Thursday, October 10, 2013

Burning Leaf


Edna St. Vincent Millay, Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet and playwright, ardent feminist 


Burning Leaf

How simple and how hard is this:
To see the grass,
To only touch the flowers,
To feel the sun ,
To not bow under boulders,
To know which light is yours,
To follow it back home.



Poets United challenges us to write about a poet we adore...hence, meet Miss V. 

12 comments:

  1. Beautiful title and post ending ~ To follow it back home ~

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  2. I like this very much.. I do think Miss V would be pleased!! Like Grace, I am struck by the final line!

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  3. You've also captured the feel of her work!

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  4. Wow, you have totally captured her style - and her essence (in finding one's light and following it back home.") Great write!!!!

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  5. Karen,

    This is a very fine tribute...

    Eileen

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  6. Very reflective with a "concrete" ending. Love it.

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  7. Oh! That just made my heart sing. I just set aside a boulder last night. I might have to print this out & post it on the bathroom mirror so I can read it each morning...

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  8. what a beautiful poem Karen
    there is a magical sense to this - you can almost touch it

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  9. Line 5 for me, the pivot the whole poem revolves around. Very fine.

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  10. A singularity of purpose to lead to a shore so far off yet so close if one but hears.

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