Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY SCRAPBOOK, by M. ANNETTE PAPAYANAKOS


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MY SCRAPBOOK, by                    
First Line: I wander away to my little secluded brook
Last Line: Will end the mystery veiling the deep.
Subject(s): Books; Reading


I wander away to my little secluded brook,
In my hand a little worn and pasted book
Of treasured verses clipped through passing years.
Verses that rise and soar through skies of tears.
There are clouds and sunshine mingling now with leaves;
In the throb and feel of the vibrant, exulting sheaves;
In the rugged bits of life, in the battles fought
And won and lost, with their scars and bruises fraught
With wisdom, truth and the light of the kismet way
That life in its book of pages must portray.

I ponder here by the singing, twinkling brook;
To know that life is just a scintillant book,
Reflecting scraps that day by day accumulate
And compose the chapters bound in the book of fate.
Within my heart, I feel a vibrant song;
My thoughts unraveled, words and meters throng.
O beautiful melody . . . sweet as an innocent birth!
Calm interval of life upon this earth!
Too soon, the ode of death, the majestic sleep,
Will end the mystery veiling the deep.





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