daffadowndilly

[tailor STATELY]

My Thursday at Two poem for 1/15/2026. Note: this is an Acrostic Golden shovel form

daffadowndilly

"moonlight disappears down the hills mountains vanish into fog and I vanish into poetry." - Sanober Khan

daffadowndillies in the moonlight
appear ghostlike as reality disappears
fey like in its own way - then down
fastidiously I marvel whilst wandering the
accessible færie paths cleaving hills
delving into the secret haunts of mountains
onwards until all traces of wonder vanish
when a shifting wind transforms all into
new beginnings which belies the fog
descending into a dense mist - and
isolation overcomes my sensibilities - I
lament that I might henceforth vanish
lost in a spell of enchantment into
yielding to exist in another's poetry

1/15/2026 r. 1/27/2026

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Danik 2016]

Enjoyed your poem, tailor. Would perhap5change the pea soup for something ,ess down to earth to combine it with the other delkcate nature images.

[tailor STATELY]

Yes, you're right... there are a few other niggles to consider. Thanx

[tonywalt]

love the end: , the poem suggests a surrender—vanishing from the physical world and existing instead as something intangible, absorbed into poetry itself.

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Bar22do]

Stately, hello, I love your poem’s mist—like density and its suggestive, irrevocable inner march of change…
Agree with Danik.
Best to you always

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you Bar

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[tailor STATELY]

The simplest edit made... Thanks for reading/critiquing/commenting

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor

[Jerrybaldy]

Very eloquent Taylor. Glad to see you posting and not just generously massaging our egos. All the best to you.

[tailor STATELY]

Thank you Jerrybaldy... all the best,

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor