Re: Post your favorite poem (by yourself or others)
Catyoul - Thank you for posting that Baudelaire poem, and not translating. Even though we may not understand it, I love people quoting poets and authors in the native language used.
Now, in conjunction with the W.C.W. poem I posted, a short ditty by Keats. I am a big fan of short poems - not because they are quicker to read, but just because so much can be said in such a short span. This is one of my favorites. Keats is one of my favorite poets, and while 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is magnificent, I think this poem speaks volumes:
This Living Hand
This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold
And in the icy silence of the tomb
So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights
That thou wouldst wish thine own heart dry of blood,
So in my veins red life might stream again,
And thou be conscience-calm'd. See, here it is -
I hold it towards you.
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