The Buried Circle - Jenni Mills
THE
BURIED
CIRCLE
Jenni Mills
In memory of my father, Robert Mills, who flew
1916-78
and my mother, Sheila Mills, who danced
1921-2007
I sought for ghosts and sped
Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin,
And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing
Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.
Percy Bysshe Shelley,
Hymn To Intellectual Beauty
Time wounds all heels.
Groucho Marx, John Lennon,
and others, including Margaret Robinson
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