Hours and Hours of Happiness!

This morning whilst I was contemplating what to post on my blog today, it occurred to me that because the blog is still in its beginnings it is so much harder to decide what to put on! I'm exploding with likes! But I have decided that today I will talk about my beloved poetry book.
Our Favourite Poems is a collection of poems carefully picked out by fellow kiwi's. It is my first and currently only (adult) book of poetry (though it is my birthday soon...) and I must say there is something so special about having a hard copy of your fav poems! What I love so much about it is that it has a collection of both New Zealand poets such as the great Hone Tuwhare, as well as the old classics like Will Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe and of course my beloved Spike Milligan! For every mood there is a perfect poem. Here is a poem from the book for you. Guess the mood!

An hour, a glass of wine and some great conversation later the (admittedly cheesy but undeniably beautiful) poem is chosen...

Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792-1822

LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY

The Fountains mingle with the river

And the rivers with the ocean,
The winds of heaven mix forever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single,
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle -
Why not I with thine?

See the mountains kiss high heaven
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister-flower would be forgiven
If it disdain'd its brother:

And the sunlight clasps the earth
And the moonbeams kiss the sea -
What are all these things worth,
If thou not kiss me?

Awe inspiring imagery. Does anyone else sense a few underlying controversial subjects though? hmm...

xx
The Lizzie