Idylical spring poem!Enjoyed!
"He watches the great ships swinging"."A Norse Lad" by Oscar H. Roesner
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/osc...r/a-norse-lad/
Idylical spring poem!Enjoyed!
"He watches the great ships swinging"."A Norse Lad" by Oscar H. Roesner
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/osc...r/a-norse-lad/
Last edited by Danik 2016; 07-08-2026 at 10:02 PM.
"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
A longing for sea travel... enjoyed
#16 "I looked through others' windows" - Jessie Belle Rittenhouse; Windows... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/poe...t-perspective/
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
Interesting poem about perspective. We have a saying in Portuguese: " The neighbor's lawn is always greener".
A poem with "j" in its title:
"Some flowers are withered and some joys have died;"."July"
by Helen Hunt Jackson
https://www.litscape.com/author/Hele...kson/July.html
"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
Resilient Lilies: "In vain the cruel skies their hot rays shed; / The lily does not feel their brazen glare." Enjoyed
#2 "Kum bay ya, my Lord, kum bay ya;" - Various. American.; Kumbaya... https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/lullabies/
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
Reminds me a bit of Gospel chant! Enjoyed!
This one you probably know. One often finds the melody in music caskets.
"Lullaby and good night,". "Brahm's Lullaby" (Lullaby and Goodnight)
by Johannes Brahms. German.
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/lullabies/
In German with English cc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6xCa4EiNcU
One mistaken translation: Tomorrow morning if it is God's will, you will be waked again (this line is repeated twice, there is nothing about God being absent or falling.
"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
Sweet poem/song/video
"Move tirelessly" - Soso / Joseph Stalin; To the Moon... https://thewisescribe.org/2012/04/08...-josef-stalin/
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
For Heaven's sake, tailor, didn't even read it.
"No man is an island,"."No Man is an Island"
by John Donne
https://discoverpoetry.com/poems/joh...-is-an-island/
"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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