William Blake Said, So It Seemed Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

I caught Brightness in a net of dream

William Blake said so it seemed

really in fact, a cobbler's dream

to me nesting doll that I am within

so many predecessor poets, friends

born of so varicoloured, the divinest whim;

I keep looking out for them and

I will listen

while they glisten

and William Blake said

that is good

even this late, you really should

rewand again these disenchanted woods.

mary angela douglas 21 september 2022; 22 february 2023