Friday Poem: Beauty and Charm

Beauty sans charm may captivate
But does not last, for look
It’s merely like the fishing boat
That floats without the hook

 

By Capito (around 600BC)

This poem is from the Dover edition: Great Short Poems (Ed Dorothy Belle Pollack)

 

Time

I have loved you for so long
That the moon has moved measurably in its orbit
Islands have grown, jungles fallen
Empires have been toppled
I loved you as a youth
And now at the apogee of your prime
I love you still

Copyright © 2017 Kim Whysall-Hammond

Re-blogged for Valentines Day