Posts

Showing posts from January, 2019

Elena Holder

Image
When no leaf stirred, long ago in the past, she was born, autumnal silence's bloom, standing pale-bright while light weeps, overcast  rain falling from cloud banks that loom. Amid the grimness she stood pale-bright, blond hair trailing round eyes alight, tears often flowing, hands all white, a poor light girl who's hungry for light. Paint her with bloom-glow hues, with your blood red, you new age that stand at the door. Herman Gorter (Netherlands) https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-no-leaf-stirred-long-ago-in-the-past/  https://www.pexels.com/search/mother%20nature/ Facts about Herman Gorter - Was a member of the "Eighties Movement" which was an influential group in the Netherlands - Wrote a 4000 verse epic poem - Was a writer of "Impressionist literature" - b.1864 d.1927 - created the form of poetry called "sensitivism" https://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/18433/6/Herman-Gorter Analysis: 1) Throug