Day 8: National Poetry Writing Month #NaPoWriMo
Sun shines in the valley
where the sun king came to stay,
shade is shy in the valley
at the king and queen’s hideaway.
Shadows slip through the valley
down from stars to under stairs,
some secrets slip through the valley
whispered from lips of concrete heirs.
Sun shines in the valley
on swans now savage at swim,
the sun shines in the valley
though the peasants weren’t allowed in.
Shadows sneak through the valley
through the greed gathered within,
shadow is splitting the valley
like guillotines cutting through skin.
Sun shines in the valley
as gold from the fountains flow,
the sun shines in the valley
where follies fade and legends grow.
Shadows sleep in the valley
along paths where tourists thread,
shadows are stuck in the valley
like dust on ideals long dead.
Sun shines in the valley
as Apollo rides the waves,
the sun shines in the valley
and drowns the suggestion of slaves.
Shadows stretch through the valley
pressed into promises made,
shadow is song in the valley
on benches where kisses once laid.
Sun shines in the valley
in the sun king’s palace of pride,
the sun shines in the valley
where they often just came to hide.
All Words and Photographs by Damien B. Donnelly
Photographs taken on Sunday 2nd April at Chateau de Versailles, Paris, in the sun.
Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
BRAVO!
Thank you so much for the reblog Jonathan. Greeting from the Parisian sunshine
I like this trip through French history 🙂
It felt compulsory!! Hope your having as much sun as we are! It’s glorious today
Don’t let the buggers forget! It’s glorious here too.
Excellent whizz through time… and I love the repeated line 🙂
Thank you so much. I was in Versailles last Sunday and couldn’t resist being inspired!!
I can see why!
I loved the journey through Versailles and history, too. And I loved the repeating “s” sounds.
I wish all history lessons were so artistic and entertaining!
Thank you for the tour in word and image, Dami.
Much Love,
Steffi
My pleasure