Why can’t the shadows give us answers?
Every breath of longing wasted
fades where the sky becomes a flame
watched by the forest sentinels
at the fall of high stone towers
Halls overrun by nothing
yet battles won where the sky falls heavy
suffocation of a willing soul
one of many seeking clean air
amidst the corpses of all these battlefields
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If you had to name one author as your main inspiration, who would it be?
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Mitchel David Ring 
16 responses to “Sentinel”
So hard to name one author. I find whoever I’m currently reading ens-ire’s me. So, all my blog friends are inspirations. You all keep me going, dreaming, writing.
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That’s great to hear! I agree, seeing everyone else working hard is great inspiration (: cheers!
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Your question peaked my interest; my answer – John Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels.
Thank you! I always enjoy reading your posts. Very much a different genre to my normal reading 😊
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Thanks so much! I’m glad I can add a bit of variety (:
I’ll have to take a look at some of Richard Jeffries’ work, I hadn’t heard of him before. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Great poem. I listened to the audio.
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Thanks for reading and listening! Glad you enjoyed it (: cheers
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Thoreau
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I haven’t read nearly enough of Thoreau. What would suggest someone new to his work start with?
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Oh my goodness you are in for a treat! Start with Walden in the portable Thoreau. It’s cheap on Abe books. If you like nature Walden will enhance you but if you enjoy politics and activism I suggest his essay civil disobedience 😀 lmk what you think
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I will check both of them out! Thanks for the recommendations (:
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Just checked and civil disobedience is in the portable Thoreau 👍
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Richard Brautigan, Vonnegut, Saul Bellow were my doors to letters…
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Great inspirations to be sure! The world needs satire to make sure we don’t take ourselves too seriously
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Thanks so much for the reblog! (:
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Awesome poetry.
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