<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=546267" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Battle Lines</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">We got more poetry than we bargained for: <br>Poetry as per the programme; <br>Poetry under the Plane trees; <br>Poetry conjuring other places, <br>Other times, <br>Other insights<br>Through other eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, all that and more<br>As the soft, stone façade<br>Glowed the warm jaune-crème <br>Of a quiet understanding<br>Borne of generations of learning, <br>And, en face, <br>Upstart acres of glass<br>Glowered back their pretensions<br>With an assurance <br>Only the arrogance of youth may afford.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Between these battle lines, <br>Oblivious to their meagre histories and vanities, <br>Nature was quietly busy<br>Writing her elegant, eternal poetry<br>Upon the wind<br>In fresh, green symphony, <br>Strolling and stroking its way<br>Through the forest on my forearms, <br>Stealing me away from listening, <br>To writing: <br>Recording the history of the briefest of moments<br>Perhaps no-one else noticed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">More than I bargained for too.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Stephanos, thank you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tony+Jolley">Tony Jolley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=546267" data-title="Battle Lines de Tony Jolley" data-description="We got more poetry than we bargained for: Poetry as per the programme; Poetry under the Plane trees; Poetry conjuring other places, Other times, Other insights Through other eyes. Yes, all that and more As the soft, stone façade Glowed the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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