She’s Picking Roses

She’s picking roses:
The roses we pick today
Tomorrow will fade.

~ Poetictouch

Italian Breakfast

A cornetto with
A cup of cappuccino:
Italian breakfast.

~ Poetictouch

Shining Sunflower

Shining Sunflower,
Go tell my good friends: Hello!
And cheer them all up.

~ Poetictouch

Alexandria

No beauty matches
Your beauty, Alexandria.
No sea’s like your sea.

~ Poetictouch

The Fragrant Fields Of Lavender

At sunset she walks
In beauty through the fragrant
Fields of lavender.

~ Poetictouch

Glorious Wynnstay Hall

Serenely, at dusk,
Glows glorious Wynnstay Hall
Like a bright jewel.

~ Poetictouch

Nature’s Beauty

Hear the waters gently flowing:
Watch the swan serenely gliding:
Smell the flowers sweetly blooming:
Nature’s beauty’s so refreshing.

~ Poetictouch

Firmly Stands The Oak

People come and go:
Let them come and let them go:
Firmly stands the oak.

~ Poetictouch

Weave The Sunlight In Your Hair

Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair.

~ T. S. Eliot

What A Lovely View!

In red, she saunters
Through a field of red poppies:
What a lovely view!

~ Poetictouch

Yellow Falling Leaves

Yellow falling leaves,
Sad I feel to see you fall.
How so brief is life!

~ Poetictouch

Ruabon Railway Station

With fresh vividness,
Ruabon Railway Station,
I remember you.

~ Poetictouch

Rats’ Alley

I think we are in rats’ alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

~ T. S. Eliot

By Lake Geneva

By Lake Geneva,
A cold breeze refreshingly
Brushed against my face.

~ Poetictouch

Calm And Peaceful

Calm and peaceful looks
The Island Mosque in Jeddah,
Floating on the sea.

~ Poetictouch

Wear Your Laurel Wreath

Wear your laurel wreath
And in the realm of Beauty
Forever reside

~ Poetictouch

Dali Amid The Daisies

It’s pleasant to see
Dali amid the daisies:
Surrealistic!

~ Poetictouch

Red Telephone Box

Red telephone box,
I fondly recall those days
When you were vital.

~ Poetictouch

Nothing Gold Can Stay

This bright golden tree
Pretty soon will turn to grey:
“Nothing gold can stay”.

~ Poetictouch

No Frigate Like A Book

There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry.

~ Emily Dickinson

A Cosy Cottage

A cosy cottage,
By the sea, a grassy lawn
With blooming roses.

~ Poetictouch

Autumn Has Arrived

Autumn has arrived:
The leaves are changing colour:
Soon we’ll see them leave.

~ Poetictouch

Who Is This Sad Lad?

Who is this sad lad
Standing amid the daisies?
A Beauty lover.

~ Poetictouch

Good Morning Daisy

Good Morning Daisy:
Refreshing is your beauty,
Bathed in morning dew.

~ Poetictouch

The Beauty Of The Moon

Dark blue is the night:
Enchanting is the half-veiled
Beauty of the moon.

~ Poetictouch

Lindisfarnian Days

Fresh and young we were
Back in those unreturning
Lindisfarnian days.

~ Poetictouch

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

~ William Wordsworth

Timeless Beauty

The timeless beauty
Of the gently flowing Nile
With the sunset blends.

~ Poetictouch

Teach Us To Care And Not To Care

Teach us to care
and not to care.
Teach us to sit still.

~ T. S. Eliot

Take Me Back To School

Take me back to school:
I still have a lot to learn
About Joy and Youth.

~ Poetictouch

The Rainbow Comes And Goes

The Rainbow comes and goes,
And lovely is the Rose.

~ William Wordsworth

The Daisy Follows Soft The Sun

The Daisy follows soft the Sun,
And when his golden walk is done,
Sits shyly at his feet.
He, waking, finds the flower near.
“Wherefore, marauder, art thou here?”
“Because, Sir, love is sweet!”

~ Emily Dickinson

Il Dolce Far Niente

Take time to savour
Il dolce far niente
To be with yourself.

~ Poetictouch

Resplendent Beauty

I can’t stop gazing
At your resplendent beauty,
Wild yellow tulip.

~ Poetictouch

Wondrous In Winter

Wondrous in Winter
Looked the vast snow-covered grounds
Of grand Wynnstay Hall.

~ Poetictouch

No Enjoyment Like Reading

I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!

~ Jane Austen

Beauty Always Seek

Lively Joy embrace:
Let not sorrow near you come:
Beauty always seek.

~ Poetictouch

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

Ayna Konta

أين كنت؟ - أبيات من أدونيس - إلقاء: صالح بدرة
Ayna Konta? (Where Have You Been?) - Lines from Adonis - Read by Saleh Badrah

Life Is But A Day

Stop and consider! life is but a day;
A fragile dew-drop on its perilous way
From a tree’s summit.

~ John Keats