Forgotten Poems #78
"There's too much selfhood in this lake:"
Pulled me right in...
Thank you for sharing.
Ohhh yeah, that's such a great line. A genuine pleasure :-) Thank you for reading!
Some really lovely poetry here, Dick - not least Dick Whyte’s!
Awww cheers Thomas!!!! 💜
"I know the four streams, all their ways;
I've paddled in their amber sprays
And flung them into bubbled praise
Of sunlight." Bubbled praise of sunlight! What a phrase. Thank you for sharing this.
Ohhh yeah, that is such an amazing line! Always a pleasure Jeffrey :-) Gotta make sure the joy of these forgotten gems gets out there and finds some new life.
Your poem is lovely. The first line of Boyesen's first poem is such a grabbing one, and I love this from the second:
"Ye that are day-things,
Reckoners of north and south,
Of great things ruinous,
What should ye know of us,
Us that have stars for our playthings,
Yea, stars to browse on our mouth?"
Aw cheers Margaret :-) Ohhh yeah, that’s the such a great stanza - the line “stars to browse on our mouth” - dammmmm, what an image!
I particularly like the first poem.
Yeah, it's a banger alright! :-)
Yeah, that first poem is really something. And I love the bold move of having all the lines rhyme so clearly.
And I think your last stanza really captures the fate of a lot of poetic, sensitive souls. :)
Totally - it's packs quite a punch! Aw cheers Hasse - yeah, that last stanza is special to me :-)
Counting petals... 🖤
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I really enjoyed these, Dick. They’re such a pleasure to read. Your poems fit so well, as always!
So glad Rod :-) Yeah I agree - a lot of pleasure here. Aw thanks - I appreciate it 💜
"There's too much selfhood in this lake:"
Pulled me right in...
Thank you for sharing.
Ohhh yeah, that's such a great line. A genuine pleasure :-) Thank you for reading!
Some really lovely poetry here, Dick - not least Dick Whyte’s!
Awww cheers Thomas!!!! 💜
"I know the four streams, all their ways;
I've paddled in their amber sprays
And flung them into bubbled praise
Of sunlight." Bubbled praise of sunlight! What a phrase. Thank you for sharing this.
Ohhh yeah, that is such an amazing line! Always a pleasure Jeffrey :-) Gotta make sure the joy of these forgotten gems gets out there and finds some new life.
Your poem is lovely. The first line of Boyesen's first poem is such a grabbing one, and I love this from the second:
"Ye that are day-things,
Reckoners of north and south,
Of great things ruinous,
What should ye know of us,
Us that have stars for our playthings,
Yea, stars to browse on our mouth?"
Aw cheers Margaret :-) Ohhh yeah, that’s the such a great stanza - the line “stars to browse on our mouth” - dammmmm, what an image!
I particularly like the first poem.
Yeah, it's a banger alright! :-)
Yeah, that first poem is really something. And I love the bold move of having all the lines rhyme so clearly.
And I think your last stanza really captures the fate of a lot of poetic, sensitive souls. :)
Totally - it's packs quite a punch! Aw cheers Hasse - yeah, that last stanza is special to me :-)
Counting petals... 🖤
🌸🌼🌺
I really enjoyed these, Dick. They’re such a pleasure to read. Your poems fit so well, as always!
So glad Rod :-) Yeah I agree - a lot of pleasure here. Aw thanks - I appreciate it 💜