Twilight on a Lake OR Nature, an Everyman's Guide to Infinity
I have made some changes to this villanelle that I wrote during a wonderful weekend in the Lake District some years ago.
Though pain a part
in our lives surely take,
play on, glad heart
There is a beauty art
strives its copies to make
though pain a part
When life falls apart,
and fragile promises break,
play on, glad heart
Cherish from the start
each dip in passion’s lake
though pain a part
Where the stars chart
our every move, mistake,
play on, glad heart
May love’s winged dart
find its mark for our sake;
though pain a part,
play on, glad heart
Copyright R. N. Taber 2003; 2016
[Note An earlier version of this poem was first published in an anthology, 'Chasing Shadows', Poetry Now [Forward Press] 2003 and subsequently in 1st eds. of The Third Eye by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books, 2004; revised ed. in e-format in preparation. The poem was slightly revised in 2013, and an alternative title, added 2016.]
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