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Day 796 – Beauty of Hellebore (Clark)
It was the Epiphany and Madelon, poor shepherd girl, wept as she had no gift to bring to Christ’s crib; but where her tears fell to the ground a Christmas rose bloomed, the gift of angels. Madelon was able to pick the beautiful white flowers and take them to the Holy Child in his manger. … Continue reading
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Day 795 – Mask (Watts)
Today, Day 795 of the Daily Poems, our poet Anthony Watts sees beauty beyond the mask of age. I have to catch my breath … Mask Not beauty, but old age is skin deep: under its deceitful mask still gleamsthe eternal spark – the fire beneath the frost.The girl you are shows clearly in your eyesand… Continue reading
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Day 794 – Blood test (Watts)
Our poet Anthony Watts today, on Day 794 of the Daily Poems, extols the beauty of his nurse’s eyes. Your Editor will vouch for the beauty of one particular nurse. Reader, I married her … Blood test How beautiful are the eyesof my masked nurse, Marinkaas she searches my arm for a vein. Anthony Watts Continue reading
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Day 793 – Yellowhammers (Hopkirk)
A flock of yellowest yellowhammers – what could be as beautiful? Our poet Colin Hopkirk hears early bells on Day 793 of the Daily Poems … Yellowhammers Weaving sunlightthrough field tree hedgerowspring rings early bellswith yellowest yellowhammers Colin Hopkirk Continue reading
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Day 792 – ‘Lady with an Ermine’ (Adès)
In Milan a millennium ago, Bernardo Bellincioni (1452–1492) was the court poet of Ludovica Sforza, patron of Leonardo da Vinci. On Day 792 of the Daily Poems our translator poet Timothy Adès brings us Bellincioni’s sonnet to Cecilia Gallerani, the beautiful Lady with an Ermine. On Leonardo’s ‘Lady with an Ermine’ Bernardo BellincioniTranslated from Italian by… Continue reading