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Barry Johnston's avatar

Beautiful example, Di.

Nature is surely a compelling muse! I believe music and art came before language, banging on a makeshift drum, vocalizing grunts that morphed into songs. And so language and poetry always could look to musicality and rhythm. I wonder if poets who are bi-lingual find more musical gems in one language over the other one? Or if they like to dip in and out of each like a bee to flowers?

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Jacob Dean Harris's avatar

Di, your photograph of the butterfly is fantastic. The colors are amazing.

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Diana Ewell Engel's avatar

Jake, thank you!

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Diana Ewell Engel's avatar

Beautifully said, Barry. I have always been a bit jealous of bilingual poets such as Pablo Neruda or a 21st century poet, Heidi Andrea Restreppo Rhodes. From my reading, I see they dip and dart, love your simile! So glad you enjoyed "Pied Beauty." Gerard Manley Hopkins is a master at music in verse. It is like eating a piece of richly iced chocolate cake to read his verse.

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Diana Ewell Engel's avatar

Thanks, Jake! We plant many pollinator-enticing flowers in the backyard during the summer, and love to watch the hummingbirds and butterflies come to feed.

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