Rima XXI

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (translated from the original Spanish by Daniel Hardman)

What is poetry? — you say,
my eye holding in your eye of blue.
What is poetry? And you ask it of me?
Poetry — is you.

blue eyes

photo credit: Antropsicosociopatologico (Flickr)

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About Daniel Hardman

Software architect and tech blogger: http://codecraft.co ~ Author of fiction, poetry, sci-fi, fantasy: http://sivanea.com ~ Twitter: @dhh1128 ~ GitHub @dhh1128
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1 Response to Rima XXI

  1. Jason Preater says:

    Very romantic!

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