This River Accepts Offerings, poetry by Michael Ball at Spillwords.com

This River Accepts Offerings

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Box For Coins by James Hancock

Village fairs and festivals are an expected delight in the quiet rural parts of the country; but night fairs are unheard of. This triggered my curiosity and was something ‘unmissable.’

My journey was a hard drive through a hot day and cold night, but Stonemoor didn’t disappoint. It was everything I’d imagined, from country lanes with tall hedges, to rolling fields and isolated farmhouses; even a hump bridge over a lazy river as I entered the village. The stereotype matched the name perfectly. ...