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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 16, 2020March 3, 2023

‘WE AL MUST PAS’

In Humbie Churchyard I came across this incredibly intricate and well-preserved 17c tombstone: This tombstone recalls the SKIRVING family of: At the bottom of the tombstone is this carved Angel: … Continue reading ‘WE AL MUST PAS’

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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 10, 2020March 4, 2023

broken

This is an artistic film by a ‘modern ruin’. The film carries some of my recent adventure in and around Lothian. I found Dryden bridge broken (the house was long … Continue reading broken

Categories: Architecture, gardens, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: a modern ruin, angel, Antiquary, At Humbie I found a broken Angel (on one of the finest 17th century tombstones that I have ever come across), At Ormiston Hall I found a broken doorway to the roofless fragment that survives, Bilston, Bilston Glen, broken, Demolished, Dr Peter Gordon, Dryden, Dryden House, Dryden Tower, found Roslin Curling pond broken (but the marsh that has taken its place was full of life), Frog poet, Gorillaz, Hole Ousia, Humbie Churchyard, I found Dryden bridge broken (the house was long ago demolished), I saw you: I was broken - as if a word might say, I then visited the Ormiston Yew and under its ancient canopy - which has survived century after century - I realised that broken is only a word, Mavisbank House, Mercer, midlothian, Mining, Modern Ruin, my recent adventure in and around Lothian, Norman Maccaig, Ormiston Hall, Ormiston Yew, Perennial in its freshness, Peter Gordon, Peter's poems, poem, poet, rebel antiquary, Repeats its love, Scotland, Scottish Poetry Library, Skirving, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Frog Poet, the only epitaph, The Rebel Antiquary, This is an artistic film by a 'modern ruin', tombstone, Trotter, WE AL MUST PAS, William Skirving

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