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Poem Title: The Stone That Watches (132)
Date Written: 29.08.25
Author: Nigel G Wilcox
Date Written: 29.08.25
Author: Nigel G Wilcox
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The Stone That Watches stands as a quiet invocation of place, presence and transformation. Beneath the shelter of ash and elder; trees steeped in mythic resonance, a stone becomes more than mineral; it becomes memory, witness and vow. The poem tries to unfold like a ritual, where the crow’s spiral flight reframes time as relational breath and the wind’s voice offers a truth beyond direction: that saying is not stagnation, but sacred choice. In choosing to remain, the one reading does not resist movement but becomes the still point around which stories turn. The stone, worn by pilgrim feet and steeped in silence, holds the names and tears of those who came before, becoming a vessel of grace and echo. This is not a poem of endings, but of anchoring...with stores to pass on.
If you have read the Crow Road (49) within this anthology, there may seem to be a reminiscence within the theme.
If you have read the Crow Road (49) within this anthology, there may seem to be a reminiscence within the theme.