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Poems that pursue the horizon from past to present and poems created for NaPoWriMo 2017
#906721 added March 31, 2017 at 9:19pm
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When As A Lad
         When as a lad, at break of day
         I watched the fishers sail away,
My thoughts, like flocking birds, would follow
Across he curving sky's blue hollow,
         And on and on -
         Into the very heart of dawn!

         For long I searched the world! Ah me!
         I searched the sky, I searched the sea.
With much of useless grief and rueing,
Those winged thoughts of mine pursuing -
         So dear were they,
         So lovely and so far away!

         I seek them still and always will
         Until my laggard heart is still,
And I am free to follow, follow,
Across the curving sky's blue hollow,
         Those thoughts too fleet
         For any save the soul's swift feet!

                             Isabel Ecclestone Mackay [1875-1928]

From: The Home Book of Verse by Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1917, pg.356



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Day 12 - "When As A LadOpen in new Window. is another poem that reminds me of my brother, Rasputin Author IconMail Icon, who now soars free and can fish to his heart's content. Ms. Mackay is a female Canadian writer who championed creative writing and journalism in Canada: https://www.poemhunter.com/isabel-ecclestone-mackay/biography/ . I like the imagery in this poem as she captures the essence of longing to go fishing - an outdoor activity my brother always loved.

I hope you enjoyed this romp through my poetry selections! (Days 3-12)


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