You Have Departed

You have departed:
May your destination be
The Abode of Peace.

~ Poetictouch

Speak To Us Of Beauty

And a poet said, Speak to us of Beauty.
And he answered:
Where shall you seek Beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?
And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech?

~ Khalil Gibran

Beauty Is Not Caused

Beauty is not caused. It is.

~ Emily Dickinson

Poetry

If Poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all.

~ John Keats

Wynnstay Hall Estate

Wynnstay Hall Estate:
Herein for five years I lived,
Many years ago.

~ Poetictouch

Love and Life are One

Love and Life are one:
Life is lifeless without Love:
We need Love to live.

~ Poetictouch

A New Day Begins

On a stem,sweetly,
A joyous small robin sings:
A new day begins.

~ Poetictouch

This Is Not A Pipe

This is not a pipe:
It’s an image of a pipe
Painted by Magritte.

~ Poetictouch

What Is This Life?

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?

~ W.H. Davies

What Is This Life?

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?

~ W.H. Davies

What Thou Lovest Well Remains

What thou lovest well remains,
                  the rest is dross
What thou lov’st well shall not be reft from thee
What thou lov’st well is thy true heritage

~ Ezra Pound

You Look So Pretty

You look so pretty,
I’m tickled pink to see you,
Pink cosmos flower.

~ Poetictouch

Sweet Serenity

Sweet Serenity,
Wrap your soothing fragrant arms
Warmly around me.

~ Poetictouch

Sweet Serenity

Sweet Serenity,
Wrap your soothing fragrant arms
Warmly around me.

~ Poetictouch

How So Beautiful

How so beautiful:
A beauty with beauty speaks
On things of beauty!

~ Poetictouch