New Year.
Posted: January 2, 2013 Filed under: Architectural, Gardens | Tags: 2013, Dennis O'Driscoll, Lower Marsh, New Year, Tomorrow poem, trompe l'oeil Comments Off on New Year.Doorway, Lower Marsh, Waterloo. © David Secombe 2002.
From Tomorrow by Dennis O’Driscoll:
Tomorrow I will start to be happy.
The morning will light up like a celebratory cigar.
Sunbeams sprawling on the lawn will set
dew sparkling like a cut-glass tumbler of champagne. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…© Dennis Driscoll 2004. The remainder of this wonderful poem may be found on the Poetry Foundation’s website. From New and Selected Poems, Anvil Press Poetry. In memoriam Dennis O’Driscoll, 1954-2012.