To Hold the Light (poem) by John Herlihy on AuthorsDen

AuthorsDen.com Join | Login

Where Authors and Readers come together!

SIGNED BOOKS AUTHORS BOOKS SAMPLE CHAPTERS AUDIOBOOKS eBOOKS STORIES ARTICLES POETRY BLOGS NEWS VIDEOS SUCCESS TESTIMONIALS

Featured Authors: Raven West, iTeresa Walker, iLalita Vasu, iPeter Jessop, iR.E.E.S Blogs Linda Smith, Publisher, iM. R. Mathias, iDavid Arthur Walters, iDavid Clure, iDietmar Rothe, iMel Hathorn, i

Home > Poetry > Poetry Popular: Books, Stories, Articles, Poetry Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

John Herlihy

Follow Me

· Contact Me
· Books
· Articles
· Poetry
· News
· Stories
· Blog

· 3,141 Titles
· 14,340 Reviews
· Save to My Library
· Share with Friends!
· Member Since: Mar, 2001

John Herlihy, click here to update your pages on AuthorsDen!

Books by
John Herlihy

See all Books
by John Herlihy

To Hold the Light
by John Herlihy → (All Poetry by John Herlihy)
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 Rated "G" by the Author.

Save

Follow Share on Facebook



-- To Hold the Light -- John Herlihy The darkness palpable The light ephemeral I reach for it To seize and hold it All to no avail A useless travail It disappears from view Invisible as the wind blew I know it is there I breathe in and stare I breathe out, close my eyes Then specks of starlight arise In trying to hold the light I find the effort sheer delight - - - - - - (c) John Herlihy 5 August 2019

Want to review or comment on this poem?

Need a FREE Reader Membership?

Reviews of "To Hold the Light"

Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on June 25, 2020

TRYING TO HOLD ON TO SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY OURS...IF...WE WANT IT. BUT THEN, FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW; CHILDREN AT PLAY...I LIKE THIS. WE ARE NEVER TOO OLD SO AS TO CEASE TRYING TO CONQUER IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTIVES, IN FACT...IT DELIGHTS US. THANKS FOR THE SHARE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Budd Nelson

Reviewed on June 10, 2020

it is so
budd

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan

Reviewed on June 9, 2020

Light can be so many things to so many people. Most of the time it's good in that I want to see what is going on around me. But sometimes I would just as soon it be extinguished. I say this referencing light as a truth as well as light as a metaphor. As in all things, light has a dark side, too.

Rebecca

New Poetry by John Herlihy

Different Shades of Hard

Consolation

In the Shadow of Night

Cherry Tree

From Complexity Simplicity

Nothing But a Memory

This Aging Moon

Tender Is the Day That Dawns

Popular Poetry (Poetry)

1.	Catching Happiness...
2.	Finding Trust Again
3.	Nightsky
4.	Reality of Another Kind
5.	Life's Enormous Green Chest
6.	Spindrift
7.	Kindness
8.	Luxury of Solitude
9.	Our Restless Minds
10.	Roadkill Memoriam
11.	In The Still of The Night
12.	Sediment Within the Soul
13.	Dream Just a Dream
14.	Feeling Lonely
15.	Hunting for Truth
16.	In Praise of Anonymity
17.	Whisper Pens
18.	Shaved Reflections
19.	I Have Spent My Entire Life
20.	Mythical Dragons

Free Book Review Program
Select a book to read and review today!

Pieces. . .The Abbeville Ltd Ed. (Out of Circulation) by Cynth'ya Reed

(Self-published. Please contact author directly to order.) Enter the pages of diaspora in quiet introspection. Bathe your thoughts with subtle humor; synchronize your spirit-sense with history-in-heat; fall headlong with eyes wide open into

Member BookAds

Catherine and Other Poems by Edward Patterson

Poetry Chapbook

Member BookAds

Drifter's Logic by William haynes

a beat take on life, loss and the meaning of it all+

Member BookAds