Melkur

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I have 189 stories published in 6 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 85681 times and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.

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http://www.easthighlandgothiccom.wordpress.com

My stories

Lighthouse

By Melkur on Wed, 06 Feb 2013

Warning to the way of seafarers Not to tread in the style of the rocks, Wisdom shining from its headland To light the path of the righteous, The ungodly, the stained and the callous
Nature
Poem
Certificate U

Salt Fields

By Melkur on Tue, 05 Feb 2013

Yellow-burning haymakers Stretch to the sea with lazy fingers, Combine harvesters chugging, The first day of autumn Burning the paint on their engines,
Nature
Poem
Certificate U

What An Island Knows

By Melkur on Tue, 05 Feb 2013

Low tide murmurs as a bass voice receding, Revealing the survivors in its wake, A broken box of fish from the harbour mouth, Seaweed limp and passive on the rocks,
Nature
Poem
Certificate U

Where Stern Follows Prow

By Melkur on Tue, 05 Feb 2013

By the church, fragments of psalms Catch the air, too late to save Remains of the humble fishing boat. Upturned as the boats of Boanerges, Sons of thunder to calm the water,
Nature
Poem
Certificate U

Little Vennel

By Melkur on Mon, 04 Feb 2013

Short lane, leading Shorewards to the sea, The grinding breakers of the Firth, The world the town touches, Source of timbered incoming heaving to.
Nature
Poem
Certificate PG

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