A former Life: "Tended by many a naked, perfumed slave," so, so!
"Mother! Mother!" "Mother. - Alpha and Omega."
https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-cas...lpha-and-omega
A former Life: "Tended by many a naked, perfumed slave," so, so!
"Mother! Mother!" "Mother. - Alpha and Omega."
https://www.poetrycat.com/alfred-cas...lpha-and-omega
Last edited by Danik 2016; 04-22-2023 at 09:18 AM.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
re: "so, so!... about what we'd expect from the French romanticist's fantasies.
Tender poem Mother. - Alpha and Omega
Since Mother's day in the U.S.A. is approaching in May our challenge for last Thursday's deadline for our meager poetry group was, of course, "Mothers". Here's what I shared with the group:
“There is no role in life more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood.”
– M. Russell Ballard
Mother
My Mother was chosen before she was born the
Origin heavenly defined, and choired angels
Tell of our premortal story, divinely whispering
Holy hymning to all who would become mothers to
Eternity - my wife, my daughter mothers too as one
Rejoicing, glorifying Heavenly parents one to another
4/13/2023 r. 4/15/2023
Golden shovel: "The angels, whispering to one another," - Edgar Allan Poe, a line from ‘To My Mother’... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...-56d2374c0d434
Acrostic: Mother
.
.
"No poems to write now." - Imran Sada’i; Sinking... https://wordswithoutborders.org/read...eid=fb5284d202
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Enjoyed the poem with acrostic. I was quite unconscious of the approaching Mother's day. In Brazil it is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
re: Mothers Day - here too.
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Sorry, I didnīt notice the poem starting with "N", discreetly at the bottom of the post. "No poems to write now." by Imran Sada’i is short but incisive and I loved the initiative of the project to translate these poems into English.
"Of whispering trees the tongues to hear," "He Heeded Not"by George MacDonald
https://www.poetrycat.com/george-macdonald
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
An evolving poemVery influential writer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacDonald
"Plague's contagious murderous breath" - Friedrich Schiller; The Plague. A Phantasy... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...phantasy-30677
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
re: Indeed, and he seems to be forgotten today!Thanks for his Wikipedia link.
"The Plague" A drastic poem!
"Quit questioning why the Q man can't quite collate as he is queried in his quasi state." Alliteration of Q by Ocean Fury
https://allpoetry.com/poem/12492148-...-by-Ocean-Fury
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
lol... fun alliteration
"Renunciation - is a piercing Virtue" - Emily Dickinson; Renunciation is a piercing Virtue... https://emily-dickinson-riddle.blogs...rtue-card.html
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
Seems I forgot to log out.
I love Emily Dickinson but I canīt make much out of these riddle poems. And someone had the bad idea of printing them all on a black background, not a feast for bad eyes.
"Such oranges! so fresh and sweet," "A Leap Year Episode" by Hattie Howard
https://www.poetrycat.com/hattie-how...p-year-episode
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
"While redolence seemed wafted in
From orchard-groves of Mandarin."
Affairs of the heart - Who knew an orange could be used thus ?
"To keep your marriage brimming" - Ogden Nash; A Word To Husbands... https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/po...-by-ogden-nash
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
re: Indeed!
Lol! Good advice!
"Under the high unclouded sun". "Northward" by John Milton Hay
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/john-milton-hay
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Wonderful poem
"voyage, oh voyage!" - Etel Adnan; voyage, oh voyage!... https://poetryinvoice.ca/read/poems/voyage-oh-voyage
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
"voyage, oh voyage!" A very original poem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etel_Adnan and http://www.eteladnan.com/
"We little children join to praise" "Children's Song" by Nora Pembroke
https://www.poetrycat.com/nora-pembroke
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Enjoyed the hymn poem... wasn't aware of (or forgot) the ligature &c... learned something new
re: Etel Adnan - Thank you for the linksWonderful celebrated artist in many media who passed on in 2021 at the age of 96 and deserves greater praise and studyIn 2003, Adnan was named "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab American author writing today" by the academic journal MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States.
X:
“Ten thousand miles away your soul has flown;” - Xi Jinping; In Memory of Jiao Yulu... https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/top..._10754269.html
tailor
who am I but a stitch in time
what if I were to bare my soul
would you see me origami
7-8-2015
re: Wasnīt aware either.
You never stop surprising me.A poem by Xi Jinping? President Lula visited him recently. But who would have thought him the author of these verses?
In Memory of Jiao Yulu...
"Ten thousand miles away your soul has flown; the rivers, mountains and land yearn for your return. The people mourn the loss of a caring official, tears flooding under the empress trees you planted. Having dedicated your life to the desert, to the betterment of people’s lives, your legacy lives on no matter how many years come and go."
The moon shining bright as always, I think of you and your life’s work. You toiled long and hard, claiming no credit. Serving and benefiting the people: such was your ambition and is also mine. Many a trickle will add a touch of green to the desert and create a wellspring of hope."
"When midnight mists are creeping," "Dreamland" by Lewis Carroll
https://www.poetrycat.com/lewis-carr...s-are-creeping
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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