Classic poem of the day
Don't sweep away this green after the rain;
let it fill the tranquil stairway path.
Leave it there to cushion fallen petals
so the spring mud cannot dirty them.
Member poem of the day
Hugh MacDiarmid wrote "The Watergaw" in a Scots dialect. I have translated the poem into modern English to make it easier to read and understand. A watergaw is a fragmentary rainbow.
The Watergaw
by Hugh MacDiarmid
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
One wet forenight in the sheep-shearing season
I saw the uncanniest thing—
a watergaw with its wavering light
shining beyon...
