Poems that pursue the horizon from past to present and poems created for NaPoWriMo 2017 |
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 **************************************************** Day 12 - "When As A Lad" is another poem that reminds me of my brother, Rasputin , 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) Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.~~Robert Frost |