Rousseau: Un Aqueduc! Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Rousseau: Un Aqueduc!

Rating: 5.0


At 42, you know you didn't revisit
the walnut tree,
where you were so much your own master at 8,
because it would have humbled you
and brought tears
that mere memory can't;

because you now
have so little mastery;

yet want of tears
still makes you want to see.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: remembrance
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
after 'Confessions'
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michael Walker 09 February 2017

A new and original look at J.J. Rousseau, the great Swiss-French philosopher. Outstanding.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 10 November 2015

Very amazing sharing done really. Wise and emotive definitely...10

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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