Once it stood in splendid state
beneath the rising sun;
as such, it did but radiate
with the strength of day begun.
.
Once it grew with luscious lust
as fresh as it was new.
But, desiccated (turned to dust)
its strident days were through.
.
Alas, nothing of its shape is left,
t’was buried grain by grain;
as if unsculptured (now bereft)
its past is but a stain.
.
Give not what would cause despair,
‘offer not the desert to a beggar's prayer’.
.
© Tim Grace, (WS-Sonnet 66: line 2) 11 April 2011
Revised: 5 November 2022
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Tim Grace
A first impression has a lasting effect - it makes a notable difference. In a subtle way that’s who I am as a poet. A ‘first impression’ looking for the gentle ‘twist’ that draws attention to a novel observation.
Tea set by a suffragette
Pankhurst is a name well known to the history of women’s suffrage. Who hasn't heard the name Emmaline Pankhurst, founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an all-women organisation campaigning for the right to vote? The group that helped to achieve the right to vote for women in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918. Some know of her daughter Christabel, both being honoured by the Pankhurst memorial in Victoria Palace Gardens, London, right next to the UK Parliament buildings. Sylvia Pankhurst is notably not included in the monument. Why? Because she split with the WSPU to campaign against Britain's entry into First World War.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 days ago in Art
Comments (1)
buried grain by grain as if unsculptured - really nice line!