National Poetry Month - welcome poet Paisly Kirkpatrick

 

Paisley Kirkpatrick

STEPH: Who's your favorite poet? 

PAISLEY: My favorite poet is William Blake. I like his philosophy and was quite touched when I read this first part of Auguries of Innocence":

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand 
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, 
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand 
And Eternity in an hour.” 
                                   ― William Blake

My poem shows the love a young Scottish boy has of his homeland after he's grown up in a new land and with new parents. Mountains Chiseled from Stone is the only poetry I've written so far. It's spoken by my hero Declan Grainger in my first book, Night Angel.

Mountains Chiseled from Stone

In lands rising so close to heaven,

Scots hear the flutter of angels' wings,

Flying over mountains chiseled from stone.

Bagpipes echoing from glen to glen,

Gather men to band as fighting forces,

To save their mountains chiseled from stone.

Highland mists settling across rich forests,

Blessing countrysides filled with lochs and glens,

Gracing the mountains chiseled from stone.

My heart still feels the call of this land,

Where my mother taught me to love and grow,

To stand tall in the mountains chiseled from stone.

LINKS

http://www.paisleykirkpatrick.com/

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1272262167

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6537986.Paisley_Kirkpatrick