New Love, New Life poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
I. She, who so long has lain Stone-stiff with folded wings, Within my heart again The brown bird wakes and sings. Brown nightingale, whose strain Is heard by day, by night, She sings of joy and pain, Of sorrow and delight. II. ‘Tis true,–in other days Have I unbarred the […]
Nothing Stays Put poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
In memory of Father Flye, 1884-1985 The strange and wonderful are too much with us. The protea of the antipodes—a great, globed, blazing honeybee of a bloom— for sale in the supermarket! We are in our decadence, we are not entitled. What have we done to deserve all the produce of the tropics— this fiery […]
Exmoor poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
Lost aboard the roll of Kodac- olor that was to have super- seded all need to remember Somerset were: a large flock of winter-bedcover-thick- pelted sheep up on the moor; a stile, a church spire, and an excess, at Porlock, of tenderly barbarous antique thatch in tandem with flower- beds, relentlessly pictur- esque, […]
Beach Glass poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
While you walk the water’s edge, turning over concepts I can’t envision, the honking buoy serves notice that at any time the wind may change, the reef-bell clatters its treble monotone, deaf as Cassandra to any note but warning. The ocean, cumbered by no business more urgent than keeping open old accounts that never […]
A Catalpa Tree On West Twelfth Street poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
While the sun stops, or seems to, to define a term for the indeterminable, the human aspect, here in the West Village, spindles to a mutilated dazzle— niched shards of solitude embedded in these brownstone walkups such that the Hudson at the foot of Twelfth Street might be a thing that’s done with mirrors: […]
Nothing Stays Put poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
In memory of Father Flye, 1884-1985 The strange and wonderful are too much with us. The protea of the antipodes—a great, globed, blazing honeybee of a bloom— for sale in the supermarket! We are in our decadence, we are not entitled. What have we done to deserve all the produce of the tropics— this […]
Exmoor poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
Lost aboard the roll of Kodac- olor that was to have super- seded all need to remember Somerset were: a large flock of winter-bedcover-thick- pelted sheep up on the moor; a stile, a church spire, and an excess, at Porlock, of tenderly barbarous antique thatch in tandem with flower- beds, relentlessly pictur- esque, […]
Beach Glass poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
While you walk the water’s edge, turning over concepts I can’t envision, the honking buoy serves notice that at any time the wind may change, the reef-bell clatters its treble monotone, deaf as Cassandra to any note but warning. The ocean, cumbered by no business more urgent than keeping open old accounts that never […]
A Catalpa Tree On West Twelfth Street poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
While the sun stops, or seems to, to define a term for the indeterminable, the human aspect, here in the West Village, spindles to a mutilated dazzle— niched shards of solitude embedded in these brownstone walkups such that the Hudson at the foot of Twelfth Street might be a thing that’s done with mirrors: […]
The Unpromised Land, Montgomery, Alabama poem – Andrew Hudgins poems | Poems and Poetry
Despite the noon sun shimmering on Court Street, each day I leave my desk, and window-shop, waste time, and use my whole lunch hour to stroll the route the marchers took. The walk is blistering– the kind of heat that might make you recall Nat Turner skinned and rendered into grease if you share […]
The Nautical Why poem – Amy Nawrocki poems | Poems and Poetry
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Sacred Epiphany poem – Ammar Nadeem poems | Poems and Poetry
One day went to meet the light inside mountain top , can view the whole city wide alone i was with nature talking by my side trees were playing orchestra wind was dancing , showing the beauty of violin the flow of water through mountains was laughing and enjoying as i layed […]
Nigra Sum poem – Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson poems | Poems and Poetry
I am that opal colored onyx stone. Black bone soul jones in the midnight dreary. My soul is a weary kind of blues; and you know me for my ebony hues. Nigra sum. Like Solomon, the wisest king, with a pigment from the descent of a chocolate crescent beam. I am the depth […]
Ka ‘Ba poem – Amiri Baraka poems | Poems and Poetry
A closed window looks down on a dirty courtyard, and black people call across or scream or walk across defying physics in the stream of their will Our world is full of sound Our world is more lovely than anyone’s tho we suffer, and kill each other and sometimes fail to walk the […]
On The Wedding Of The Aeronaut poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
Aeronaut, you’re fairly caught, Despite your bubble’s leaven: Out of the skies a lady’s eyes Have brought you down to Heaven! No more, no more you’ll freely soar Above the grass and gravel: Henceforth you’ll walk-and she will chalk The line that you’re to travel! Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce, (born June 24, […]
Presentiment poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
WITH saintly grace and reverent tread She walked among the graves with me; Her every footfall seemed to be A benediction on the dead. The guardian spirit of the place She seemed, and I some ghost forlorn, Surprised by the untimely morn She made with her resplendent face. Moved by some waywardness of […]
On The Wedding Of The Aeronaut poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
Aeronaut, you’re fairly caught, Despite your bubble’s leaven: Out of the skies a lady’s eyes Have brought you down to Heaven! No more, no more you’ll freely soar Above the grass and gravel: Henceforth you’ll walk-and she will chalk The line that you’re to travel! Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce, (born June 24, […]
Invocation poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
Goddess of Liberty! O thou Whose tearless eyes behold the chain, And look unmoved upon the slain, Eternal peace upon thy brow,- Before thy shrine the races press, Thy perfect favor to implore- The proudest tyrant asks no more, The ironed anarchist no less. Thine altar-coals that touch the lips Of prophets kindle, […]
Elixer Vitæ poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
Of life’s elixir I had writ, when sleep (Pray Heaven it spared him who the writing read!) Settled upon my senses with so deep A stupefaction that men thought me dead. The centuries stole by with noiseless tread, Like spectres in the twilight of my dream; I saw mankind in dim procession sweep […]
Elixer Vitæ poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
Of life’s elixir I had writ, when sleep (Pray Heaven it spared him who the writing read!) Settled upon my senses with so deep A stupefaction that men thought me dead. The centuries stole by with noiseless tread, Like spectres in the twilight of my dream; I saw mankind in dim procession sweep […]
Christian poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
I dreamed I stood upon a hill, and, lo! The godly multitudes walked to and fro Beneath, in Sabbath garments fitly clad, With pious mien, appropriately sad, While all the church bells made a solemn din — A fire-alarm to those who lived in sin. Then saw I gazing thoughtfully below, With tranquil […]
The Statesmen poem – by Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
How blest the land that counts among Her sons so many good and wise, To execute great feats of tongue When troubles rise. Behold them mounting every stump, By speech our liberty to guard. Observe their courage–see them jump, And come down hard! ‘Walk up, walk up!’ each cries aloud, ‘And learn from me […]
Yes, ’tis the pulse of life! my fears were vain!
Yes, ’tis the pulse of life! my fears were vain! I wake, I breathe, and am myself again. Still in this nether world; no seraph yet! Nor walks my spirit, when the sun is set, With troubled step to haunt the fatal board, Where I died last—by poison or the sword; Blanching each honest cheek […]
Ode to Superstition
[lwptoc] ODE TO SUPERSTITION.[1] I. 1. Hence, to the realms of Night, dire Demon, hence! Thy chain of adamant can bind That little world, the human mind, And sink its noblest powers to impotence. Wake the lion’s loudest roar, Clot his shaggy mane with gore, With flashing fury bid his eye-balls shine; Meek is his […]
An Epistle to A Friend
AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND. Villula,……….et pauper agelle, Me tibi, et hos unâ mecum, et quos semper amavi, Commendo. PREFACE. Every reader turns with pleasure to those passages of Horace, and Pope, and Boileau, which describe how they lived and where they dwelt; and which, being interspersed among their satirical writings, derive a secret and […]
The Pleasures of Memory
Twilight’s soft dews steal o’er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene. Still’d is the hum that thro’ the hamlet broke, When round the ruins of their antient oak The peasants flock’d to hear the minstrel play, And games and carols clos’d the busy day. Her wheel at rest, the matron thrills no […]
Computer Cookies: Are They Good or Bad?
[ad_1] Explaining “Cookies” (the non caloric ones that reside in your computer!) You can’t talk about all those nasty ‘things’ that can ‘attack’ your computer while you are surfing the Internet, like viruses or spyware, without talking about ‘Cookies’. But what are they and are they really bad for my computer? Ok, first let’s define […]
Holiday & Travel Guide For Paphos, Cyprus
[ad_1] Paphos is the second largest resort on the island of Cyprus, located in the south-west region. As the island plays host to resorts such as the party district Ayia Napa too, Paphos is more of a laid back area which is suitable for families and those wishing to focus more on sight-seeing than the […]
How to Increase Your Faith
[ad_1] The disciples made a very important request of Jesus in Luke 17:5, “And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.” I heartily second the request. As I go through life I find myself increasingly insufficient for the tasks set before me. We always need God, but the further along I go, the […]
A Life Of Lorenzo Da Ponte:Talent Flies; Practical Reason Walks
[ad_1] Among the world’s favorite operas, we find three of them with a libretto penned by Lorenzo Da Ponte and music by none other than the astonishingly delightful Viennese ear-confectioner Mozart. The list is a delight in itself: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovann, and Così Fan Tutte. We learn in the new book, The […]
Indian Wedding Customs – Eastern and Western Indian Wedding Traditions
[ad_1] There is no such thing as a typical Indian wedding. Surprised? That’s because in this land of diverse languages and traditions, wedding customs are equally varied. Here’s a look at how people residing in the eastern and western regions of India celebrate weddings. Eastern Indian marriages Eastern Indian wedding ceremonies are not as opulent […]
The Merchant of Copan [In English and Spanish]
[ad_1] English Version The Merchant of Copan [480 AD] Advance: The ballgame at the Honduras courtyard in Copan, the year was 480 AD, Copan’s 3rd ruler, Mat Head, whom succeeded Quetzal Macaw, whom was the founder of the city is now the new ruler. Mat Head, was a female, the spouse of Quetzal Macaw, and […]
Knowing God Part 1 – Finding God, Knowing Him, and Doing His Works
[ad_1] This message was preached in Nyagatare, north eastern Rwanda on May 3rd, 2005. Thank you for your very warm welcome. In the evening of last night Bishop Bernard Munanira and his wife and others were sitting around the table talking about what we might do today? The bishop recommended that I do some teaching […]
Yoga and Love – Part I
[ad_1] Tales of love surround us. Popular songs, amorous movies, romance novels, grocery-store tabloids-all sell “love.” Yet do these starry-eyed dramas rife with reckless and chaotic emotions truly portray its ways? Passion and possessiveness, jealousy and infatuation – can these be love? Don’t these actually reduce the expansive love of the Spirit to grasping, grabby […]
Love Expression in Marriage
[ad_1] It is imperative for us to understand that lack of love expression in marriage has led many marriages to breakups. Life after marriage should be filled with the expression of love and intimacy which includes the followings: 1. Let there be oneness: Do not just be together, be one. Togetherness is physical; oneness is […]
African Artists’ Painting Inspiration
[ad_1] Every time any artist decides to make a painting, they have their own source of inspiration for a given subject, whether it be a realistic inspiration from real life memory or abstract subjects that they represent solely from their imagination. The world surrounding an artist influences what they paint. The mind of the artist […]
Breathing Stars, Inspiration and the Labyrinth of Correspondence
[ad_1] In about 5 billion years our sun is expected to die. Recently the Hubble Space Telescope, trained on the planetary nebula NGC 6210 about 6,500 light-years away, photographed a star, slightly less massive than our sun, suffering its last gasp. A dying star forms a planetary nebula (really just gas and dust, but resembling […]
In These Present Times How Worried Should We Be?
[ad_1] Read Matthew Chapter 6 verses 24 to 34. Over these past weeks the interviewers’ oft repeated question has been – “How worried are you?” In the early part of Chapter 6 – from “The Sermon on The Mount” – Jesus has been speaking about – Giving verses 1 to 4 – Praying verses 5 […]
Creative Writing For Stress Relief
[ad_1] Creative writing can be a powerful tool for stress relief. Here’s how it works: Write about what bugs you, either in journal entry form or as poetry. There have been scientific studies on this that showed that it really works. You’re taking the stuff that’s festering deep inside you and bringing it out in […]
Towards Understanding, Through Poetry
[ad_1] In Towards Understanding, her first book of poetry, Lillian was able to share her real life journey of growing up on her own, struggling to survive, breaking the chains of inner conflict and finally growing “towards understanding” of her value and purpose in life – but not quite reaching it. Readers witness her survive […]