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