Silent Poetry Reading

Fragmentary Blue

Why make so much of fragmentary blue

In here and there a bird, or butterfly,

Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye,

When heaven presents in sheets the solid hue?

Since earth is earth, perhaps, not heaven (as yet)--

Though some savants make earth include the sky;

And blue so far above us comes so high,

It only gives our wish for blue a whet.

~Robert Frost

Twenty-four.  Thanks for reminding me Cara!  She was passing on the poetry love via Deb.

Comments

[Manise]

Perfect marriage of poem and photo!

[Renee]

I love blue and Robert Frost is wonderful. Thanks for the photo and poem.

[inglesidebelle]

Oh, isn't that just the perfect poem for us fans of blue? You don't know this, but I considered using FragmentaryBlue for my ravelry id in honor of this poem!

Robert Frost had such a gift for capturing thoughts and feelings. We have a tape of him reading his own poems - priceless!

Thanks for posting both the poem and the perfect photo. I'd like that enlarged, please, to go above my fireplace! ;)

[margene]

Robert Frost said it well. Thanks for sharing it.

[Kim]

I love Robert Frost....such a beautiful poem.

[jill]

Thanks for sharing. I hope you have a piece of blue today.