"Time is nowhere.
We stand; leaves have not timed the summer.
No clock now needs
Tell we have only what we remember:
Minutes uproaring with our heads
Like an unfortunate King's and his Queen's
When the senseless mob rules;
And quietly the trees casting their crowns
Into the pools." *)
For ElisabethWho knew.
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Title and text
Quoted from
Ted Hughes' poem
"September"
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Photographed Thursday and Friday
around noon
at the following locations:
Schweizer Garten
Karmeliter Markt
Palais Schönburg
La Grappa Restaurant
Beautiful Ted Hughes poem and photos!
ReplyDeleteI love the Montale poem you left over at my place!! This afternoon I picked up the book of poetry by Giuseppe Ungaretti that I reserved and am looking forward to reading through it this weekend. :)
Love the purple flowers on the water's banks. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteIt still looks very much like summer there. We are definitely showing signs of the impending autumn - leaves are reddening, the nights are nippy, days shorter, the light is changed...
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ReplyDeleteI have long been an admirer of Ted Hughes' power of words, and I am glad he's had a sort of "revival" lately.
I am looking forward to your opinion about Ungaretti, especially regarding the translation!
Charles Gramlich,
these flowers bloom by a large pond in the middle of the Schweizer Garten (Swiss Garden) park. Great play of light and shadows around noon.
TLC Illustrations,
Tara, the nights are a little cooler than in August, thank heaven, because during the day the temperature's still climbing into the nineties.
My God, 64 comments for your next post!! I'm impressed, you are a star!!!
ReplyDeleteI love Ted Hughes poetry...and I love the images you "see" and capture for us--it's always a treat to go strolling through Vienna with you!
ReplyDeleteLove the words. I may have to add this to my ever growing list of reading material. My self of to read is getting quite stacked. This poetry sounds like it would inspire lots of art and thought.
ReplyDeleteLovely. Wouldn't it be a blessing to be able to live without a watch. Would it give us more time to really see the beauty around us, as you do in your photos?
ReplyDeleteThanks for introducing me to yet another poet.
I was planning to write a "poetry on a Sunday"-post this morning and sat with several poem books. But didn't find and that caught my spirit. So instead I wrote about a favorite game I play when I travel .-)
Blowsy roses and a rickety picket fence - my kind of walk.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures! And the poetry is very good!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Spring to me...
ReplyDeleteI personally can't wait for all your beautiful Fall photos merisi. They are my favourite. :)
ReplyDeleteI like sphynx lady!
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