Dry Leaves Quickened by Rain by Charles Bryant
Posted on Feb 21, 2009 under dried foliage | 14 Comments
DRY LEAVES QUICKED BY RAIN
by Charles Bryant
(Suggested by Luis Cernuda’s ‘Como Leve Sonido’ – and for Emilio who recommended that I read him, with thanks.)
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Dry leaves susurrate the window-pane
asking to come in.
Rippling water over polished pebbles,
evanescent streaks of silver light
that sing.
On your clear forehead falls the fondling rain,
kisses your glowing cheek,
drips like liquid diamond from your lashes;
fringes your eyebrows, a flashing coronet
amorously askew from nearness to resplendent you.
Between dark hedges of yew and bay
your gliding eidolon haunts my dreams
at twilight, body swathed in soporific veils
of clinging slumber. Do not let me wake,
less I should lose your ever-glowing imago,
merging with killing daylight once again.
I dreamed of you; dear sweet, I dreamed of you;
as if you lived within me
taking lodging in my palpitating mind,
liege-lord of my very soul.
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February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
Beauty from the …
Beauty from the Poet Laureate of Love Between Men!
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
Regards to you …
Regards to you Conrad and thanks for the kind comment.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
Thank you too Piero …
Thank you too Piero. Your ‘own small poem’ is great
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
Another “lovely.” …
Another “lovely.” Poetry speaks to us in a voice not otherwise heard. Just lovely, thank you.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
Oh, my vile Hubris. …
Oh, my vile Hubris.
As I puff and preen about my own small poem, I find this and am humbled.
Thank You for this elegiac Triumph.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
the expression is …
the expression is just through words, rather than a painting.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
yes Kory it’s the …
yes Kory it’s the same thing seen from a slightly different perspective, like the picture in the attic is in the mind. thanks for that, Chas
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
Glad you liked it …
Glad you liked it Sam
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
you are very kind, …
you are very kind, thank you
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
thank you Gary
thank you Gary
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
I’ve recently read …
I’ve recently read “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” and I must say, this really reminds me of Basil Hallward.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
Wonderful sweet as …
Wonderful sweet as honey .Thanks always.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
beautiful.
and …
beautiful.
and beautifully read.
February 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
Lovely! Thanks so …
Lovely! Thanks so much.