I love her work - one of the main characters in my novel in progress is a poet, and the name of the book is taken from Bradstreet. Thank you for sharing her poem.
Sweet as heck. I do wish the venerable Mrs, Bradstreet hadn't written "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold." Whole mines of gold sounds so sweaty and LABORIOUS.
And (no fault of Mrs. Bradstreet's) it feels too Trumpian these days (Trump has badly de-romanticised gold)
Thanks for this one, which I haven't read since I was an undergrad. The language and diction are of a certain era (which only adds to its beauty for me), and the sentiment and subject matter will always be relevant. Everyone's prompt for today: write a love poem. Any kind of love, not necessarily romantic.
I love her work - one of the main characters in my novel in progress is a poet, and the name of the book is taken from Bradstreet. Thank you for sharing her poem.
Sweet as heck. I do wish the venerable Mrs, Bradstreet hadn't written "I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold." Whole mines of gold sounds so sweaty and LABORIOUS.
And (no fault of Mrs. Bradstreet's) it feels too Trumpian these days (Trump has badly de-romanticised gold)
Thanks for this one, which I haven't read since I was an undergrad. The language and diction are of a certain era (which only adds to its beauty for me), and the sentiment and subject matter will always be relevant. Everyone's prompt for today: write a love poem. Any kind of love, not necessarily romantic.
This poem hits me hard in every beautiful and beautifully-bittersweet way. True Love- to me,
it’s the greatest gift of all. I have ineffable gratitude for it in my life. Thank you, Karan, for selecting this poem for us today.
Such a beautiful poem of rarely heard sentiments today.