![Geomorphology and Groundwater [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2017] Quan Cui, Ph.D.](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1678281954l/84890748._SX318_.jpg)
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It intrigued me that literary people raved about the poems MacDiarmid wrote while living in Shetland, especially 'On a Raised Beach', while I found them hard to appreciate. As a Shetlander and a geographer who knew the place fairly intimately, including the steep storm beaches (and lack of post-glacial isostatic uplift necessary for raised beaches), I found his battering-ram approach to using geological terminology a bit indigestible. We all have moments of epiphany when we discover something pr
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― Ayont the Thistle: A gallimaufry of poetry and prose to mark the centenary (1926 - 2026) of Hugh MacDiarmid's 'A Drunk Man looks at the Thistle'
― Ayont the Thistle: A gallimaufry of poetry and prose to mark the centenary (1926 - 2026) of Hugh MacDiarmid's 'A Drunk Man looks at the Thistle'
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لقد بدأت أرى نهايتي..
بين طيات محدبة وأطياف قوس قزحي الألوان
ممتدة بعيدًا في الأفق
أتتبع أثار أسلاف من قروش ملائكة وأشجار متحجرة
بلورات لامعة هنا وهناك ،
متناثرة ..تحت ضوء شموس ساطعة وزمهرير ليال مقمرة
ضوء الأزهران يتبعني كنجمة
تتراقص على مسرح مهجور من جنس خبيث
حشد من سحالي وأفاعي وروابط عنق باهتة..
يا أيها العالي العلي
إمنحني سرك
اسرج مصابيح نفسي أكثر فأكثر .. واقترب.
#جيني_حسين_علي
I'm beginning to see my end...
Between convex folds and iridescent arc spectra.
Reaching far towards the hori
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