Yeats - Two Poems

[personalimagery]

simply... loved this. your "A Magic Mountain of a Journey" also ' got ' me. thank you, so much. good wishes for the forthcoming week. :)

[sonofwalt]

Just wanted to say again, how much I love this reading. I am glad I stopped by again to listen. And your comments on the poems are so insightful and moving.

I too like, "I've spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly..." Sigh... beautiful. Thank you.

[USERNAMEDSOBER]

hello again, can you please read some sylvia plath, or some wordsworth, or keats or sexton, you have a very nice voice, thank you.

[sonofwalt]

A very moving reading of Yeats. When you got choked up after the second poem, I got choked up too. I love Yeats too. One of his simplest love poems is one of my favorites. "A Drinking Song."

Wine comes in at the mouth/ And love comes in at the eye./ That's all we shall know for truth/ Until we grow old and die./ I lift the glass to my mouth./ I look at you, and I sigh.

I hope I got that all right. I was typing from memory.

Totally off subject, your kitchen is gorgeous! lol

[avisualfeel]

The kitchen book/ Mysterious recipes behold to ye!/ Clarity! Interpretation? Salvation! Replace those taste buds- to your soul/ So, I watch your dance with the king of fairies, how you stir that druid from far, far- so far away!/ 'the' & 'and' I hardly cannot say/ So into the pot I drop- just a bit, a pinch, of two letters I think, That's all!-W&B!

[Poemsapennyeach]

I meant to comment below as Poemsapennyeach. ! My computer always wants me to be xyzllii my 'variety' channel ! Here I am anyway as Poems...!

[xyzllii]

Great ol' Poet Yeats...

[MsWriteNow]

I enjoyed your reading of these two pieces and hearing your insights on them.

[PoetLina]

Thank you. Great to hear from you. :-)

[DoorsChick1967]

I love the wording of the first, the truth of the second, reminding me of someone who doesn't believe in my dream. Just powerful, though short.

[PoetLina]

Thank you for leaving this gentle footprint.

[haliastales]

Wow very well done - I have always wanted to adapt one of his poems called 'Gifts' but I'm just so exhausted - great commentary on each poem too - it's so beautiful to see how touched you were by them. 5*

[PoetLina]

Hi, replied on your channel. Best wishes.

[MarasVeil]

How could anyone not be entranced by Yeat's vision? How he weaved words as if they were the pliable miraculous things that they, in fact, are. "But I, being poor, have only my dreams..." Those words have been emblazoned upon my breast since my youth. Yours is a perfect voice for his mighty verse. Simply beautiful. Thank you.

[PoetLina]

Love your idea of a weaver of words, yes, one who created a tapestry such that each one who views it sees a different pattern - theirs alone. Thank you.

[RowanFortuneWood]

These are great poems, well read and with excellent accompanying analysis; thank you for being one of those channels to increase the quality of content on YouTube. The final two lines in 'Aedh wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' retain their power after so long. I also liked Sean Bean's reading of this particular piece in the movie Equilibrium. 5*

[PoetLina]

Thank you so much Rowan, and Sean Bean?!, oh yes, you may assume I dream... ;)

[exesquire]

you read Yeats well-a delight-immensely-

& enjoyed the comments

thanks

[PoetLina]

...and thank you, just wish I could do the blues like you.

[Idlinfarm]

I love those and your reading of them.

[PoetLina]

Thank you so much. :-)

[Kabuki0009]

Very good reading *****stars; )

[PoetLina]

Thanks Kabuki, you're a star! :-)

[nordicsky]

Hi Halina,

Your reading and commentary brought these poems to life and lifted my spirits on a bloody cold, wet, back to work Monday. To hear you thinking aloud about the meaning of these poems gave me a real buzz, because this is the essence of reading poetry...to search for meaning.

[PoetLina]

So glad I cheered up a Monday, now that is something! Have a wonderful rest of the week. H.

[brychar66]

Go on reading Yeats, and I'll spread the cloths of Heaven under YOUR feet Lina :) I enjoyed your expositions. I think the first one was addressed to Maud Gonne, the love of Yeats' life, known to later Dublin society as 'Gone Mad' :)

[PoetLina]

Oh fab, I'd not come across that epithet!!. Was trying to avoid her,as one does that other other guest wearing the same dress as you.

Many, many thanks, please may I opt for the tangible ;-)

[UntamedBlueLight]

Thank you for sharing this! You made my night!

[PoetLina]

Thank you and thanks for visiting :-)

[ASAngelo]

Thank you.

"And hid his face amid a crowd of stars."

it hurts ..

such magic.

[PoetLina]

Oh if all pain would be thus. Thank you!

[keanghiero]

Nice

5*

All the best

Kean

[PoetLina]

Thank you and thanks for visiting.

[tinySpectacle]

You read these so incredibly well. I must send you ALL my poetry to read--if I were writing any!! *weep*

Do you think there is some unrequited love going on in "When You Are.."? This poem always seemed bitter: he was the one who truly loved her but she let love flee and she will end up alone (in his own assessment). Maybe that is his biography influencing me.

I shall think of a poem I want you to read and send it!!

[marycigarettes]

lo, if that's how his life played out in the biography,then i guess there is more bitter than sweet at the heart of that poem....yet how easy to read it through a filter or prism of loving acceptance and resolve....dignity and composure acquired through having some inner sense of distance

[tinySpectacle]

Oh, Mary, stop being the person I want to be!!! I love your lens: it's one that offers what is probably a more encompassing and sophisticated view.

XO, Lo

[marycigarettes]

lo..imagine if we really could inhabit each others skin...it would bring a whole new meaning to word 'homesick'

[PoetLina]

Ah, unrequited love! What a Muse and what a vehicle for the public imagination! Who amongst us can easily recall the names of those she did marry?

When you read Yeats' poetry let his star shine bright for you.

Looking forward to your poem, H.

[PoetLina]

Relies gone a bit askew here. Please see reply to marycigarettes. The comment about the shining star is, however, universal. Love H.

[PaulBradford13]

thanks for this bit of great poetry and imagery.

Paul

[PoetLina]

Many thanks Paul, so glad you liked this.:-)

[andrewnorris1]

I always had a bit of a problem with Yeats, now I know why, I needed his work to be read to me rather then I reading them for myself. The second touched me more, the repetition of the words light and dreams, and thank you for giving me a way into this poem, yes, a beautiful poem. Thanks to Peter, too.

[PoetLina]

Thank you! I'm so glad you saw "a way in" there are many and with Yeats they are worth pursuing. :-)

[marycigarettes]

it's just the most elegant use of language,but never merely decorative...and that elegance is reflected in your gorgeous appearance , lina...i LOVE what you're wearing..you're looking and sounding great there.

[PoetLina]

Thank you kind sir. "...sounding great there" I can just hear you say that! :-)

[marycigarettes]

yes...that would be a very irish turn of phrase....hope you enjoyed the sound of the heavy rain on waking this monday morning

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Beautifully done! 5 stars and faved! (Hmmm  I have an idea for a poem you could do... bwa ha ha ha... have to skype you about it :P )

[PoetLina]

Thank you David. Oh dear, now I'm worried :p