Written after listening to Ravel's
"Pavan for a Dead Princess".
A Soundless Rest.
How pale, whiter than white are your lips, shaping
Now not a word, immovable, soundlessly making
Their roundness even more ground into my heart.
Your lovely long tresses coiled, unsoiled and parted
With fine ever-straight line above primrose-soft face
Unwrinkled, once pink now ever remaining a babe's.
Those feel-of-rosebud hands laid so sweetly beneath
The shroud, why did you leave me Infanta, impeach
All my hopes and dreams, the most gentle of access
To paradise lay in your smile, now sleeping princess
The pavan will be dancing you soon into a soundless
Rest but I restive remain, and will ever be bounded
To pain in not saying final goodbyes, yet crying adieu
I now await the yet uncreated, future life without you
this is beautiful Fay....such sadness ....and that last line..!!
Fay, this is a great poem!
Beautifully sad...Oh Fay, there's a beautiful Russian painting of a princess who drowned in her prison...That picture haunts me and demands a poem and your poem has reminded me of it...I must seek it again and give the princess the words she so asks for in that painting
Faye ...this is beautiful...you have captured the last breath so beautifully here..Its achingly sad ...the last three lines are stunning !!!!
this is a stunning piece Fay...beautifully interpreted music to poetry .
I love Ravel, and the lines 'The pavan will be dancing you soon into a soundless Rest but I restive remain' just perfectly reflect the intention of that musical piece, in my opinion.Thanks for sharing your poetry, Fay.
Not only do you have glorious imagery you have a rhyme scheme as well and it is so beautifully crafted. My favorite image 'those feel-of-rosebud hands'. Your talent knows no bounds Fay and I agree with Sandra and this is so exquisite poetry.
beautiful fay just simply beautiful
very beautiful and sad, I esp. like your use of colors to convey the innocence and death themes
It is difficult to comment on this perfect write...on death - your imagery is exquisite and unbeatable
Soundless rest on one hand and the restless innner sound on the other . You have captured the final frontier , the final silence and the final peace so well here....the verses sparkle and make a meanigful twinkle in the poetic sky ..... The final verse is magnetic ... the uncreated ...future life without you ...
This superb work contains so many quotable phrases....as well as a superb title.All our hopes and dreams, the most gentle of access To paradise lay in your smile, now sleeping princess...these words are just terrific !! To me, one of your bests Fay.Very very beautiful.
remarkable poetry... such sadness surrounds me.