poetry

Mr. Lindsey, AKA King Henry V & Connor Rose, AKA the Duke of Athens, Sir Theseus (an honorable Knight).

In my 2018 literature class we put on a Medieval feast (with everybody in costume) to celebrate the end of the school year. We had a fantastic time jousting, acting like barbarians, and gorging ourselves on turkey legs and ancient recipes passed down from The Wife of Bath, Beowulf, Macbeth, and other motley characters.

Last year in Ancient Literature, one of my students, Connor, wrote a poem titled “Up the Mast,” rhyming couplets, which was inspired by our reading of Odysseus’ spectacular exploits in The Odyssey.

This year Connor attended my Medieval Literature course, in which he was inspired to write a couple more poems: “Running Through the Forest,” inspired whilst reading The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood; and “When Sin Runs Rampant” is a work Connor composed while we were studying The Divine Comedy.

I hope you enjoy the work of Connor Rose, a young man of intellectual deftness, sensibility, and exceptional artistry.

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The Sweetest Song (For Dawn) My lovely wife, my spine and central core, Two minds conformed, sit reciting day By day—a ceaseless piece preparing for: The time when bodies split and cannot play. A song so sweet, we lovers cannot stop, Nor bear, we fear, one player leave the set. Our days are gifts, which we determine not, And each is given death’s certificate. We etch our magnum opus from the heart, This masterpiece, the Maestro knows, performs For Love Divine, who knew it from the start: A fine sonata plays throughout life's storms. Once gone from earth, may songs in which we play Make angels weep and God appreciate. DB Lindsey Jr © 26 November 2011

Carmina ad Gloriae Dei

Songs to the Glory of God

Two Poems by Connor Rose

The Sweetest Song

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