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Friday, March 16, 2007

Poetry Friday - The Wind and the Kite

William and I have been thinking and talking of building and flying kites. It is, after all, the glorious month of March. So, I present my poetry Friday selections, poems about the wind and kites. Enjoy!

The first poem is by Christina Rossetti.
Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
But when the leaves hang trembling
The wind is passing thro'.

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.
The second poem is by Leslie Tryon.
Wind
Have you seen the wind?
Did it just pass by?
I can't see it,
In the cloudless sky.

But my hat blew away,
And I saw the trees sway,
So this must be
a windy day.
Finally, here is a short poem on kites by Mark Sawyer.
Kite Days
A kite, a sky, and a good firm breeze,
And acres of ground away from trees,
And one hundred yards of clean, strong string --
O boy, O boy! I call that Spring!

1 comment:

  1. My 6-year-old came home yesterday with a musical setting of "Who Has Seen the Wind?" that she says she composed herself. I was enjoying listening to her, and wondering where I'd seen that poem recently...and it was here!

    Thanks for the reminders of spring.

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