The Windhover - Gerard Manley Hopkins

[kellyrfineman]

Today I woke up thinking about Yeats's falcon in his widening gyre, and how "things fall apart; the centre cannot hold". And then I got to thinking that perhaps I'd look for a more upbeat falcon poem. And I found "The Windhover" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Hopkins converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit priest, who worked with what he called "

Comments

[slatts]

it takes reading out loud (or as loud as a loud whisper can be in cubicleville)... a couple of times and it rolls and flies.

cool!

[kellyrfineman]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[kellyrfineman]

Smooch.

[rumphius]

I'm so glad I didn't have to wait until Friday. I really needed a poem today. I just love "dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon" and "gash gold-vermillion." Thanks for sharing!

[kellyrfineman]

Wasn't it a great poem?

[boreal_owl]

This poem sings. Thanks, Kelly!

[kellyrfineman]

I thought it was lovely, too.

[kellyrfineman]

Thus far, I'm not feeling all that meme-ish. But some day soon I will likely do it. Thanks!