This evening was beautiful. I loved the storm-like wind coursing though these sky high apartments, I loved watching the really hard wind forcing the pool of water, in the swimming pool outside, to dance. I loved putting on my BabyBjorn and taking my little one out to the play ground to feel the wind literally move us. I also loved visiting an aunt who has the most amazing little backyard with one of those quaint little swings, and I loved sitting with Anika there, just swinging for a while. It reminded me of this profound and beautiful poem by William Davies I read many many years ago and looked it up. It's such a delight to revel in the beauty of nature. I hope you enjoy this poem as much as I do.
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| Titled: Reminiscing Childhood |
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this is if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
We have no time to stand and stare.
~William Henry Davies
Totally awesome re akka!!! You took me back to my childhood because this one and two other poems, The Daffodils and Who has seen the wind were my favorite ones u no !!!!!!!!!! I looked up all of them and started saying them mostly by heart still yaar :-)
ReplyDeleteWow appi! i looked up Daffodils and Who has seen the wind just now and I so loved them. Got goosebumps! They are so simple and profound no? I donno if enjoyed them as much then as I did reading them now. Maybe I read them then with a childhood innocence and now I am reading it with all my life's experience :-) Glad you like Leisure too:D Its a poem that I immediately loved as a kid.
DeleteI love your drawings! Just did a search for 'titled'and found a few. Can you do more? They are wonderful.
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