By River Dixon
One of my all-time favorite poets is Amy Lowell. They called her an “Imagist Missionary” since she was one of the first to use imagery, and she used it masterfully. If I didn’t know this was written by River, I would think this poem was hers. She captivated me when I was a child-woman. Now I’m a grandmother and this kind of language and skill still make my blood sing.
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“Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world,” he said wisely one day, “but people don’t know what it is like or how to make it. Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen. I am going to try and experiment.”
-Frances Hodgson Burnett
Happy Friday. I hope to share some more Johnny O. poetry in a couple of weeks. Have a lovely weekend.
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“Write what’s up there.” Sister Ignatius pointed at her temple. “As a great man once said, this is a secret garden. We’ve all got one of those.” “Jesus?” “No, Bruce Springsteen.”
-Cecelia Ahern
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“Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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“Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend.”
-Sarah Ban Breathnach
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“There’s naught as nice as th’ smell o’ good clean earth, except th’ smell o’ fresh growin’ things when th’ rain falls on ’em.”
―Frances Hodgson Burnett
Special thanks to Helen for the theme idea. I haven’t read this book nor seen the movie, but I look forward very much to doing both.
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“My singing voice is somewhere between a drunken apology and a plumbing problem.”
–COLIN FIRTH
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“Teach thy tongue to say, ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.”
-MAIMONIDES
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“My folks came to U.S. as immigrants, aliens, and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a citizen, went to Hollywood and became an alien.”
-LEONARD NIMOY
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“I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.”
-JACKIE CHAN
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“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
-CLIVE JAMES
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“I just gave my cat a bath. Now how do I get all this fur off my tongue?”
-STEVE MARTIN
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“Ian Fleming was my cousin, and he wanted me to play Dr. No, but by the time he got around to remembering to tell the producers, they’d already cast someone else. Spilt milk!”
-CHRISTOPHER LEE
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“Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation – look – please try to understand before one of us dies.”
–JOHN CLEESE
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“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”
-SICILIAN PROVERB
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“After all is said and done/ You can’t go pleasing everyone.”
-JOHN LENNON, I’M STEPPING OUT
Photos by Picmonkey and Pixabay Photography Volunteers. Graphic Art by Niki Flow. Royalty-free music “Buddy” by Ben Tissot (www.BenSound.com).
Thank you!
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Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
“After all is said and done/ You can’t go pleasing everyone.”
-John Lennon, I’m Stepping Out
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
“Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.”
-Sicilian Proverb
I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤
“Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation – look – please try to understand before one of us dies.”
–John Cleese
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