MONOCHROME WEEKEND
THE KNOT
It's good to be as shapely as the circles on the fence.
The metal-work is crisp and neat and bold.
The knot in the tree is shapeless; what to say in its defence?
It's gnarled, it's rough, it's rugged and it's old.
But, somehow, nothing human ever really quite achieves,
The beauty of a tree against the sky.
Our efforts can't compete with bark and trunk and boughs and leaves!
I wonder why we ever even try!
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INDIA
(An Acrostic suggested by Acrostics Only)
Its history stretches way, way back, into the distant past.
Natural wonders and buildings that will, forever, last.
Delhi was a city replete with history;
Indira Ghandi was famous for political oratory.
As one of earth's greatest countries we respect its way of life
And trust its future is peaceful, with the minimum of strife.
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