For the grown ups:
Sonnet
(I am in need of music)
Elizabeth Bishop 1928
I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling fingertips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!
There is a magic made by melody:
A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep
To the subaqueous stillness of the sea,
And floats forever in a moon-green pool,
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep.
For the kids:
I first fell in love with Shel Silverstein as a little kid. His words were so funny and goofy, and they conjured such marvelous images in my young little mind. As a teenager my boyfriend's father introduced me to Elizabeth Bishop and I've been a fan ever since.
Have you introduced your child to poetry? If so what poets do you/they love?
HAPPY WEEKEND!
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