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Eric Ratcliffe
Eric Ratcliffe
(Aug 8,1918 / Teddington, England)
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Eric Ratcliffe Poems
- The Maiden Of The Moon's Boat Behind these yellow leaves I ...
- The Green Man In the essence between dragnet day; in the ...
- Before The Puffin Swam Long, long ago, before the puffin ...
- Escape Of The Slave Girl A low arrow, I search the land for...
- Cave Love I shall walk to the girl-cave across the marsh of ...
- Lady Kneeling For Holy Communi... The red heathen faint ...
- The Passing Of The Tribe Leaving my helmet on shale, I will...
educated Kingston Grammar School and Birkbeck College.
Career as bench and information scientist (list of papers is in website below) . World War 2 service London Blitz assisting removal of unexploded AA shells; and India as ammunition examiner. Discharged end of war as Warrant Officer Class 1.
Founded and edited poetry magazine Ore for 4 decades (see my website for history of Ore) . ... more »
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The Maiden Of The Moon's Boat
Behind these yellow leaves I see the maiden of the moon's boat,
her smile straying, her light throat bent over the path of suffering.
Inside a convent of trees she rides, the Bride of my God,
floating a silver mile below her shining side,
as I, like these many branches, open my heart to her.
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