I LISTENED OVER AND OVER AGAIN/TO THE POEMS I LOVE
I listened over and over again
To the poems I love
Poems I have known for many years
I heard them in myself
Missing a word here and there
Forgetting a line and wondering where Memory had gone-
I listened over and over again
To the poems I loved so much
Some I knew by heart
Many I knew many lines of-
Were they mine really?
Did they shape my soul?
Why did I love them so much?
The poems of others
Recited again and again
Within myself
Old friends
Who will still be here
After I have gone
Old friends
Who have given me so much.
Absolutly breathtakingly, sentimental. Felt every word as if I had said it to. Please forgive, very touched. Shalom
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
.....loved listening to the listeners by walter de la mare....truly it is one of the best poems ever....