm getting more than my fair share of exercise lugging stone from around the quarry up to the house! Convict labour! Thanks very much for the 6 stars. Appreciated!
Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin
Hi,
I like the last stanza in particular. Such an wonderful thing to have a place to go to with one's thoughts - a healing place. Mine is in my Grandpa's woods.
Nicely done,
Deep Smilin'... Jax
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Hi,
I like the last stanza in particular. Such an wonderful thing to have a place to go to with one's thoughts - a healing place. Mine is in my Grandpa's woods.
Nicely done,
Deep Smilin'... Jax
Comment Written 21-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Many thanks, Jax. I appreciate your kind review and comments. You are right, we all need a place like this somewhere.
Comment from victor 66
It is truly magical how nature can fill in, rebuild and reclaim that which man has changed and thought would last forever. It is good that your farmhouse, built long ago with considerable pride I'm sure, is appreciated. I have seen old buildings and old homes abandoned in the woods and jungles. Within a few years, you'd have to trip over these structures to find them. The observation of man and nature is fascinating. What's this place going to look like ten thousand years from now? I'd like to see what's all going to happen. Wordy? yes. But, that's what your creation has stimulated, at least in my mind. Best wishes.
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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It is truly magical how nature can fill in, rebuild and reclaim that which man has changed and thought would last forever. It is good that your farmhouse, built long ago with considerable pride I'm sure, is appreciated. I have seen old buildings and old homes abandoned in the woods and jungles. Within a few years, you'd have to trip over these structures to find them. The observation of man and nature is fascinating. What's this place going to look like ten thousand years from now? I'd like to see what's all going to happen. Wordy? yes. But, that's what your creation has stimulated, at least in my mind. Best wishes.
Comment Written 21-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Absolutely right, Victor. A few years ago I visited Tikal, in the Guatemalan jungle. Such breathtaking works of man swallowed up by the undergrowth and almost invisible now. We're in the midst of restoring the old farmhouse at Brooklands, using stone still scattered around the quarry. Hence the poem!
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You will have fond memories of the restoration and a warm place during the cold nights.
Comment from 9999pool
A sanctuary known to just a few. An old mine where at the top stood a stone house.
This quarry had been left to fill the wilderness over the years and inside it, a lot of wild nature had taken over and sometimes we can feel the old craftsmen at work like in the good old days.
Here, our imagination and muse gets into the rhythm of the past and present.
Definitely a tranquil and peaceful place for solitude, smiles.
Good write.
Cheerio, Ritchie. :))
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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A sanctuary known to just a few. An old mine where at the top stood a stone house.
This quarry had been left to fill the wilderness over the years and inside it, a lot of wild nature had taken over and sometimes we can feel the old craftsmen at work like in the good old days.
Here, our imagination and muse gets into the rhythm of the past and present.
Definitely a tranquil and peaceful place for solitude, smiles.
Good write.
Cheerio, Ritchie. :))
Comment Written 21-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Thanks for the review, Richie. We're in the midst of restoring the old farmhouse at Brooklands, using stone still scattered around the quarry. Hence the poem!
Comment from skye
Beautifully crafted poem about a quarry and the rocks that built the walls and fences.
You captured the very essence of the past within your strong, well constructed lines, using terrific words to paint the picture.
Excellent.
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Beautifully crafted poem about a quarry and the rocks that built the walls and fences.
You captured the very essence of the past within your strong, well constructed lines, using terrific words to paint the picture.
Excellent.
Comment Written 21-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Thanks for the review, Skye. We're in the midst of restoring the old farmhouse at Brooklands, using stone still scattered around the quarry. Hence the poem!
Comment from Leineco
What a beautifully wrought expositive poem. You painted a very real panorama - from the abandoned, yet "haunted" old home to the vibrancy of the quarry, rejuvenated by the healing hand of nature.
I guess, in the end, the message is - the hand of man cannot hope to build more durably than Mother Nature's hand can :-)
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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What a beautifully wrought expositive poem. You painted a very real panorama - from the abandoned, yet "haunted" old home to the vibrancy of the quarry, rejuvenated by the healing hand of nature.
I guess, in the end, the message is - the hand of man cannot hope to build more durably than Mother Nature's hand can :-)
Comment Written 21-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Absolutely right, Leineco. A few years ago I visited Tikal, in the Guatemalan jungle. Such breathtaking works of man swallowed up by the undergrowth and almost invisible now. We're in the midst of restoring the old farmhouse at Brooklands, using stone still scattered around the quarry. Hence the poem! I appreciate your six stars and review! Many thanks!
Comment from zanya
If only those'rocks wrenched from the ground' could speak what an interesting tale they would have to tell - part of that tale, both past and present, is encapsulated here in vibrant imagery
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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If only those'rocks wrenched from the ground' could speak what an interesting tale they would have to tell - part of that tale, both past and present, is encapsulated here in vibrant imagery
Comment Written 21-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Absolutely right, Zanya. We're in the midst of restoring the old farmhouse at Brooklands, using stone still scattered around the quarry. Hence the poem! many thanks for reviewing!
Comment from w.j.debi
A quiet contemplation of the house and the quarry. Nature heals the scars left behind and builds a beautiful world from it. And the old farmhouse stands in recognition of hard work and ingenuity. Excellent rhymes in your tribute to the place.
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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A quiet contemplation of the house and the quarry. Nature heals the scars left behind and builds a beautiful world from it. And the old farmhouse stands in recognition of hard work and ingenuity. Excellent rhymes in your tribute to the place.
Comment Written 20-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Many thanks for your lovely review, WJD. We're in the midst of restoring the old farmhouse at Brooklands, using stone still scattered around the quarry. Hence the poem!
Comment from Just Pete
Like a well composed video, this poem contains some vivid imagery and a sense of history. The forst line in the final stanza is so poetic and I enjoyed the brief vivit to a fascinating place. Peter
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Like a well composed video, this poem contains some vivid imagery and a sense of history. The forst line in the final stanza is so poetic and I enjoyed the brief vivit to a fascinating place. Peter
Comment Written 20-May-2014
reply by the author on 22-May-2014
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Many thanks for your interesting review, Peter. We're currently in the midst of restoring the old farmhouse at Brooklands, using stone still scattered around the quarry. Hence the poem!
