Smakebit på Søndag; The Weary Blues av Langston Hughes

Siden det var søndag, fant jeg ut det var på tide med et nytt Smakebit på søndag innlegg, som blir arrangert av Betraktninger.


Nylig leste jeg diktsamlinga The Weary Blues av Langston Hughes, og der kom jeg over diktet Troubled Woman, som jeg ville dele.

She stands
In the quiet darkness, 
This troubled woman 
Bowed by 
Weariness and pain 
Like an 
Autumn flower 
In the frozen rain, 
Like a 
Wind-blown autumn flower 
That never lifts its head 
Again.

Comments

  1. Bokdivisionen9 January 2022 at 10:49

    Jag har lite svårt för poesi men den där dikten var fin.

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  2. Åsa9 January 2022 at 11:02

    Det var en fin dikt. Tack för smakbiten!

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  3. Scylla9 January 2022 at 11:29

    Ja, det var en fin dikt. Kände varken till boken eller författaren.

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  4. Robert W9 January 2022 at 11:42

    Fin sorglig dikt.

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  5. Mrs Calloway9 January 2022 at 11:45

    den diken tar jag till mig. tack för smakebiten!

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  6. astridterese9 January 2022 at 12:37

    Det var skikkelig fint! Ha en riktig fin søndag!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Paula9 January 2022 at 13:37

    En mycket vacker dikt, tack för smakbit

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  8. Cinnamon9 January 2022 at 16:57

    Känner igen författarnamnet men har inte läst något av honom. Tack för en vacker smakbit!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Lottens Bokblogg9 January 2022 at 19:10

    Vackert! Tack för den.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Augusta9 January 2022 at 20:00

    Nydelig!
    Er du med i diktlesesirkelen på Artemisias blogg?

    Augusta (augustaskriver.com)

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