Nothing like poetry when you lie awake at night. It keeps the old brain limber. It washes away the mud and sand that keeps on blocking up the bends.Like waves to make the pebbles dance on my old floors. And turn them into rubies and jacinths; or at any rate, good imitations.
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About Joyce Cary
Joyce Cary was a 19th-century Irish anglo-irish writer. Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary, known as Joyce Cary, was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. His most notable novels include Mister Johnson and The Horse's Mouth. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression