Trying to find a poem with special resonance for me...

[rowanwitch]

Can't give details but can anyone recommend sites with a really good identification system as I can only remember a few bits of lines...I have it copied down in a big book at home somewhere but can't find it

[another-view]

Google.

[zzxxee]

post the bits of poem you know it might be more helpfull x

[rowanwitch]

I get sooo many sites but some come up with totally bizarre things like lyrics from pop songs the poem was written in the 15th or 16th century but even that doesn't seem to help

[redman41]

Have a look here rowan dearest as it may help. Scroll down the Page in the link!

http://www.poemhunter.com/

[rowanwitch]

Can't xxzzee...as it is too personal

[squarebear]

If you post the words, we may be able to help.

[zzxxee]

xxx you dont have to do all you know maybe just a line

[redman41]

Talk to you later rowan as I have to go out on errands.......

[zzxxee]

its not greensleeves is it?? do you have a bogey problem and have no hanky is that why its personal?? were all friends here lol

[rowanwitch]

Ok m'dear

[AB Editor]

How old? If it is pre 1931 put this into google

site:http://www.gutenberg.org/ "Line from your poem"

and see if you get anything there.

Spare Ed

PS. Posting a snatch of it would be much more helpful. The AnswerBank is one of the best identification system on the net.

[rowanwitch]

No its by a woman who has feelings for a completely unsuitable man I need it to explain a previous relationship to someone I work with who can't get her head round one of my murky pasts and i used to have it printed out on my desk at work but i can't for the life of me remember who it was by...

[redman41]

For rowan

I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For so swiftly it flew, the sight
Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;
For, who has sight so keen and strong
That it can follow the flight of song?
Long, long afterward, in an oak
I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[swedeheart]

That wowed me, redman.

[swedeheart]

(Sorry can't help rowanwitch.)

[redman41]

Hi swedeheart ! Yes it is a nice poem and so true as well !

[rowanwitch]

Thank you Redman.

[swedeheart]

Yes very true redman. I was re-potting plants yesterday and in one of the pots I had placed a smooth white stone at the foot of the plant, for decoration. That stone was given to me as a child back in 1965 when me and my parents were on holidays in Rhodes. A waiter at the hotel walked up to our table and placed it in front of me with a smile. Probably looking for tips from my parents ha ha but that's not the way I thought of it then and I've held on to that stone all my life. I was thinking yesterday I'd like to bring it back to Greece one day. Anyhoo, it's the same with words, tones of voice, facial expressions, touches - they all live on, much more than we ever know.

Rowanwitch over here (in Sweden) librarians are often able to help with that sort of thing, sometimes even online. Come on, quote just a little something! :)

[rowanwitch]

I can only remember snatches of lines it has been nearly 20 years since i last read it.. I will try the loft for my poetry book tonight hopefully come back with it tomorrow... and one of my own for Redman

[redman41]

Sometimes the smallest gestures have the greatest meaning in ones life, that is why they stay in our thoughts for ever !
It's something money cannot buy !