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Seven Lines with Seven Syllables For Sunday, July Seventh

once again ​night’s reign has ceased
well rested the lark intones
gives in to flight and winging
all the poets in the east
who arise without bemoans
give in to light and singing
gift of the day beginning

This one is copyrighted © selma


Here’s another (not mine) by a poet you too might like. His poem is a little longer,
employing seven syllables, each line has seven syllables, except the last with six
syllables:
Dylan Thomas, 1914–1953.

In my craft or sullen art

In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
With all their griefs in their arms,
I labour by singing light
Not for ambition or bread
Or the strut and trade of charms
On the ivory stages
But for the common wages
Of their most secret heart.

Not for the proud man apart
From the raging moon I write
On these spindrift pages
Nor for the towering dead
With their nightingales and psalms
But for the lovers, their arms
Round the griefs of the ages,
Who pay no praise or wages
Nor heed my craft or art.

Dylan Thomas
Copyright © 1939 by New Directions
Publishing Corporation

From The Poems of Dylan Thomas. Copyright © 1939 by New Directions Publishing
Corporation. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation. All
rights reserved.

My source: Poets.org

Dylan Marlais Thomas, born October 27, 1914, in South Wales, was the archetypal
Romantic poet of the popular American imagination.

About Dylan Thomas


Happy first Sunday in July.
Happy Tanabata too.
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July 15th is In The Shadow of Rainbows‘ first anniversary. Have you read this
poetry collection? Publisher, Experiments in Fiction. Cover Photographer:
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In The Shadow of Rainbows, #1 in Nature Poetry, #1 in Poetry about Places.
Please let me know if you’d like to read it and I’ll send it to you for your Kindle.

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This Post Has 33 Comments

  1. Robbie Cheadle

    Hi Selma, both poems are beautiful 🌼

    1. Selma Martin

      Thanks so dearly, Mark. Your comment pleases me. 🤗

  2. ben Alexander

    I love those lines about the lark in particular and how you don’t use punctuation… it works brilliantly, Selma!

    Much love,
    David

  3. dorahak

    May we all “give in to light and singing”! Lovely, Selma. Thank you.💖

    1. Selma Martin

      Yes, may we all give in. Thanks for reading, dearest Dora. Hope you had a splendid and safe Fourth of July celebration. 🎉

  4. Laura Bloomsbury

    congrats to you Selma – and thank you too for quoting one my very favourite poets – the Celts have craft as sullen art indeed and intone like the larks

    1. Selma Martin

      You’re ever so welcome, my friend. So much—such good words written by great wordsmiths. Yay to good poetry 🙇🏽‍♀️

    1. Selma Martin

      Aww. You light me up. I’ll be lit up all week. Thanks so much my friend. 🤗

  5. rajkkhoja

    Nice both poem.

  6. Michele Lee

    You’re a gift! Drawing us together with your compassionate pen. Thanks for sharing, Dylan Thomas! Love his work.

    1. Selma Martin

      Always a pleasure. You’re always welcome my lovely. XO

  7. Destiny

    both really so beautiful, Selma…🤍🙏

  8. memadtwo

    Lovely rhythm in your words Selma. (K)

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