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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, 1923

Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

Friday, June 24, 2011

If it only be that easy....

by Kim Addonizio

Monday, June 13, 2011

In Wonderland

Monday, May 9, 2011

Love Poem

source unknown

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Omnia sol temperat *

'Spring in Goscieradz' by Leon Wyczółkowski (1852 - 1936)

From 'Carmina Burana'

Omnia sol temperat	The sun warms everything,
purus et subtilis,	pure and gentle,
novo mundo reserat	once again it reveals to the world
faciem Aprilis,	April's face,
ad amorem properat	the soul of man
animus herilis	is urged towards love
et iocundis imperat	and joys are governed
deus puerilis.	by the boy-god.
Rerum tanta novitas	All this rebirth
in solemni vere	in spring's festivity
et veris auctoritas	and spring's power
jubet nos gaudere;	bids us to rejoice;
vias prebet solitas,	it shows us paths we know well,
et in tuo vere	and in your springtime
fides est et probitas	it is true and right
tuum retinere.	to keep what is yours.
Ama me fideliter,	Love me faithfully!
fidem meam noto:	See how I am faithful:
de corde totaliter	with all my heart
et ex mente tota	and with all my soul,
sum presentialiter	I am with you
absens in remota,	even when I am far away.
quisquis amat taliter,	Whosoever loves this much
volvitur in rota.	turns on the wheel.