Pages

▼

Monday, October 13, 2014

Open Link Monday with Magaly

Anacaona, by Auld/Powhatan
via

I have Anacaona in my mind… Not sure who the lady is? Well, you probably aren’t the only one. But worry not, my dear Toads, Lord Tennyson said some pretty wonderful things about her (follow the link to learn a bit more):


Naked, and dark-limb’d, and gay,
Bathing in the slumbrous coves,
In the cocoa-shadow’d coves,
Of sunbright Xaraguay,
Who was so happy as Anacaona,
The beauty of Espagnola,
The golden flower of Hayti?

Today, I wish that all those words were based on truth; for if they were, then the Taíno chief would have had a good life before she was murdered in the aftermath of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery.”

Mondays are for freedom, so go ahead and share one of your poems. Visit fellow word lovers. I, too, shall fly by your cyber-gardens and see what’s growing.

at

12 comments:

  1. Archer's BonesOctober 13, 2014 at 12:42 AM

    I just happen to have a new poem ready to link :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Marcoantonio Arellano (Nene)October 13, 2014 at 2:07 AM

    Hola, mi amigos and amigas

    ReplyDelete
  3. brudbergOctober 13, 2014 at 6:11 AM

    I had a little Villanelle that I had not published .. please come back tomorrow for more :-)

    ReplyDelete
  4. FireblossomOctober 13, 2014 at 7:57 AM

    I'm always up for a little Tennyson!

    ReplyDelete
  5. JimOctober 13, 2014 at 8:40 AM

    Thank you, Magaly. I too like Tennyson, thank you for digging this up. Seems he and my grade school teachers all loved to dream of the 'romance' of our American Indians. It worked on me. I have worked elbow to elbow with them, two summers. Later Mrs. Jim and I attended a nation's summer pow-wow. Really great, not many outsiders came but we were warmly welcomed.
    ..

    ReplyDelete
  6. Kerry O'ConnorOctober 13, 2014 at 9:26 AM

    Good day to all! I have returned from a wonderful weekend spent with my daughters, and gone right back into work today. I am on the back foot, I'm afraid but will try to catch up as and when I can.

    ReplyDelete
  7. MarianOctober 13, 2014 at 10:01 AM

    heya pals. hello!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Magaly GuerreroOctober 13, 2014 at 12:05 PM

    @Fireblossom, you and me both.

    @Jim, I think we need the romance in order to deal with some of the terrible realities. I just wish most of us kept both, the good and the horrid, in mind...

    ReplyDelete
  9. AnonymousOctober 14, 2014 at 4:46 PM

    Hey Magaly--thanks for all your energy hosting! k.

    ReplyDelete
  10. AnonymousOctober 14, 2014 at 5:26 PM

    Magaly--I am still working on this post--is it possible to delete my link? Sorry. K.

    ReplyDelete
  11. AnonymousOctober 15, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    Thanks to Marion for taking down old post--I've put up yet another iteration of that poem--agh! Thanks. k.

    ReplyDelete
  12. AnonymousOctober 15, 2014 at 7:33 AM

    Thanks to Marion for taking down old post--I've put up yet another iteration of that poem--agh! Thanks. k.

    ReplyDelete

Much time and effort went into this post! Your feedback is appreciated.