While discussing poetry with Aasim today, I recalled and told him my all time favourite, Leisure, by W H Davies.<\/p>\n
What is this life if, full of care,
\nWe have no time to stand and stare?<\/p>\n
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
\nAnd stare as long as sheep and cows:<\/p>\n
No time to see, when woods we pass,
\nWhere squirrels hide their nuts in grass:<\/p>\n
No time to see, in broad daylight,
\nStreams full of stars, like skies at night:<\/p>\n
No time to turn at Beauty\u2019s glance,
\nAnd watch her feet, how they can dance:<\/p>\n
No time to wait till her mouth can
\nEnrich that smile her eyes began?<\/p>\n
A poor life this if, full of care,
\nWe have no time to stand and stare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"