Tree at my WindowTree at my window, window tree ( Read more... )

ANZAC day's coming up again, but I just felt like some Sassoon a bit early. mmm, rage.

"Let no one ever, from henceforth say one word in any way countenancing war ( Read more... )

I know, I know, it's been poetry month for... yeah, awhile. But never mind. A good old favourite.

They're Changing Guard at Buckingham PalaceThey're changing guard at Buckingham Palace ( Read more... )

Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

-- Robert Frost

Or: damn, it's cold, and it's only March.

... because I was going to do the poems from those icons I made and never did. So here we go.

( Seven Wishes by Fiona Farrell )

IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE TODAY, READ THIS POEM.

I found this online earlier and decided I had to post it here, since it'd be such a mission to type up myself- it's quite long, so most of it's judicially lj-cut, except for the beginning and my favourite bits. Really, you should read it all the way through: it's stunning and awesome.

Tourists ( Read more... )

Going to post the poems from my icons. Sorry to spam, all.

( High Country Weather )

Another... thirty or so icons. *falls over* These ones are mostly- almost all, in fact- New Zealand poetry. There may be some American ones in the future if I can find my Penguin collection, but for now, I think My Heart Goes Swimming, which is an anthology of New Zealand love poetry collected by Jeny Bornhaldt and Geoffrey O'Brien, will do nicely ( Read more... )

As I was re-reading poetry and browsing posticonic (BEAUTIFUL ICONS. *pimpage*), I came to the conclusion that the most perfect combination in the world is deutscheami's bases and... well, a lot of different poems, it turns out. So I spent an hour this afternoon putting the two together with varying degrees of success, and here are some of the better ones ( Read more... )

One of my favourite memes ever: When you see this, post a bit of poetry in your blog.

The Tides Run Up the WairauThe tides run up the Wairau ( Read more... )