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Talking to Lord Newborough

David Anthony

(Lt. William Charles Wynn, 1873-1916, 4th Baron Newborough, whose grave overlooks the Vale of Ffestiniog in North Wales) I’d perch beside your gravestone years ago, a boy who thought...

Talking to Lord Newborough

David Anthony

(Lt. William Charles Wynn, 1873-1916, 4th Baron Newborough, whose grave overlooks the Vale of Ffestiniog in North Wales) I’d perch beside your gravestone years ago, a boy who thought...

Summer’s End

David Anthony

Yesterday stealing from the sun dandelions lit the shaded path briefly. Now they’re gone. Hurry through faded meadows while light still holds. Days grow shorter; how quickly evening comes....