Here's Another Poem by Blake

Some poems hit me immediately. Some poems take awhile for me to figure out. One poem that took me awhile was Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold. It seems dry at first, but there are deeper meanings. The poem by William Blake that I am posting is one that I could immediately relate to, for I have felt what he talks about. Sometimes, another's words say it better than you can for yourself.

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Love’s Secret

NEVER seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.

I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears,
Ah! she did depart!

Soon after she was gone from me
A traveler came by,
Silently, invisibly,
He took her with a sigh.

--William Blake

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My First Submission

This is the first writing that I will be posting. It's short, for now. It's just to show how this site can be a welcome place to speak to others through your work. Click 'Read More' to view.


Spider

There’s a spider in my closet, crawling, climbing. It comes out, finds my foot. Crawling, climbing up my back. A bite on the back of my neck takes me away….
--by me

The Cemetery

The dark envelops me.
Moonlight drifts softly
between spaces in the trees.
I can see the sparkle of stars
through the autumn leaves.
I can feel the soreness in my legs.
I’ve been walking through this cemetery
every night for three months.
I’ve seen every stone.
And I know, someday, this will be me.
I will be cold as the earth,
closed up in a wooden box,
buried in dirt.
--by me

I'll leave with a quote:

"War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. "
-- Thomas Mann (1875-1955)

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Copyright

In order for this site to work, it is very important that no one steals someone else's work. Before creating this page, I had questions about whether I would be able to do anything if anyone stole my work. Under U.S. law, an artist's work is automatically copyrighted, as long as there is a hard copy of it. It is an advantage to the artist if the work is registered with the Copyright Office or published, but not necessary. Please do not steal the work of others. An artist's work is their own and it becomes very demoralizing if that work is stolen. If another's work is referenced, make a note of the original creator.

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Some of My Favorite Poetry

Poetry has existed for ages. It can communicate a person's deepest thoughts or desires. An extension of poetry has been song: the mixture of music and vocals. Since early humans figured out how to use pigments for painting, there have been visual expressions of what people have seen or envision. Art, other than eating and breathing, is one of the first things people learned as a means of communication. For my first real post on my new web log, I am going to put up some selections of poetry that were written years ago. This site is meant as a way for others to share what they have created. In future posts, I will share what I have written.

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The Red Wheelbarrow

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens

-- William Carlos Williams

The Clod & the Pebble

Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hells despair.

So sang a little Clod of Clay,
Trodden with the cattle's feet;
But a Pebble of the brook,
Warbled out these metres meet.

Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to Its delight:
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heavens despite.

--William Blake

I Knew a Woman

I knew a woman, lovely in her bones,
When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at them;
Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than one:
The shapes a bright container can contain!
Of her choice virtues only gods could speak,
Or English poets who grew up on Greek
(I'd have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek).

How well her wishes went! She stroked my chin,
She taught me Turn, and Counter-turn, and Stand,
She taught me Touch, that undulant white skin;
I nibbled meekly from her proffered hand;
She was the sickle; I, poor I, the rake,
Coming behind her for her pretty sake
(But what prodigious mowing we did make).

Love likes a gander, and adores a goose:
Her full lips pursed, the errant note to seize;
She played it quick, she played it light and loose;
My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees;
Her several parts could keep a pure repose,
Or one hip quiver with a mobile nose
(She moved in circles, and those circles moved).

Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay;
I'm martyr to a motion not my own;
What's freedom for? To know eternity.
I swear she cast a shadow white as stone.
But who would count eternity in days?
These old bones live to learn her wanton ways:
(I measure time by how a body sways).

--Theodore Roethke

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Open Thread

Use this thread to talk about anything. Art or not.

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The Hopelessly Smart

I came across this on another web log recently. It shows the despair in this person's heart. Link provided below.  

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