To: RoosterRedux
Not a poem about dying so much as a poem about surrender.No, it's a poem about both dying and surrender. Supposedly, it was written by Thomas for his dying father, in an effort to encourage him to keep on fighting and to never lose that spark for life.
It's a truly great villanelle.
Good citation.
10 posted on
11/21/2012 5:28:33 PM PST by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
No, it's a poem about both dying and surrender. Supposedly, it was written by Thomas for his dying father, in an effort to encourage him to keep on fighting and to never lose that spark for life.My father died recently (at 94 y/o) and that is what I kept whispering to him as he lay dying.
And to feel free to let go...that I would take care of things so that he shouldn't worry.
That poem means a lot to me.
15 posted on
11/21/2012 5:37:53 PM PST by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
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