My trousers turn when her these eyesights earn is learned in light,
Like limn of laugh or limbs hers — do I know her, no? — but gauzy
Greyhair ravings greyscale havens of Old Jake whose floozy
Wooed, ne'er raised the wood that, pencil-perched, arrests my gait and dáresay
Drains, white rains when rousered baned when troused so tight.
Ah, such was the rush of it, all in the crush of it, you wound me, round me, ‘hind me, hound me quite,
Blear-bright, the fugue-fug, smoke-tug, clear and sheer, mid-mere the moon is, midst of might
Here, see: hear; shé — see hére — ís middle Moon's May, may she say no nosegay or a posy
Be good enough but trouser's tail some maids cause quail makes chops and cheeks of Rosie
Blush, with crush óf blood's gush, flower-flushed, at sleight of white-height night.
Oh God, oh, oh my word, good Lord man, can you spare a scan for this man jacent only
To the stare of her and, friend-fledged, furled with friends, she seeks a murder in the suchly
Steer, of eye, see, sigh; what a mock of it, talk of it, mouser-trousered, lonely,
I, ‘neath blunder-sky, turned tale-tell of her touch, say
The which, all lost, this ghost I guise gale-groans, quail-quivers muchly,
Gives up its ghost with gruel no Host was, ghoul-galled, good of Golly.
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Complexly clever play of words. I'm not familiar with Hopkins, but I like the 19th century flavor of this.
Thanks, Matt. You should familiarise yourself wih Hopkins. I've affectionately lampooned his worst habits, but he really was a great poet, and he's still ahead of his time.
Windhover? Is that right? I remember that poem a little bit. I'm going to read it again now.
I would never have thought of parodying Hopkins! Original.
The Windhover. That's right, Dianne. Not actually a parody of that specific poem, though, but I needed a title I cold make an innuendo of. Thanks.
I remember being taught “The Windhover” in college. What I remember most is being taught to be in awe of it. Now reading it 50 years later, I understand why. Thank you.