Thursday 2 October is National Poetry Day. I was reminded of this fact by an e-mail from the Poetry Society on 18 September. The Society plans a number of interesting events which you can access here, http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/info/npd/.
I have been a member of the Society for many years now but, to my shame have only attended one event at their headquarters in London’s Covent Garden. This time around I will be sure to attend at least one event!
In honour of the forthcoming National Poetry Day I have included below one of my favourite poems, Ernest Dowson’s April Love:
“We have walked in Love’s land a little way,
We have learnt his lesson a little while,
And shall we not part at the end of day,
With a sigh, a smile?
A little while in the shine of the sun,
We were twined together, joined lips, forgot
How the shadows fall when the day is done,
And when Love is not.
We have made no vows–there will none be broke,
Our love was free as the wind on the hill,
There was no word said we need wish unspoke,
We have wrought no ill.
So shall we not part at the end of day,
Who have loved and lingered a little while,
Join lips for the last time, go our way,
With a sigh, a smile?” (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/242548).
K Morris - Poet 
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Welcome Kevin 😀
Oh… that IS lovely!
Thank you for your comment. It is a beautiful and poignant poem and along with Dowson’s poem, “They are not long the weeping and the laughter, love and desire and hate. I think they have no portion in us after we pass the gate. They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a misty dream our path, emerges for a while, then closes within a dream”, is my favourite poem by this poet.
Well I dont know much about poetry, but that is also beautiful. When was it written?
It was written in the 19th century. Dowson died at the tragically young age of 30 due to alcoholism. You may be interested in my review of a free Kindle download of Dowson’s poetry and other writings which can be found here. I would certainly recommend the book, http://newauthoronline.com/2013/08/10/book-review-the-poems-and-prose-of-ernest-dowson-with-a-memoir-by-arthur-symons/
Sorry, the link in my review of the book now returns an error (perhaps Amazon has removed it). However you can find a free download here, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8497
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Thank you for reblogging. Kevin