John Donne: I Am Inspired

March 25, 2013
I was really inspired by Cari-Jane's blog post about having poetry stuck in your head. She made a beautiful treasury as a homage to a poem from Yeats that swims around in her head. As soon as I read that blog post, a line from an e.e. cummings poem popped into my head -- "nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands" -- that a high school English teacher quoted me about my hands. Then I was reminded of a William Carlos Williams poem that I learned in high school, and finally I though about a poem written by John Donne that I had to memorise for a midterm in university. It is this poem that inspired the following treasury, and while I made it, I thought about the Sun and how I love its warmth, as well as the wonder of Spring.
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands
nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands



Yellow daffodil, flower...
$21

Old Window / Frame
$42

Gold sheer Curtains, Fr...
$35

French vintage skeleton...
$7.5

Sweet and Simple Vintag...
$35

Vintage Breakfast In Be...
$35

Vintage French Fine Lin...
$45

Infinity Ring sterling ...
$8

RESERVED for allycat127...
$28

Tree Photography, Bloss...
$30

1 Pc Round Pocket Watch...
$10

Turquoise Blue Mason Ja...
$39

one wood fired porcelai...
$100

Simple Crown Ring in st...
$29

Black and beige, Geomet...
$34

Valentine Cloud Mobile ...
$47


THE SUN RISING*
by John Donne


        BUSY old fool, unruly Sun,
        Why dost thou thus,
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us ?
Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run ?
        Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide
        Late school-boys and sour prentices,
    Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
    Call country ants to harvest offices ;
Love, all alike, no season knows nor clime,
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.


*just and excerpt, see the full poem here



What poems have inspired you lately?



 

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