Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Poem: "The Song of the Road"

This poem came from the August 6, 2013 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from technoshaman. It has been sponsored by janetmiles.


"The Song of the Road"


The song of the road is an old, old song
As long as the wayfarer's trail is long

As sweet as the sunrise over the hill
That lights up what was, and what always will

For music is wild as wind may be
And makes minstrels wilder, too, you see

As footloose and frisky as clouds up high
Who breathe in a laugh, and breathe out a sigh

It's travel that teases the muse to sing
Of good times and bad times and everything

That heroes and villains and all have done
Whatever is new underneath the sun

Song is what binds up the free-flowing time
And makes fast a memory wound in rhyme

As minstrels are merry and sad in turn
So too goes the world, as all people learn

Let wives and their children fill up a home
And keep a man happy, no need to roam

Let farmers and workers set down their load
But minstrels are for the wide-open road.
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Oop! This poem got double-posted, just a head's up.
I put it on DW but it wouldn't copy over, so I reposted it on LJ. Then the DW version came over later.