Posted by Switch_Angel
on Mon 7 Jul 08, 6:42 PM to Switch_Angel's blog.
Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there, I did not die.
Edited Mon 7 Jul 08, 7:07 PM by Switch_Angel
| 7 Jul 08, 9:13 PM totallycoverme UK(M), 4 yrs  |
fuck that's sooo beautiful! wow!  xxETA i wish i could write poetry that's both so phonetically nice to read and so narratively meaningful at the same time..wow! Edited 7 Jul 08, 9:14 PM by totallycoverme | |
| 7 Jul 08, 9:33 PM Switch_Angel 4 yrs |
Oh lord, that's beautiful. What a lovely way to look at it. Britain, Home of democracy no longer. Say goodbye to all your freedoms one at a time, but remember it's for YOUR safety!!! When will the people wake up to what's happening? | |
| 7 Jul 08, 9:39 PM Miss_Simone UK(CB), 6 yrs |
Yes, it is lovely and brings a tear to my eye. Wasn't Mary Elizabeth Frye a talented woman when she wrote that? Thanks for sharing it. Simone x =^_^= SIMONE =^o^= | |
| 7 Jul 08, 9:56 PM MrsDe_Winter 4 yrs |
It's usually thought that Mary Frye wrote it, but its just speculation. Lovelly poem still. I gets me brain medicine from the national health. | |
| 7 Jul 08, 10:14 PM purza_16 UK(BL), 7 yrs |
yes it is a most powerful poem, gives a positive hope for grief, Mary Frye wrote one with extra lines, but the above is the one that most folk remember.... very beautiful,thank you for jogging my memory of it don't worry about me, I'll get there in the end | |
| 7 Jul 08, 11:11 PM dnikki UK, 7 yrs |
There are some further renditions of the poem at: http://www.businessballs.com/donotstandatmygrave... A very beautiful poem. So poignant. nikki
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