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Friday, 28 August 2015

Fairy Chimneys

Fairy Chimneys

Within these ancient river valleys
Hewn from the riven landscape
Bony fingers stretch upwards
Irregular sandstone columns pointing at the sky
Protected from erosion of wind and weather
By basalt boulders perched precariously atop

Thus they sit
Wearing dainty caps
Stretched mushroom shapes
Tall fungal structures
Amid the tuff
Curved and crooked
Twisted, leaning
Top-heavy hat-stones
Defying gravity
Balanced high
Up in the air
Waiting for that moment
When the softer pillar
Will at last collapse
And rain down rocks
To the ground beneath
A fairy chimney no longer


Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2015

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