Comments on: Vessels https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/03/vessels/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: barleybooks https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/03/vessels/#comment-42126 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:56:55 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27456#comment-42126 In reply to Dave Bonta.

It’s rather mysterious, the seemingly universal impulse to throw coins into water, or to hammer them into trees. Sacrifice or bribe?
I’ve been reading Thomas A Clark’s The Hundred Thousand Places. I think you might like it.

]]> By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/03/vessels/#comment-42124 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:31:18 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27456#comment-42124 In reply to barleybooks.

Thanks. I’ve been reading Francis Pryor’s wonderful books on British archaeology, which is what put the sacrifice of metal objects in mind.

]]> By: barleybooks https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/03/vessels/#comment-42122 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:38:07 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27456#comment-42122 Oh! again. Breathtaking!

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