Flashes Of Austen Poem by Maria C. Pires Costa

From page to screen
Adorable Jane Austen
Telling us love stories
Woven amidst secrecies
And social prejudices.

The shrewd girl from Steventon
Bequeathed to us a treasure written
With a unique goose feather quill
Fulfilling her wishes and will.

Readers of Austen find
An array of characters
Speaking their mind
Through a precision of language
In different voices beyond age!

Kindness and civility
Elegance and respect
Are visible in landed gentry
The directors are crazy to adapt...

June,2012