World Poetry Day
With world Poetry Day in mind I thought I would share some poems which I have recently come across. World Poetry Day is 20 years old. One of its aims is to celebrate linguistic diversity. During my school days we had to learn poetry by rote. It was something I could never manage and dreaded being asked to recite. Choosing Shoesby Frida Wolfe
New shoes, new shoes, Red and pink and blue shoes. Tell me, what would you choose,If they’d let us buy?Buckle shoes, bow shoes, Pretty pointy-toe shoes, Strappy, cappy low shoes;Let’s have some to try.Bright shoes, white shoes,Dandy-dance-by-night shoes,Perhaps-a-little-tight shoes,Like some? So would I.BUTFlat shoes, fat shoes,Stump-along-like-that shoes,Wipe-them-on-the-mat shoes,That’s the sort they’ll buy.This poem on shoes I came across on https://suth2.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/new-shoes-new-shoes-red-and-pink-and-blue-shoes/
I really enjoy finding a new poem. Reading it a few times to listen to the rhythm of the poem. For me it does not matter that I might not know what the poet intended by the poem. I do not need to delve into every line and stanza to enjoy a poem.
the sunand her flowers
Rupi Kaurthis is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as I we think of those flowers you plant in the garden each year they will teach you that people too must wiltfallrootrisein order to bloom I have enjoyed the poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill for years. This is one of my favourite
An Crannle Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Do tháinig bean an leasale Black & Deckerdo ghearr sí anuas mo chrann.D'fhanas im óinseach ag féachaint uirthifaid a bhearraigh sí na brainsíceann ar cheann. The following is a poem that I came across in an anthology of poems. I often wonder how it would sound in its own language. Is there a difference between today's language and when it was written in 619?
Flowers and Moonlight on the Spring River
Yang-Ti, Emperor of Sui Dynasty Translated by Arthur WaleyThe evening river is level and motionless —The spring colours just open to their full. Suddenly a wave carries the moon awayAnd the tidal water comes with its freight of stars.