Remembering Dad
A Video Hello and a Poem by Yeats
Today is the two year anniversary of my father’s death. Cheers to you, Dad. Here is a little video reminder from in my classroom at VCU, and further down is a poem for everyone by one of my favorite poets, William Butler Years. It’s on remembering, or how we put things back together when they are gone from us.
Memory
One had a lovely face,
And two or three had charm,
But charm and face were in vain
Because the mountain grass
Cannot but keep the form
Where the mountain hare has lain.
And for all of you poetry lovers, here is a beautiful recording of W.H. Auden reading his poem for Yeats, titled In Memory of W.B. Yeats. Give it a listen, it is so lovely.