METAPHYSICAL POETRY
By Michaela Sefler
William Butler Yeats
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Lord Byron
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
Now, while the sun rests on the mountains light,
Thy bright torch of love; Thy radiant crown
Put on, and smile upon our evening bed!
Smile on our loves; and when thou drawest the
Blue curtains, scatter thy silver dew
On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes
In timely sleep. Let thy west wind sleep on
The lake; speak silence with thy glimmering eyes
And wash the dusk with silver. Soon, full, soon,
Dost thou withdraw; Then, the wolf rages wide,
And the lion glares thro' the dun forest.
The fleece of our flocks are covered with
Thy sacred dew; Protect them with thine influence
William Blake
And round our souls entwine
While thy branches mix with mine,
And our roots together join.
Joys upon our branches sit,
Chirping loud and singing sweet;
Like gentle streams beneath our feet
Innocence and virtue meet.
Thou the golden fruit dost bear,
I am clad in flowers fair;
Thy sweet boughs perfume the air,
And the turtle buildeth there.
There she sits and feeds her young,
Sweet I hear her mournful song;
And thy lovely leaves among,
There is love, I hear his tongue.
There his charming nest doth lay,
There he sleeps the night away;
There he sports along the day,
And doth among our branches play.
Matthew Arnold
| The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits;--on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanch'd land, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago The Sea of Faith Ah, love, let us be true Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; |
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A BREAK
Creating,
as you see,
the blizzard,
setting it right, reconciling the night.
Settling on new ground,
brushing aside the hurt, and fright, shorelines clear in the light of day,
of an unending cycles,
storms in between.
And how can they mend
and reconcile,
the long awaited night,
from one end to the another.
The in-between,
and this time I know,
as I run to my own,
meadows fields so green, through light passages leaping in bounds.
Before my destination I implore,
a new beginning I see, settling,
as my steps quicken, I hear of you,
through the side roads I pass holding time.
Leaving a world
a step I take towards.
a break is time tenfold
the world reconciliation, breaking apart soon after.
Pleading for my existence,
as they watch us break,
pleading we exist,
hoping we become.
BEAUTIFUL
Communication,
in between the pillars hold,
as the heat wave reminds,
love enduring through lessons old.
Bodies energizing,
as steel guarding, undaunted,
by the tidal waves,
retaining virtue, beauty eternal.
From the feet to the crown,
each chakra absorbs,
alerting as the centaur at the gate,
a life completes bestowing through orbs.
Each part vital,
a source eternal,
returning, regenerating,
as the rivers flow.
A chariot riding in the heavens,
entities unite, to create,
a new reality,
for all to behold.
Slowly composing a new truth in time,
higher force assuring,
as bodies merge into one,
communication whole new form intertwined.
Open to change and chance,
hopeful in the light of the storms
awaiting revival,
togetherness keeping the lovers warm.
STILLNESS
The tree stands still in the desert night,
the moonlight reflects upon it,
as vision inviting,
the stars surround.
Stillness,
is nature’s call,
relating is the soul,
through nature’s wonders.
The senses of man
as gates to the eternal,
nature a portal
to the divine.
Life form,
inspiring the soul,
parts making a whole,
uniting a goal.
Stillness as night falls,
solitude of being,
depth of beauty,
allowing.
And he apprehends
as the eagle soars,
in unison all parts are one
nature recalls, stillness of the flowing brook.
BRILLIANCE
Devotion, silence,
awaiting through the hour,
four aces, court cards representing,
admirable intelligence.
Energy and truthfulness,
enlightened expectation,
are the kings and knights,
illuminating in soft blue.
Devotion,
determination through the night,
are the queens
sanctifying in crimson.
Silence and devotion to the great work,
remembering in peaceful repose,
emperors are mediating influence,
in pink rose.
Brilliance through the hour,
the night has finally turned to light,
as mentors from old,
showing ancient right.
COURT CARDS OF WANDS
Court cards,
the prince of chariots of fire,
Cancer in Virgo, is in Leo, Pisces in Aries,
lightening in Scorpio and Sagittarius.
The courtyard, allowing,
as tests of time unwind,
survival,
attestations anew.
Bestowal and interconnectedness,
heavens and earth,
reciprocal,
events in time, reminding.
Providence from above, fire, water,
heavens on earth,
the kings will summon,
the land will bring forth.
Court cards, four suits alternating
illuminating, Sanctions from old,
in life relating,
possibility as good as gold.
GENERATING
New beginnings,
from not,
magic as alchemy,
blending of the sources.
In the highest heavens, established,
freeing spirit and matter,
on the earthly realm,
existing.
As iron bringing value to a matter,
four corners exist,
gold and silver remain,
keeping.
Through noble eight fold path, up keeping,
Olympic spirits, triumphant,
eight planets, shade from the blast of creation,
generating new beginnings from not.
Unfolding from the first utterance of creation,
as jewels enthral,
as lights igniting,
through the ages generating peace and hope.
REMEMBERING YOU
Remembering you
as images in time, surround,
on a spectrum of possibilities,
are hopes and dreams found.
As paths chosen, paths will cross
in each moment in time, I remember my love,
as a beam of light is the love warming,
beginnings of creation in you.
Moments lost and won, one path leading me back
through the earth is grounding,
corresponding and relating,
through constructs ancient, I recall.
As male and female create
as gems are formed, the earth beautiful
wonders of nature, mesmerize
hoping in you as inspiration is elating.
Harmonious recounts of eternity,
we relate,
undaunted, as the queen of swords,
protecting,
my love and yours
is a fortress in time.
BLENDING TO FORM
As the colors blend to form,
as in gemstone old,
the rains wash away the leaves,
in me the road will merge.
As resolve returns,
in a moment crystal clear,
time will mend,
one life within.
Remerging into a new day.
as we are one, we are true,
one whole, complete entity allowing,
as life unfolds.
As many paths are still open
as resolve completes
responses still creating,
as reaching a higher light.
Higher and higher,
deeper into passages in time,
blending as cave walls bronze,
giving coherence as structures hold.
Surrounding me as walls still hold,
willing me once more,
a new abode,
possibility.
Alignment of all aspects,
body and soul, and the world around,
nature marvellous,
all around me.
