Poetry Wednesday

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

I WILL arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;

Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.


And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet's wings.


I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,

I hear it in the deep heart's core.

-William Butler Yeats

I love this poem. I love the way the words flow together, I love the picture it paints. The first time I heard it, I was in the car and Garrison Keeler was reading it on the radio. His voice sounded so peaceful . At that moment I was stressed, I was taking my kids to piano,or somewhere. I am sure I was late and the car was loud. The line " And live alone in the bee loud glade" sounded appealing to me. I am a stay at home type of gal who likes quiet and order. As a homeschool mom of five kids I do not get much of that! I love the peaceful feeling this poem gives me. I have my own "Innisfree" Every year we go to northern Michigan for two weeks and it truly is a place of rest and peace. So when things get a little loud here I think of my "Innisfree" and hear it in my heart's deep core......

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