Author: baronvoncrow

The road to a friend’s house is never long

Who Dares Wins

Sir David Stirling

Once a hay meadow is gone, it’s gone.

Professor John Rodwell

Green was the silence, wet was the light

Pablo Neruda

I caught this morning morning’s minion, king-
dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy!

Gerald Manley Hopkins, ‘The Windhover’

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

It’s a new dawn,
It’s a new day,
It’s a new life for me,
And I’m feeling good…

Nina Simone, from I put a Spell on You

To gongoozle is to stand and watch narrowboats pass
And a canal is a lesson, a water-based school

Ian MacMillan

Side by side we lie, the river and I
[…]
Lying here is just a tired man, like you

‘A Tired Man’ Attila József