In Our Madness, William
In our madness, William
the centuries won’t interfere
in bringing God to light
as the reason why we’re here!
Engraver that you are,
the “Abbey” will resound,
the statues in your sketches
the stuff of hallowed ground!
Beyond mere metaphor
our pens would now align –
in prophesies to be unveiled
the draft to make divine!
They’d label us, you know
“eccentric fools, insane and mad,”
but then again who’d cancel out
these visions that we’ve had?
In our madness, William
our minds would merge as one:
be ink, or wood or copper plate,
who’d subjugate the Sun.
-Richard Doiron – copyright © 2010 – All rights reserved.
Richard Doiron has been published for46 years and is the author of seventeen
books. He has been twice nominated for Governor General’s Award. Richard’s work has been read at World Congress of Poetry & Cultures, also at the United Nations. He has been published twice alongside the Dalai Lama by invitation. website: www.spiritsinpeace.com
Fifty gift poems by Richard Doiron and paper flowers by Sharon Rowe will be presented to guests at the Life Celebration of William Blake, November 29th,6:30 pm at the Richmond Cultural Centre, Richmond, BC.
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