by Dawn Wood (b. 1963)

Old Red Sandstone
Language: English 
Once upon a riverbed,
once upon a delta-stage,
a flood plane grew a skin of rust,
as red as red; before it folded,
scooped and quarried, lost
to palaces and echoes, arches.

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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-17
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