Two Autumn Poems - "Marigolds" & "The Carousel"

By well-wisher

Mon, 31 Oct 2011
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Marigolds

Marry me in Marigolds;
bright as the Autumn Sun,
for, to match their constancy,
among flowers, there’s none.

Marry me in Marigolds
and I know you’ll be true;
evergold when Autumn days
have become me and you.

The Carousel

Head to tail and poll to withers,
Winter shining white;
bridled in bright yuletime glister;
trotting towards light.

Newborn filly, standing, running;
Springtide blooming bright;
long green mane, with rosebuds, ribboned;
canters into sight.

Wild, ungelded, golden gallop;
Summer’s stallion;
flashing hooves of pounding thunder;
white Knight against night.

Chestnut coloured mare of Autumn;
hoof like leaves fall down;
drayhorse, pulling Winter's wagon,
ambles out of sight.

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Submitted by fatboy74 on
I think the carousel poem rather good well wisher, reminds me a bit of Betjeman's Upper Lambourne -very good. :-)

 

Submitted by well-wisher on
Thankyou, fatboy. I had to google Upper Lambourne because I was only familiar with 'A Subaltern`s Love Song' and 'The Arrest of Oscar Wilde at the Cadogan'. I really like the rhythm of Betjemans poems. I've always liked 'terminology' too and the world of horses is full of interesting words. JoHn - "Ex amore victoria". ("From love comes victory".)

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on
Hi JoHn, these are two wonderful poems, that take me back to a different time of Victorian romance. Simply beautiful and thankyou for sharing. Jenny.

 

Submitted by well-wisher on
Thankyou, Jenny. The Marigold (also called Calendula) is my birth flower and can bloom from Summer until late Autumn which, I think, makes it a good symbol of enduring love; plus it's the same colour as the sun just before Sunset; a golden, orangey, yellow and quite beautiful. I've always like Carousels and Carousel Horses and I thought that a Carousel would make a good symbol of the Seasons but that I could give each horse/season a different identity. Really glad you enjoyed them. JoHn - "Ex amore victoria". ("From love comes victory".)

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn