I’m all about exploring poetry in new ways. I recently looked up one of my favorite poems, “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” by Robert Frost on YouTube.com.
I enjoyed browsing through genius 5-year-olds, high school students craving extra credit and old aged Frost enthusiasts reciting this poem. Yet, I came across a more amusing style of portraying the poem…
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leafs a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
The combination of classical music, beautiful images and fading script lines in this video give the poem a different feel. I enjoyed reading each line and then seeing the natural images follow.
Feel free to make a video or create a picture book to illustrate the way YOU picture a poem when you read it!
Unfortunately, the lovely golden leaves of fall in those pictures aren’t staying much longer. I’m hoping some white snow might cover up those barren branches soon!
Along with the delightful view of snow blanketing the ground, it would be some inspiration for me to write a new winter poem!
Quote of the day: “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.” -Anne Frank
