Monthly Archives: May 2015

Atlantis – ever an enigma

22 Friday May 2015

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The gift of a poetry book is the gift that just keeps on giving. I love to browse and find hidden gems. This is from my book of sea poems. The poem called ‘Atlantis’ is by Conrad Aiken, three of the middle verses are very poignant:

From Atlantis by Conrad Aiken

Long ago it sunk in the sea;
And now a thousand fathoms deep,
Sea-worms above it whirl their lamps,
Crabs on the pale mosaic creep.

Voyagers over that haunted sea
Hear from the waters under the keel
A sound that is not wave or foam;
Nor do they only hear, but feel

The timbers quiver, as eerily comes
Up from the dark an elfin singing
Of voices happy as none can be,
And bells an ethereal anthem ringing.

Very best wishes – Denny Bradbury

Thoughts on May Day

01 Friday May 2015

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Every year my mother would quote from Tennyson’s ‘The May Queen’. Although it is a sentimental and terribly sad Victorian poem she always quoted it with a smile and a little dance – so for me they are very fond memories. The first verse:

You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear;
Tomorrow ‘ll be the happiest time of all the glad new-year –
Of all the glad new-year, mother, the maddest, merriest day;
For I’m to be Queen o’ the May, mother, I’m to be Queen o’ the May.

Extract from Alfred Lord Tennyson – The May Queen

Perhaps Kahlil Gibran captures more how I feel about the Spring:

“Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun.”

Happy May Day everyone – very best wishes – Denny Bradbury