This Month of June 2021. I have decided to share two of my favourite poems with you :-

LOOK TO THIS DAY by Kalidasa

LOOK TO THIS DAY

FOR IT IS LIFE, THE VERY LIFE OF LIFE,

IN BRIEF COURSE

LIE ALL THE VERITIES AND REALITIES OF YOUR EXISTENCE.

THE BLISS OF GROWTH

THE GLORY OF ACTION,

THE SPLENDOUR OF ACHIEVEMENT

ARE BUT EXPERIENCES OF TIME.

FOR YESTERDAY IS BUT A DREAM

AND TOMORROW IS ONLY A VISION;

AND TODAY WELL-LIVED, MAKES

YESTERDAY A DREAM OF HAPPINESS

AND EVERY TOMORROW A VISION OF HOPE.

LOOK WELL THEREFORE TO THIS DAY;

SUCH IS THE SALUTATION OF THE EVER-NEW DAWN.

HE WISHES FOR THE CLOTHS OF HEAVEN by W B Yeats

HAD I THE HEAVENS' EMBROIDERED CLOTHS,

ENWROUGH WITH GOLDEN AND SILVER LIGHT,

THE BLUE AND THE DIM AND THE DARK CLOTHS

OF NIGHT AND THE HALF LIGHT,

I WOULD SPREAD THE CLOTHS UNDER YOUR FEET;

BUT I, BEING POOR, HAVE ONLY MY DREAMS;

I HAVE SPREAD MY DREAMS UNDER YOUR FEET;

TREAD SOFTLY BECAUSE YOU TREAD ON MY DREAMS.

Maureen Shaw