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To a Fellow Artist
To a Fellow Artist
It’s often asked: wherein does beauty lie,
In mystery bound, proportions magical,
Deciphered only by the observer’s eye,
Or in some poet’s words deemed lyrical?
I know that beauty’s not in sparkling dross,
Perfection is for fools; an empty frame,
In masterpieces, lines are found and lost,
And here, in life’s chiaroscuro lives a flame,
A caring smi...
Friday 29th December 2023 12:16 pm
Seek And You Will Find
During the American Civil War, which ended in 1866, Walt Whitman worked as a clerk in Washington, DC. For a period of three years, he cared for soldiers, dressing their wounds, and comforting the injured.
His 1865 publication of poetry, Drum-Taps, which drew from his experiences in the civil war, includes, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d,” Whitman’s elegy for President Lincoln.
I ...
Monday 3rd July 2023 11:44 am
On Beauty
My love of Beauty, nurtured through the years,
Of form and fair proportion’s served me well.
Yet often I ask: where does my true love dwell?
Within my soul; this heart; these eyes; or ears?
Does she conduct the music of the spheres?
Or, sit in silence sweet on Lakeland fell?
Are roses’ heavenly scent bound by her spell?
Her spirit surely lives in all...
Friday 30th June 2023 10:54 am
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