Life
Ravaged forests again take root
Life nestling within the sturdy acorn
Cannot be throttled
Ashes reborn yield bitter fruit
Fragrance scattered upon the winds
Cannot be bottled
The Old and the New
What shall Lord and land and hall and bower
Castle and fen and glade and tower
Say to a world of Facebook and iron birds?
“Well, Google us to find the words!”
Featured Image: “A Storm in the Rocky Mountains” by Albert Bierstadt.
A nice sestina, with excellent visual accompaniment. Thank you, ABB! The poem is clear and direct, telling of the many…
Thank you, Joe, not just for the essay but for the discovery of Peck, the research you did into his…
Thank you for sharing this lovely poem. Sometimes it seems that folks outside the poetry-reading community think that poetry and…
Thank you, Margaret, for your kind remarks. Because Heine's poems tend to be short, like little poetic hors d'oeuvres, they…
Thank you, Roy, for your kind words. I agree that Heine is very fun—very impish, mischievious, witty, and funny.
Thanks for the picture, to whoever chose it. It is splendid.