Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Great Regulars: Why is it only now that we discover

that the rescue party consists of three men too? Are they doomed to vanish as well, in a series of inexplicable disasters? Worse, in this uncanny atmosphere, can we really believe in their confident distinction between the living and the dead? Doesn't the "endless while" suggest not only a psychological state of profound shock but also a spiritual reality?

from Christopher Nield: The Epoch Times: The Antidote--Classic Poetry for Modern Life: An Extract from ‘Flannan Isle' by Wilfrid Gibson

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