a poem a day

april is national poetry month! celebrate by reading a poem a day with this handy dandy link:

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/345

you can even get a mobile version for on-the-go:

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/404

here's one of my personal favorites from good ol' yeats:

When You are Old
by W. B. Yeats

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.


"but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face...." that is how i'd like to be loved....


cups of coffee:  2

mood:  busy busy