Poetry and Potpourri .... October 8-9, 2003

10-8-2003 | JustAmy, St.Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[JustAmy]

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The Poetry Branch has been in limbo since the prior hostess left FreeRepublic April 15th 2003. We've since learned that said hostess has lost her posting privilege. That being the case, and Jim Robinson having given his ok, I wanted to renew the thread.

FreeRepublic is blessed with many fine poets, and we look forward to seeing their poems posted on FR once again. There were many non-poet FReepers who visited the Poetry Branch for the camaraderie; we hope they will return.

I would like to invite everyone to visit and relax at Poetry and Potpourri. Hopefully you will renew old acquaintances for chatting, sharing jokes, telling stories, posting cartoons, etc. Everyone needs a place to escape from the everyday news, make Poetry and Potpourri that place.

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The Belvedere's Guardian Wolf ~
the always charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf.

[JustAmy]

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September 27-28, 2003
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October 1-2, 2003
October 3-4-5, 2003
October 6-7, 2003

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[JustAmy]

Settling
by Denise Levertov

I was welcomed here—clear gold
of late summer, of opening autumn,
the dawn eagle sunning himself on the highest tree,
the mountain revealing herself unclouded, her snow
tinted apricot as she looked west,
Tolerant, in her steadfastness, of the restless sun
forever rising and setting.
Now I am given
a taste of the grey foretold by all and sundry,
a grey both heavy and chill. I've boasted I would not
care,
I'm London-born. And I won't. I'll dig in,
into my days, having come here to live, not to visit.
Grey is the price
of neighboring with eagles, of knowing
a mountain's vast presence, seen or unseen.

[JustAmy]

Block City
by Robert Louis Stevenson

What are you able to build with your blocks?
Castles and palaces, temples and docks.
Rain may keep raining, and others go roam,
But I can be happy and building at home.

Let the sofa be mountains, the carpet be sea,
There I'll establish a city for me:
A kirk and a mill and a palace beside,
And a harbor as well where my vessels may ride.

Great is the palace with pillar and wall,
A sort of a tower on top of it all,
And steps coming down in an orderly way
To where my toy vessels lie safe in the bay.

This one is sailing and that one is moored:
Hark to the song of the sailors on board!
And see on the steps of my palace, the kings
Coming and going with presents and things!

[Mama_Bear]

A Thing of Beauty is a Joy for Ever

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darken'd ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits... John Keats

[JustAmy]

[JustAmy]

Hi Mama_Bear ......
Such good news tonight. It may be tough getting to sleep tonight.
That is a beautiful poem and lovely image. Thank you!

[Victoria Delsoul]

The Tower

What shall I do with this absurdity -
O heart, O troubled heart - this caricature,
Decrepit age that has been tied to me
As to a dog's tail?
Never had I more
Excited, passionate, fantastical
Imagination, nor an ear and eye
That more expected the impossible -
No, not in boyhood when with rod and fly,
Or the humbler worm, I climbed Ben Bulben's back
And had the livelong summer day to spend.
It seems that I must bid the Muse go pack,
Choose Plato and Plotinus for a friend
Until imagination, ear and eye,
Can be content with argument and deal
In abstract things; or be derided by
A sort of battered kettle at the heel.

-- W.B.Yeats

[JustAmy]

Thank you, thank you. You have provided us with another wonderful picture and a beautiful poem.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Oh Amy, that's beautiful. Thanks so much.

[b9]

Thank you for the precious ping...
Your poems lighten everything...

Does anyone know where this comes from?
Have loved it for years, but don't know it's author:

"Oh the joy, the inexpressible joy of feeling safe with a friend. Having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but throw them out, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful friend will take what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away."

[Mama_Bear]

[MistyCA]

That is so pretty, Lori! Good night! :)

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Wednesday !!

Have a cup while you FReep !

[MeekOneGOP]

Bu-bye Gray Davis ! Don't the door hit you in the arse on the way out !! ...

[The Mayor]

[Darksheare]

*snerggle*

[Calpernia]

Good morning to Potpourri!

[JohnHuang2]

Beautiful job, my friend :-)

[JohnHuang2]

And G'morning, y'all! :-)