OBLIVION’S GRACE In the deadness of Dove Wing Mrs. Martindale waits – For a Balt with an assortment of jars. She’s a bird that has fallen, Crashed into this place, This carpeted cage without bars. Stunned into quiescence, Imprisoned by age, What an end after flying so far! The trolley is squeaking – An Estonian… Continue reading
Date Archives → July 2014
Testing for humanity – The Plague Dogs revisited
Testing for humanity – The Plague Dogs revisited I came across by chance recently a DVD of The Plague Dogs, a 1982 animation of Richard Adams’ bestselling 1977 novel. I was catapulted immediately back to childhood, when I had read the book shortly after publication, with a sense of distress and anger I can still… Continue reading