Here in New England we are just wrapping up with Hurricane Irene, only to be walloped in Connecticut once again with inches and inches of rain over the past few days. A fitting card for this week is an excerpt from the poem, "The Lighthouse," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The card has a view of White Head, which I'm guessing is near the Whitehead lighthouse near Camden, Maine, commissioned in 1803 by the U.S. Congress.
The poem is about a dozen stanzas long, with the one above somewhere in the middle. It is very typical of Longfellow's poetry: lyrical, full of symbolism and romanticism, and having mass appeal to his fans in the mid-1800's. If you're not familiar with Longfellow, you're probably familiar with some of the lines he made famous, including "footprints on the sands of time," "By the shores of Gitchee-Gumee," and "Into each life some rain must fall." Well, I'd say we've had more than "some" this round!
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6 comments:
The verse is in contrast the the idyllic sunny scene. I think the rain has made it over the Atlantic to here now.
Very apt for the recent weather you've been having. As Joy says, we're enjoying the remains of it now.
I agree w/ Joy. Seems that there's a contrast w/ the poem and the photo...I still wish I can receive photopoetry postcards, too!
Well happy PFF anyway! only some drizzle in the midwest.
Wish you some sunny days soon! I love the postcard.
I got Twin Towers entry for this weeks PFF.
Arlene
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