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Ah Sunflower! ~ Poetry Thursday
August 24, 2006
Sunflower ~ Canon 30d
Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
Where the youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sunflower wishes to go!
~ William Blake
This week's prompt for Poetry Thursday is "tick tock". Arise from your graves! Aspire to go where you wish.
Posted by vincent at August 24, 2006 12:00 AM
Comments
Lovely poem - thanks for posting it!
Posted by: twitches at August 23, 2006 06:29 PM
love the poem and the photo is amazing!
Posted by: leonie at August 24, 2006 06:09 AM
Wonderful photo ... fabulous Blake!! He had such a way with words!!
Posted by: jzrart at August 24, 2006 08:50 AM
That is the most beautiful sunflower photo I have ever seen.
Posted by: janet at August 24, 2006 06:33 PM
This yellow in this flower is even more brilliant than Blake's own yellows! Yes.
Posted by: Jim at August 24, 2006 07:02 PM
the journey is still and silent for a sunflower, hardly anyone ever notices that it follows the sun.
Posted by: tongue in cheek at August 31, 2006 06:37 PM