Your Favourite Poem

[Paulo]

Dear all,

Here is a new thread for posting your favourite poems.

I'll start the ball rolling with this one... ;D

[Paulo]

I Worry
by Ali Torrelli


I worry
about her
about the five hundred miles
about the roadblocks in between
about the corner we're turning

I worry
about me
about being realistic
about being fair to her
about being her friend first

I worry
about us
about having the resolve
about having the fire
about having the strength

Then I hear her voice

worries fade
miles dissolve
hearts sing
hopes rise

[WILLOW]

Great idea Paulo! I love poetry! I expect I shall be in here a lot...
This one is a little long, so please bear with me. It is worth it.

LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI - John Keats

Ah what can ail thee, Knight at arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has withered from the Lake
And no birds sing!

O what can ail thee, Knight at arms,
So haggard, and so woebegone?
The squirrel's granary is full
And the harvest's done.

I see a lily on thy brow
With anguish moist and fever dew,
And on thy cheeks a fading rose
Fast withereth too.

"I met a Lady on the Meads,
Full beautiful, a faery's child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light
And her eyes were wild.

"I made a Garland for her head,
And bracelets too, and fragrant Zone;
She looked at me as she did love
And made sweet moan.

"I set her on my pacing steed
And nothing else saw all day long,
For sidelong she would bend and sing
A faery's song.

"She found me roots of relish sweet,
And honey wild, and manna dew,
And sure in language strange she said
'I love thee true.'

"She took me to her elfin grot
And there she wept and sighed full sore,
And there I shut her wild wild eyes
With kisses four.

"And there she lulled me asleep,
And there I dreamed, Ah Woe betide!
The latest dream I ever dreamt
On the cold hillside.

"I saw pale Kings, and Princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all,
They cried 'La belle dame sans merci
Hath thee in thrall!'

"I saw their starved lips in the gloam
With horrid warning gaped wide,
And I awoke, and found me here
On the cold hill's side.

"And this is why I solourn here,
Alone and palely loitering;
Though the sedge is withered from the Lake
And no birds sing."

[Pina]

She Was a Phantom of Delight
William Woodsworth (1770-1850)

She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely Apparition, sent
To be a moment's ornament;
Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair;
Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From May-time and the cheerful Dawn;
A dancing Shape, and Image gay,
To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.

I saw her upon a nearer view,
A Spirit, yet a Woman too!
Her household motions light and free,
And steps of virgin liberty;
A countenance in which we did meet
Sweet records, promises as sweet;
A Creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.

And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A Being breathing thoughtful breath,
A Traveler between life and death;
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Endurance, forsight, strength, and skill;
A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warm, to comfort, anc command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright,
With something of angelic light.

[Pina]

"Monologue of Isabel Watching It Rain in Macondo" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

It's not a poem but a short story. I love Marquez' use of figurative language which is pervasive in his writing. Examples of magnificent figurative language from this short story are: "…the water tightened and hurt, like a shroud over the heart…..eyes lost in the labyrinth of the rain…. earth spins on its rusty unoiled axis……jasmine bush faithful to the memory of my mother……rain grew like an immense tree over the other trees……a voice that tasted of prostrated resignation…I felt my heart turn into a frozen stone."

For more info on Marquez:
www.themodernword.com/gabo/

[Paulo]

Not a poem, but a song! I love the words to this Aerosmith song....

"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"


I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Well, every moment spent with you
Is a moment I treasure
I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Lying close to you
Feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
And I just wanna stay with you
In this moment forever, forever and ever
I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna miss one smile
I don't wanna miss one kiss
Well, I just wanna be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just wanna hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time
Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
'Cause I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep, yeah
I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna miss a thing