Sunsets And Flowers (Pantoum) Poem by Paul Hansford
Sunsets And Flowers (Pantoum)
('I hate sunsets and flowers. I loathe the sea; the sea is formless.' - WH Auden.
I hate sunsets and flowers;
I loathe the rolling sea.
What matter sunshine or showers?
None of it matters to me.
I loathe the rolling sea,
Where once we used to roam.
None of it matters to me.
No colours, no waves, no foam.
Where once we used to roam
It's formless now and bare.
No colours, no waves, no foam,
Because you are not there.
It's formless now and bare
Everywhere I go.
Because you are not there
Your garden's full of snow.
Everywhere I go,
What matter sunshine or showers?
Your garden's full of snow.
I hate sunsets and flowers.
Wow! I'm shocked that WH Auden would say such a thing! ! But I did enjoy your take on that statement, sometimes the most beautiful things lose their sparkle if we don't see them with our loved one close at hand. The sentiments rang true throughout this poem. HG: -) xx
Beautiful poem! It's hard to enjoy something when you have no one there to enjoy it with. It just makes it lonely and empty if that person isn't there. It holds no more meaning. I'm not sure what a Pantoum is (majority of poem terms i'm unfamilar with) but it sounds wonderful. I enjoyed it! Kat =)
A wonderful execution of this 15th Century form - the theme fits it perfectly. An admirable Pantoum. S :)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 2:04:48 PM # 1.0.0.1119
A enjoy a pantoum and the way it rollicks along and you have done this well. I found it unusual as the subject was negative and the verse positive. Perhaps this is how you intended it to be, to bring negativity and change it something that is happy nevertheless. Karin Anderson