The house was turned from its original position facing the ocean to how it sits now, facing Main Street; the original leaded-glass casement windows were replaced with double-hung windows; and lean-to buildings were incorporated into the structure.
"The bank of the Mississippi next the fort is continually falling in, being worn away by the current, which has been turned from its course by a sand bank, now increased to a considerable island, covered with willows.
It is a place with a royal name, Kingston upon Hull, where King Charles I was turned from its gates at the start of the English Civil War by the Parliament-supporting populace.
Powell wrote that if the boat is "turned from its course so as to strike the wave broadside on, and the wave breaks... the boat is capsized; then we must cling to her for the watertight compartments act as buoys and she cannot sink; and so we go on, dragged through the waves".
That yellow was a falling off, a fall for once I saw coming — it could in its stillness still be turned from, it was not yet ferocious, its hold drew me, was a shiny switchplate in the otherwise dark, rash, ongoing green, a green so hungry for light and air that part gave up, went alone, chose to leave, and by choosing embellishment got seen.
by Sharon Levy That yellow was a falling off,a fall for once I saw coming — it couldin its stillnessstill be turned from,it was not yet ferocious,its hold drew me, was a shiny switchplatein the otherwise dark, rash, ongoing green,a green so hungryfor light and air thatpart gave up,went alone,chose to leave,and by choosing embellishment got seen.
That yellow was a falling off,a fall for once I saw coming it couldin its stillnessstill be turned from,it was not yet ferocious,its hold drew me, was a shiny switchplatein the otherwise dark, rash, ongoing green,a green so hungryfor light and air thatpart gave up,went alone,chose to leave,and by choosing embellishment got seen.
But because her face is turned from the light, and in shadow, its tonality does not make it a point of particular interest.
