Alysha

3 poems: written by //W. H. Auden//


 * Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself ||
 * || //William Hazlitt// ||

Cold- Needing that warmth upon my fragile skin, shivering every minute from my legs to my lips. Asking for a blanket to cover the goose bumps,

Revenge- As my Blood pressure rises, my fist becomes a circle of fire, I look into there eyes and seeing a passion to fight. I

Right ear- Soft like cotton candy, hears without carring, those you speak will be heard, from far or near it hears every move, it knows a lot but doesn’t move. It can holds jelwery, it can be cover by your hair, it can holds up glasses, it can

raised by: A pinch of happiness, a touch of love, to the st of north philly, from tall to short, to all type of skin color, full w/ pride & full of love, those where the ones i have been rasied by. some are gooffy some are strict but overall they all acre about me. the boys are tall and strong with beird on their chin like the ones you see on the street. the girls are strong with long hair with hint of strength some are light skin or ten most have a ring orhint of blue, green,silver,or gold color areound th e eyes. voices are unique.....

==If I could tell you == Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows the price we have to pay; If I could tell you I would let you know.

If we should weep when clowns put on their show, If we should stumble when musicians play, Time will say nothing but I told you so.

There are no fortunes to be told, although, Because I love you more than I can say, If I could tell you I would let you know.

The winds must come from somewhere when they blow, There must be reasons why the leaves decay; Time will say nothing but I told you so.

Perhaps the roses really want to grow, The vision seriously intends to stay; If I could tell you I would let you know.

Suppose the lions all get up and go, And all the brooks and soldiers run away; Will Time say nothing but I told you so? If I could tell you I would let you know.    

code Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave Proves the child ephemeral: But in my arms till break of day Let the living creature lie, Mortal, guilty, but to me The entirely beautiful.
 * **Lullaby** ||||  ||
 * by [|W. H. Auden] ||

Soul and body have no bounds: To lovers as they lie upon Her tolerant enchanted slope In their ordinary swoon, Grave the vision Venus sends Of supernatural sympathy, Universal love and hope; While an abstract insight wakes Among the glaciers and the rocks The hermit's carnal ecstasy.

Certainty, fidelity On the stroke of midnight pass Like vibrations of a bell, And fashionable madmen raise Their pedantic boring cry: Every farthing of the cost, All the dreaded cards foretell, Shall be paid, but from this night Not a whisper, not a thought, Not a kiss nor look be lost.

Beauty, midnight, vision dies: Let the winds of dawn that blow Softly round your dreaming head Such a day of welcome show Eye and knocking heart may bless, Find the mortal world enough; Noons of dryness find you fed By the involuntary powers, Nights of insult let you pass Watched by every human love. code ||

**The More Loving One**

by [|W. H. Auden]

code Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.

Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them, say I missed one terribly all day.

Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time. code ||


 * __If i could tell you:__**

The overall effect of the poem “If I could tell you” Written by W.H. Auden, is that it makes the reader question about how the world is structured. For example in the poem it states “The winds must come from somewhere when they blow, there must be a reason why the leaves decay.” In life we always wonder why do things happen? Is it for the good or for the bad?

The poem repeatedly say “Time will say nothing but I told you so” & “ If I could tell you I would let you know”. The author might have chosen to repeat theses lines because it shows how we will never know why things happen the way it does because only time can and in order for time to tell us why it happens and that we need patience. I n other words, Just like the poem say “time only knows the price we have to pay".

__**The more loving one:**__

This poem is stating how once your dreams come true or not, you still have to go on with life. There’s always a meaning in life. The poet would much rather be "the more loving one" than the one to show different love to different people. In this poem and the poem “if I could tell you” both have similar meanings. The meaning is no matter how much love he (the poet) may feel, This poem is saying how him and someone he likes can be split but no matter what happens that he will still show love to them, and to do this he haves to take his time because it’s a long process. For time heals his wounds in other words, good things take time.

**__Lullaby:__** In "Lullaby", written by William H. Auden, He argues that love between two people is a burden that once we are split we will find a new time of peace and self-satisfaction because in the time they are alone. The type of vibe In this poem talks about him in a relationship with a girl and the a other guy, but the girl only want one thing, Although its hard to say no to her because she is beautiful you feel the separation every time she looks for someone. No matter what happens he would still love her however, she will pay what she done. For example it states “Soul and body have no bounds: To lovers as they lie upon, Her tolerant enchanted slope in their ordinary swoon, Grave the vision Venus sends Of supernatural sympathy Universal love and hope; While an abstract insight wakes Among the glaciers and the rocks The hermit's carnal ecstasy.”

In other words, he talks about how love between two people are unexplainable, that the girl is the god of love and beauty that when your with her you feel like your on top of the world. “Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from” That she’s not like any other girl that he thought that she was the one. The type of vibe from this poem is a triangle love how the girl plays with guys emotions; that she was creature so beautiful that you can not get your eyes off but deep inside her beauty you see the ugly truth, how love is nothing to her she only wanted one thing, and one thing only, she left people broken but there heart still beating. “Not a whisper, not a thought, Not a kiss nor look be lost.” Was the things that were in the author mind But “Beauty, midnight, vision dies: Let the winds of dawn that blow Softly round your dreaming head Such a day of welcome show Eye and knocking heart may bless, Find the mortal world enough; Noons of dryness find you fed By the involuntary powers, Nights of insult let you pass Watched by every human love” She was like a dream come true but within the years he realize that the love was never there that she’s nothing else but like the other girls although she left him heartless he can never forget what she made him feel.

My poem "What if i had you daddy" The tears I shed, the laughs we had, I wonder what if…? what if, we can go back into times, like the old days, when you whisper into my ear, and wipe away the tears, saying everything will be k? But was it?? I cry myself to bed everyday, just hoping one day, one of my tears will be the answer to this miserable, to have you by my side again. I just wonder what if… I can build a stairway to your heart, will you accept me into your heart again? I’m desperate for you, desperate for your love, but why do I feel like I need you more than ever, when you were the one to blame for the scares upon my heart You were my first and only words I said me & you were like paper and glue, but as much as we try to stick together the more our love rip apart. Don’t you see I love you? Does my tears matter to you? I know everyone is saying things, things not to be heard or said, but there’s a saying to forgive, but is it time to forgive the pain you gave me? Should I live with someone that brought me pain? Or am I just desperate for someone to fill in the wholes in my heart?? As you walked out of my life I just wonder what if we can go back into time & just become a family once again. you carved a smile into my face once you carve my heart into two now the only thing left is you becoming the dad I never had