Light & Dragonflies: Nature Poems/Love Poems - 20. Shattering blue ponderance

This poem is a marvel. The sun enjoys its own warmth quite as much as we did in a more innocent day. And the poet again paints us vivid pictures of moments both simple and intimate, enough to turn the grey skies of January blue. 

I agree with everything @Parker Owens said.  I also remembered fondly various outdoor times I have experienced in my life.

On 1/14/2024 at 6:25 PM, Parker Owens said:

This poem is a marvel. The sun enjoys its own warmth quite as much as we did in a more innocent day. And the poet again paints us vivid pictures of moments both simple and intimate, enough to turn the grey skies of January blue. 

Thanks, Parker, It's hard for me not to gush over the beauty of Runge's poem here. The way it expresses itself is so ambitious, it's imaginable few minds might ever try something like this. But in Wilhelm Runge's hands, the artistic manner employed excels to amazing heights of success. What a poem!  

On 1/14/2024 at 9:32 PM, ReaderPaul said:

I agree with everything @Parker Owens said.  I also remembered fondly various outdoor times I have experienced in my life.

Thank you, ReaderPaul. This poem, at least to me, has much to relate it to the great Transcendental poets of the 19th century. It's rhapsodic; it's connected (as in mind to matter); it's exploratory of Nature, celebrating her power to make us feel alive.

Lucy Larcom would approve!