AWOL Seva Novgorodtsev

AWOL Seva NovgorodtsevIn rural Wales, wandering the dunes west of Pwllheli, John Fuller has carefully composed a letter on the subject of travel: warning against it, wondering about peoples presences and absences, and serenely admiring the Wales of sheep and song. Andrew Wynn Owen has replied with friendly enthusiasm, matching Johns poetic form and his musings on travel. Is it better to risk seeming stay at home, A stick in mud or to pass life scared Of stillnesses? AWOL

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