I will be returning Poems to Read: A New Favourite Poem Project Anthology tomorrow. You can borrow it from Choa Chu Kang Community Library @Lot 1. But before I do that I would like to share this poem with you.
To My Dear Children
This book by any yet unread,
I leave for you when I am dead,
That being gone, here you may find
What was your living mother’s mind.
Make use of what I leave in love,
And God shall bless you from above.
Anne Bradstreet (1612 – 1672)
There are hardly any images in this poem.
It uses simple words.
There isn’t any particular line that leaves a deep impression on me.
I can’t smell, touch, or visualize anything from the poem.
But if you read it aloud, it sounds great! And the meaning behind this poem is one of the main reasons why I write poetry – to pass my love, my thoughts, my feelings, etc. to my children and the generations to come.
I love this piece. :)
6 comments:
yup no visuals... subtle yet deep.... i like too!
hehehe.. but i not too sure if i wanna my children to read my humtum poems! :lol:
Actually, there's a series that compiles various 101 poems, like 101 poems to get you through night and day .
I've borrowed most of the books on this series from queenstown library. it's really nice, u should try to read some of it.
(ps. i'm from sgforums, guess who i am?)
Hey panda, why not? Show the poetic side of you to your children mah. ;P
Thanks for the info anonymous, but I really have no idea who you are. Heh. :)
So have u checked out the 101 poems?
Not yet my friend, been very busy with my work.
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