Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Celebrations

I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
~J. Courtney Sullivan

Celebrating World Poetry Day and Bach's birthday today!


I attempted Donna's blog scavenger hunt and deduced this:

Silence blooms
the world turns green
Another year
spinning around to throw
ferns unfurled
under trees *
pining for the fragrance of the forest
figments and fancies
play with me

(Is it right, Donna?)

* second attempt

And here's some Bach, performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields:



If you'd rather have the choral version:



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6 comments:

  1. Donna SmithMarch 21, 2017 at 10:21 AM

    Check "by day" clue. Should be two different words. I'm passengering and on my phone but I'll try to check!

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  2. Donna SmithMarch 21, 2017 at 10:24 AM

    You didn't count the indented lines as lines.

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  3. Donna SmithMarch 21, 2017 at 12:03 PM

    😄

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  4. Donna SmithMarch 22, 2017 at 9:24 AM

    Oh! I meant to leave a comment about the Simpson cartoon. TTTTTOOOOOO funny! I laughed out loud in the car. Had to show my husband while he was driving. Don't tell anyone.

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  5. HWYMarch 23, 2017 at 10:09 AM

    Sometimes I like to think of song lyrics (poetry put to music) and how they move us. Here's one of my favorite rhymes (makes me smile every time). It's from a song by Lyle Lovett called This Old Porch.

    And this old porch is the Palace walk-in
    On the main street of Texas
    That's never seen the day
    Of G and R and Xs
    With that '62 poster
    That's almost faded down
    And a screen without a picture
    Since Giant came to town

    (absolutely love what he rhymed with "Texas."

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