A LOVE LOST THROUGH AN UNTIMELY DEPARTURE.

A short poem.

On travelling to town this morning on the bus I noticed the hills beyond the town were shrouded in a chilly mist.

In the area of ​​Kill Devil Hills, four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, this plane, flying four times on December 17, 1903.

A poem by Andrew Durling about an imaginary English soldier’s feelings upon first seeing the hills of his home county of Sussex as his boat approaches the English coast.

A snowy haiku.

In this present life why can’t I be immortal in mind, body and spirit? Why is it pundits claim that I have to depart this world to accomplish my dream.

The poem describes the natural world and everything in it.

Sidney Lanier (1842-81), himself a distinguished flutist, was also a creator of music in poetry. Only the first two and last stanzas of the poem are reproduced here owing to length. See how he does it through poetic devices. The analysis at the foot of the poem may help you.

Another autumn themed haiku.