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Painting “That Which is Sacred,” from the “Lands Beyond” gallery. Copyright Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Shadowscapes.com, 2002, 2020. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.
You feel it, don’t you?” -Rumi
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“Even if you are a small forest surviving off of moon alone, your light is extraordinary.”
-Nayyirah Waheed, Salt
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“you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you”
-Nayyirah Waheed
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“I don’t know what it is, and I don’t want to know because it’s too precious for me. I don’t want to destroy it by knowing it. I want to be in wonder the whole time.” -Marne van den Heever
One of the people I follow on Patreon, Green Revolution, recently published this story about Marne and his dog Tripod. When speaking about his relationship and love for Tripod and about how much this has changed and enriched his life, Marne said what is quoted above (Minute 3:19). I found what he said to be beautiful and true of all love. Love changes us profoundly, whether given, received or mutual. Words don’t convey the wonder of love, no matter how hard we may try. But, we’ll always keep trying, so we’ll always have songs and poetry and great stories, like this one.
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Photo “White Sage” by Cord X. Thank you, Cord!
“Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound.” – Edwin Curran
I don’t know which poem today’s quote is from but I thought it perfectly matched Cord’s beautiful white sage flower. Edwin Curran published his first book of poems in 1917. He was born in 1892, so he was 25-years old at the time. I found this first poem in that book so captivating and sweet and so full of hope that I know I’ll share more of his poetry in the future.
THE FUTURE – IF WE WIN
I leaped here out of time and saw ahead
into the years still locked and chained and still;
I leaped into that great sleep, yet still dead
And saw there all the power of the human will,
All the toil of ages gathered and unfurled
Into a thing of beauty on a glorious hill,
The Flag of The United Nations of the World!The sea was full of ships, great argosies in white,
With sweet wines, silks, sandalwood and wheat;
The fields lay heaped in gold and far abroad
The marts of all the world wore jewels of light.
The mountains laughed and peace was in the street
And gloriously, the world was happy as God.On still the Vison took human sense
Beyond the world and down the path of men
Thru happiness immortal, then the centuries
And on forever and forever hence
Past earth and time and space and back again,
Thru the endless joy of marvelous eternities.-Edwin Curran, First Poems, 1917
It makes me wonder what tucked away poems are lost in time. If we live forever, will we find them all eventually and read them to each other, do you think?
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CHECKMATE
Can’t Wait or Too Late?The King Needs his Queen, he needs her indeed.
It is not just a matter ardent desire, but of absolute need.
The Army might save him once in a while,
But there is little joy in walking, step by step, single file.
Yes, one square at a time is all he can take,
Teamed with his great Queen they will crush the whole board,
Creating surrender in their wake.
The joy in their partnership expressing is a sight to behold.
Here is hoping I find that Great Queen before we are both too old.-John Olander
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