moss-grown

That “Field Work” was published in the same era that Irish bluesman Rory Gallagher was rocking his way around Ireland seems bizarre, and it speaks to the dusky, moss-grown modernism of Ireland, where artists can seem out of touch while having their fingers firmly on the button of the present.

They found a temple all slimy and moss-grown, but not quite in ruins, and there they gave thanks for their escape and prayed for help in their dreadful loneliness.

Further east on the national road, lupine seeds have — at some point — been tossed into the moss-grown Eldhraun lava field, formed in a historic 18th-century eruption that wiped out a fifth of Iceland’s population.

Further east on the national road, lupine seeds have — at some point — been tossed into the moss-grown Eldhraun lava field, formed in a historic 18th-century eruption that wiped out a fifth of Iceland’s population.

The banks became moss-grown mounds.