Tag Archive | poetry
What counts
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
What counts is the sun, The moon, the stars and the sky, The rain, the green grass, the trees, Birdsong, windsong, childsong, And water lapping on the shore. What counts is compassion, Quiet and respect. To watch and listen in wonder And to let things be. What counts is…
Voyeur of the Forest #photography #poem
Originally posted on penned in moon dust:
trees breathe life spring gives birth to nature a constant song * mesmerized I sit doe cares for her speckled young my backyard ? Older than the trees each year new life ancient wisdom Thanks to Managua Gunn who is ghost writing for Carpe Diem today. He speaks…
MUSIC OF SILK AND FLUTES AT THE TRANSITION STORM
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
Swift wind, heaven high, summer’s cry of grief The Golden sky’s water has fallen, autumn clouds Approach, like a morning scene good and fine The pear tree on the hill has little fed flowers Seasons stir an endless shed of leaves Summer frustrating into Autumn, whitening temples Etched into temporary…
WHEN WILL I be able to RETURN?
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
After the long escort, now we part What mixes all the days together Gifted us this human world of togetherness Green mountains: sweet fragrance In each region, you are eulogised and cherished Divinity happy in the heart, in a world Of water and crystal and tranquil space Nature walked with…
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
Originally posted on Wuji Seshat:
(Ode to Nandine Gordimer) Nadine Gordimer #RIP [She was called one of the great “guerrillas of the imagination” by the poet Seamus Heaney] Dear poet, who said: ‘There is no moral authority Like that of Sacrifice’ It was you, people give One another things that can’t be Gift-wrapped, how many…
Love Hurts
Originally posted on Christa Wojciechowski:
? I chose this quote as the theme of my third novel in The Sculptor series. It’s from Franz Kafka’s Letters to Milena, which is a posthumously published collection of his love letters sent to Milena Jesenská, a married Czech journalist with whom he had a long distance love affair. The relationship…
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