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Cari
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Englnand

0 posted 2015-12-15 10:35 AM



Thoughts of Emily

I don’t belong here
I am drawn to the wild country
To the rolling hills and sounding waters
Undressing the years to find my peace
In your world
~
I will find you
Above the Penidstone Crags
Where the west wind blows
Singing through the fairy cave
Cleansing face and mind
~
Though seeking answers
I fear to trespass on your solitude
Does such untouched passion
Lie only in the moving pen
To fervent for mortal hands to hold?
~
Please
Though the dice of birth
Has cast me far away
I am your sister too
I share your thoughts, your words
~
Know then
Here is my lover
Heathcliffe is but a name
I sleep in the arms of my beloved
In the cold earth we are as one

The poem is obviously on Emily Bronte. An American lady on the trip to Howorth was fascinated to know if Emily had ever had a lover but as no one knows the only one who can answer her question is Emily herself so this poem was inspired by her asking Emily.
Hope you enjoy.


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ice
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1 posted 2015-12-15 04:10 PM


Excellent read, Cari.
It seems to me that Emily wrote herself into the story. Perhaps Heathcliff is her fantasy lover...and she is portrayed as Catherine, in Wuthering?

fine last lines in this one...

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance."
Carl Sandburg

Pete_W
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Scotland (UK)
2 posted 2015-12-20 10:58 AM


Wonderfully visual, romantic poem, maybe the old saying "write what you know also gives a clue", I hope so. Enjoyed reading this and sorry for replying so late.
Thanks
Pete

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