Poetry, April 27
Apr. 27th, 2009 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jade_sabreOh Lord, Lissa, is today your birthday? I feel like the enduring answer to that question is yes. So, happy birthday! Here is a poem about how awesome and precious life is. I am glad you are in mine!
I first read this poem in high school, I think, and found it this morning while flipping through my poetry book. And I like it, for the aforementioned reasons. So from Jane Kenyon:
Otherwise
I got out of bed
on two strong legs.
It might have been
otherwise. I ate
cereal, sweet
milk, ripe, flawless
peach. It might
have been otherwise.
I took the dog uphill
to the birch wood.
All morning I did
the work I love.
At noon I lay down
with my mate. It might
have been otherwise.
We ate dinner together
at a table with silver
candlesticks. It might
have been otherwise.
I slept in a bed
in a room with paintings
on the walls, and
planned another day
just like this day.
But one day, I know,
it will be otherwise.
I first read this poem in high school, I think, and found it this morning while flipping through my poetry book. And I like it, for the aforementioned reasons. So from Jane Kenyon:
Otherwise
I got out of bed
on two strong legs.
It might have been
otherwise. I ate
cereal, sweet
milk, ripe, flawless
peach. It might
have been otherwise.
I took the dog uphill
to the birch wood.
All morning I did
the work I love.
At noon I lay down
with my mate. It might
have been otherwise.
We ate dinner together
at a table with silver
candlesticks. It might
have been otherwise.
I slept in a bed
in a room with paintings
on the walls, and
planned another day
just like this day.
But one day, I know,
it will be otherwise.
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Date: 2009-04-28 02:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-04-28 06:53 pm (UTC)I also like this poem a lot. A ton, actually. Everything could be otherwise, and how blessed am I that it's not? *MORE HUGS*
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Date: 2009-04-28 09:10 pm (UTC)I am glad you liked the poem!
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Date: 2009-04-28 09:52 pm (UTC):D
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Date: 2009-04-28 09:57 pm (UTC)