I’ve had a love affair with Philip Larkin ever since I first read “This Be the Verse” aged around 14 and rebellious in my purple steel toe capped Doc Martens. His words twisted around in my head, wrapping themselves secure so that even now, I can still recall whole verses.
The second I saw this dinosaur burial ground the lines from “An Arundel Tomb” rose unbidden to the surface, “what will survive of us is love”.
Time has transfigures them into
Untruth. The stone fidelity
They hardly meant has come to be
Their final blazon, and to prove
Our almost-instinct almost true:
What will survive of us is love.
Philip Larkin.
Perhaps they hated each other and just happened to die on very fertile ground, maybe some prankster Goblin thought “let’s pop a rose in the hand of this skeleton” or possibly, just possibly, there is some real truth in that last line. Somehow, given that it’s Valentine’s Day on Thursday this seemed appropriate, if not a little maudlin.
Filed under: Scenary, Screenshots Tagged: | Dinosaur Bones, MoP, Philip Larkin, Poetry, Screenshots, Warcraft, WoW
The random musings and occasional whining of a Warcraft playing Harpy, with some lashings of priestly stuff thrown in.
Your beautiful post reminded me of this http://vimeo.com/8642276
one of my favorites, too…
That’s awesome. Ty for sharing it!
*sniff sniff* raptors in love can’t get any better
But seriously, very fitting and poignant. Love the screenshot!
Thanks. The world needs more dino love.
Man That screenshot is amazing!
Thanks for sharing!
Glad you like it. Thanks.
Always wondered what/who those raptors are, why they are where they are