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Thank you for the poem!

posted by teresee39 at 12:12 am (EST) on Dec 21, 2009

groovy - thanks for the poem T.O.M - it made my day!

posted by twacorbies at 11:06 pm (EST) on Dec 18, 2009

Thank you so much for your Christmas poem!

posted by bookishbunny at 8:23 pm (EST) on Dec 16, 2009

POETA

Poeta errante que navegas con el arte
sueña, canta, escribe, vuela
Furtivo buscas la inspiración
la encuentras en cualquier rincón

Te elevas presuroso
Amas más que el propio corazón
No te rindes en las nubes
ni con la ola del mar

Tus palabras son hechizos de luna
escritas con hilos de plata
se reflejan en los rayos del sol
convertidas en oro para el corazón

Poeta vuela, vuela poeta
das tu alma a una estrella
irradia la luz eterna
conquista el corazón de la más bella

De mi libro
SUSURROS PARA EL ALMA
©2009 Julián Melero

posted by JulianMelero at 11:05 am (EST) on Dec 9, 2009

This is a lovely gentle poem. Thank you, hadn't heard it before!

posted by Glorybe1 at 9:05 am (EST) on Dec 8, 2009

"BRIBES DE VIE" , Mehdi TAZI.

1 livre autoédité ,né d’écritures intimes, d’un blog et avec l’aide des lecteurs

« BRIBES DE VIE » est le fruit de l’histoire d’un homme qui apprend à survivre au départ d’une femme qu’il aimait.
C’est au début, une verve qui se ranime tel un volcan qui explose le jour du départ de l’être aimé.
C’est la création d’un blog d’écriture qui se nourrît des mots mus par des sensations, des émotions incontrôlables qui trouvent leurs sources aux fonds de souffrances, d'aspirations et d'espoirs. C’est une écriture où les mots couchés les uns à la suite des autres, deviendront la thérapie salvatrice, qui permettra au terme d’un combat moral et spirituel qui durera deux années, de guérir l’âme de cet homme qui cesse d’être amoureux et qui va apprendre que l’amour de son ex-femme n’était que verbal.
Cette histoire est aussi celle de gens anonymes qui sont devenus des lecteurs réguliers de ce blog d’écriture. Son intégration aux réseaux sociaux – Facebook, Blogasty et Mybloglog – leur donnera un visage. Une interaction, un partage aura lieu entre eux et cet homme meurtri par cet amour déchu.
Puis, grâce au moyen d’auto-édition, trouvé au hasard sur internet, l’idée du livre a surgi. Par la participation répétée de l’auteur à des ateliers d’écriture, cette idée prend forme. Les encouragements de certains lecteurs et la participation d’autres lecteurs du blog, devenus des correcteurs, aideront à la réalisation de ce livre.
Le choix des textes sélectionnés, et leur construction autour d’un sommaire, seront aussi douloureux que leur écriture durant ces deux années passées.
Écrire est une aventure, un voyage au delà des sens. C’est s'enfermer au cœur du temps dans une bulle de plaisir ou chaque seconde est plus intense que la précédente. Écrire est une rare liberté ou le choix des mots ouvre la porte de la sérénité.
« BRIBES DE VIE » est l’expression d'une "blog-thérapie" qui sauve cet homme, auteur, des bribes de sa vie.

posted by passiondcrire at 9:01 am (EST) on Dec 8, 2009

Eres mi primer amigo aquí
Lo malo es que no sé ingles, lo bueno es que existe el traductor de google
mil abrazos
julian

posted by JulianMelero at 10:05 am (EST) on Dec 7, 2009

Ah, sleep! How did you know it was a favorite subject of mine? ;)

Night

The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine,
The birds are silent in their nest,
And I must seek for mine,
The moon like a flower,
In heavens high bower;
With silent delight,
Sits and smiles on the night.

Farewell green fields and happy groves,
Where flocks have took delight;
Where lambs have nibbled, silent moves
The feet of angels bright;
Unseen they pour blessing,
And joy without ceasing,
On each bud and blossom,
And each sleeping bosom.

They look in every thoughtless nest,
Where birds are coverd warm;
They visit caves of every beast,
To keep them all from harm:
If they see any weeping,
That should have been sleeping
They pour sleep on their head
And sit down by their bed.

--William Blake

posted by Dandylioness79 at 6:01 pm (EST) on Dec 6, 2009

Chocolate Cake

I love chocolate cake.
And when I was a boy
I loved it even more.

Sometimes we used to have it for tea
and Mum used to say,
'If there's any left over
you can have it to take to school
tomorrow to have at playtime.'
And the next day I would take it to school
wrapped up in tin foil
open it up at playtime
and sit in the corner of the playground
eating it,
you know how the icing on top
is all shiny and it cracks as you
bite into it,
and there's that other kind of icing in
the middle
and it sticks to your hands and you
can lick your fingers
and lick your lips
oh it's lovely.
yeah.

Anyway,
once we had this chocolate cake for tea
and later I went to bed
but while I was in bed
I found myself waking up
licking my lips
and smiling.
I woke up proper.
'The chocolate cake.'
It was the first thing
1 thought of.

I could almost see it
so I thought,
what if I go downstairs
and have a little nibble, yeah?

It was all dark
everyone was in bed
so it must have been really late
but I got out of bed,
crept out of the door

there's always a creaky floorboard, isn't there?

Past Mum and Dad's room,
careful not to tread on bits of broken toys
or bits of Lego
you know what it's like treading on Lego
with your bare feet,

yowwww
shhhhhhh

downstairs
into the kitchen
open the cupboard
and there it is
all shining.

So I take it out of the cupboard
put it on the table
and I see that
there's a few crumbs lying about on the plate,
so I lick my finger and run my finger all over the crumbs
scooping them up
and put them into my mouth.

oooooooommmmmmmmm

nice.

Then
I look again
and on one side where it's been cut,
it's all crumbly.

So I take a knife
I think I'll just tidy that up a bit,
cut off the crumbly bits
scoop them all up
and into the mouth

oooooommm mmmm
nice.

Look at the cake again.

That looks a bit funny now,
one side doesn't match the other
I'll just even it up a bit, eh?

Take the knife
and slice.
This time the knife makes a little cracky noise
as it goes through that hard icing on top.

A whole slice this time,

into the mouth.

Oh the icing on top
and the icing in the middle
ohhhhhh oooo mmmmmm.

But now
I can't stop myself
Knife -
1 just take any old slice at it
and I've got this great big chunk
and I'm cramming it in
what a greedy pig
but it's so nice,

and there's another
and another and I'm squealing and I'm smacking my lips
and I'm stuffing myself with it
and
before I know
I've eaten the lot.
The whole lot.

I look at the plate.
It's all gone.

Oh no
they're bound to notice, aren't they,
a whole chocolate cake doesn't just disappear
does it?

What shall 1 do?

I know. I'll wash the plate up,
and the knife

and put them away and maybe no one
will notice, eh?

So I do that
and creep creep creep
back to bed
into bed
doze off
licking my lips
with a lovely feeling in my belly.
Mmmmrnmmmmm.

In the morning I get up,
downstairs,
have breakfast,
Mum's saying,
'Have you got your dinner money?'
and I say,
'Yes.'
'And don't forget to take some chocolate cake with you.'
I stopped breathing.

'What's the matter,' she says,
'you normally jump at chocolate cake?'

I'm still not breathing,
and she's looking at me very closely now.

She's looking at me just below my mouth.
'What's that?' she says.
'What's what?' I say.

'What's that there?'
'Where?'
'There,' she says, pointing at my chin.
'I don't know,' I say.
'It looks like chocolate,' she says.
'It's not chocolate is it?'
No answer.
'Is it?'
'I don't know.'
She goes to the cupboard
looks in, up, top, middle, bottom,
turns back to me.
'It's gone.
It's gone.
You haven't eaten it, have you?'
'I don't know.'
'You don't know. You don't know if you've eaten a whole
chocolate cake or not?
When? When did you eat it?'

So I told her,

and she said
well what could she say?
'That's the last time I give you any cake to take
to school.
Now go. Get out
no wait
not before you've washed your dirty sticky face.'
I went upstairs
looked in the mirror
and there it was,
just below my mouth,
a chocolate smudge.
The give-away.
Maybe she'll forget about it by next week.

--M.Rosen

posted by JasmineP at 10:23 pm (EST) on Dec 5, 2009

Each time I log in I think - I must thank you for the wonderful poem you left for me in November, and now I finally have! Thank you, and best wishes for a safe season as the weather turns colder for us Canadians.

Kathy

posted by KathyBell at 7:30 pm (EST) on Dec 2, 2009

Thanks for the butterfly -- just what I needed for breakfast!

posted by aviddiva at 10:40 am (EST) on Dec 1, 2009

Lovely quote on my page - thank you!

posted by tanya.boelema at 4:05 am (EST) on Nov 28, 2009

I love this, thank you so very much. I've got to get busy on this Library Thing page...it's so wonderful. Stay in touch, ok?

posted by PeggyMercer at 7:54 pm (EST) on Nov 25, 2009

Hello,
That piece you left on my "page" is beautiful... thank you.

posted by mysticdragonfly at 10:11 am (EST) on Nov 25, 2009

Thank you, for the information and the time in answering my questions. I'm grateful for any help, I recieve in learning new things.

I will do as you have suggested and wonder around a bit, then get down to business with the information.

I hope you have a wonderful season, and all is blissful up north. Thank you again, and take care of yourself!

R.S.Wells

posted by R.S.Wells at 7:48 am (EST) on Nov 24, 2009

Hello 'old man', Thanks for your interest in my library and for the poem.

Happy reading!

posted by Stilestrider at 2:42 pm (EST) on Nov 22, 2009

Hei! Tanks for your the words you sent me. :-))

posted by kirsten-lund at 12:30 pm (EST) on Nov 21, 2009

Hello Micheal Teal (theoldman):

I'm writing to you after exploring the contents of your library
and reading your homepage.
We share at least 2 books; I only have 200 of our ~ 4,000 catalogued so far.

My husband's name is Zeera (Zee) Charnoe.
He is also a member of librarything (id: ZeeCharnoe).
I include the link for Zee's FREE website,
because I think there may be writings there you would like to read.

http://ecophysics.org
The Structure and The Dynamics of Oneness.

This website contains FREE writings, artwork and four books.
We also have a Sunday afternoon webcast: ANACLYSM radio program
at www.blogtalkradio.com (nothing to sell)

Zee and I live a quiet existence, surrounded by books and plants.
We seek to find others of like mind,
to have discussion / e-mail exchanges
about the shared books (writings) that we have read
and to offer Zee's writings as additional materials to discuss.

Thank you for your attention.
Kind regards,
Jennifer Gray Charnoe (id: ecohealth2003)

posted by ecohealth2003 at 12:19 am (EST) on Nov 17, 2009

Let not my love be called idolatry,
Nor my beloved as an idol show,
Since all alike my songs and praises be
To one, of one, still such, and ever so.
Kind is my love today, tomorrow kind,
Still constant in a wondrous excellence;
Therefore my verse, to constancy confined,
One thing expressing, leaves out difference.
'Fair, kind, and true' is all my argument,
'Fair, kind, and true' varying to other words,
And in this change is my invention spent,
Three themes in one, which wondrous scope affords.
'Fair,' 'kind,' and 'true' have often lived alone,
Which three till now have never kept seat in one.

Shakespeare #105

posted by carlym at 12:06 am (EST) on Nov 17, 2009

thanks for the poem :D

posted by goddesspt2 at 6:19 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2009

Thank you. I needed these today.

posted by Rob_Dunbar at 12:52 pm (EST) on Nov 14, 2009

Thank you for the nice post on my profile. Here is something I wrote to attempt to say thank you.

When alas this body turns its feeble course
and the mind struggles to remember
old friends forever young
father, brother, sister, mother
loved ones long gone
and you, fabric of my soul departed
hopeful thought of another embrace
slight elixir to the wrenching pain
and the last thing I will hear
are your words that still echo in my ear
I love you now and forever
so don't cry because this is not the end

posted by kanspira at 12:42 pm (EST) on Nov 14, 2009

Five Senses

Now my five senses
gather into a meaning
all acts, all presences;
and as a lily gathers
the elements together,
in me this dark and shining,
that stillness and that moving,
these shapes that spring from nothing,
become a rhythm that dances,
a pure design.

While I'm in my five senses
they send me spinning
all sounds and silences,
all shape and colour
as thread for that weaver,
whose web within me growing
follows beyond my knowing
some pattern sprung from nothing-
a rhythm that dances
and is not mine.

Judith Wright, 1952.

***** PS: Thanks for the beautiful poem! ****

posted by dempsterstreet at 9:46 am (EST) on Nov 14, 2009

Hello,
thanks for the motivational poem you left on my page.
***Blessings***

posted by ahsyadpublication at 8:47 pm (EST) on Nov 11, 2009

Good to meet you here :)

posted by JenLynnKnox at 8:01 pm (EST) on Nov 11, 2009

That is a sweet poem you left on my page. Thanks!

posted by kikopyeandi at 10:40 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2009

Great!
PEGGY MERCER

posted by PeggyMercer at 11:15 am (EST) on Nov 9, 2009

It isn't as great as the quote you sent me, but I like it. And it made me think about human relationship with God - who is cleverly used here to excuse gambling. You might recognize it, but it's from Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda.

"'Our whole faith is a wager, Miss Leplastrier. We bet [...] - we bet that there is a God. We bet our life on it. We calculate the odds, the return, that we shall sit with the saints in paradise. Our anxiety about our bet will wake us before dawn in cold sweat. We are out of bed and on our knees, even in the midst of winter. And God sees us, and sees us suffer. And how can this God, a God who sees us at prayer beside our bed...' [...] 'I cannot see' he said, ' that such a God, whose fundamental requirement of us is that we gamble our mortal souls, every second of our temporal existence... It is true! We must gamble every instant of our allotted span. We must stake everything on the unprovable fact of His existence.'"

posted by ellik at 3:58 pm (EST) on Nov 5, 2009

Hi theoldman,
thanks for the connection.
***Blessings***

posted by ahsyadpublication at 11:53 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

Hi theoldman -- thanks for friending me. You have a great list of authors there!

posted by amydawsonrobertson at 10:26 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

Thanks for including my library on your list.
Good reading!

molly

posted by mollygrace at 1:19 am (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

S.E. Hinton is an excellent writer. I have read the Outsiders and recently purchased Tex, That was then, this is Now, and Rumble fish. Of course, it's going to be a bit before I get to read them. My TBR pile is a teetering tower.

posted by tarasn at 11:23 am (EST) on Nov 2, 2009

Hi
Would like to get to know you.

Cheers from Australia

posted by Denisellen at 11:25 am (EST) on Oct 29, 2009

Thank you for contacting me! I don't visit this site as often as I'd like - or should. However, I look forward to browsing through your collection! And thanks again for reaching out. We all need more of that!

posted by OzzieJello at 1:41 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2009

indeed, I am!

posted by riskquette at 1:19 am (EST) on Oct 26, 2009

I've been lax due to my rookie skills and no more. My gratitude to you for reaching out. Does the world rest on what we say and what transpires here? We shall see...
;)

posted by TerryMcCarthy at 10:14 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2009

Thank you for "Desiderata", I haven't seen it or read it in many years, it is still as good and as true as ever. Thanks again.

posted by jkavanagh at 8:14 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2009

Thank you for being a friend and for the lovely poem today. It is a good one to read at the start of the day.

posted by Oregonreader at 3:12 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2009

Thank you for the beautiful poem. I just love poetry.

posted by littleflwers at 2:45 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2009

Thank you for the lovely poem!

posted by stellarexplorer at 3:37 pm (EST) on Oct 21, 2009

Oh! You are good. LOL. Thanks for all the dream quotes. The card I drew yesterday from the Power Deck was...Dream!!

Where do you get all of your poems? Any favorite book or collection?

With light and laughter,

posted by Berly at 10:32 am (EST) on Oct 21, 2009

"But sometimes illumination comes to our rescue at the very moment when all seems lost; we have knocked at every door and they open on nothing until, at last, we stumble unconsciously against the only one through which we can enter the kingdom we have sought in vain a hundred years - and it opens."
— Marcel Proust

"All get what they want: they do not always like it."
- C.S. Lewis

"Language is my mother, my father, my husband, my brother, my sister, my whore, my mistress, my check-out girl... language is a complimentary moist lemon-scented cleansing square or handy freshen-up wipette. Language is the breath of God. Language is the dew on a fresh apple, it's the soft rain of dust that falls into a shaft of morning light as you pluck from a old bookshelf a half-forgotten book of erotic memoirs. Language is the creak on a stair, it's a spluttering match held to a frosted pane, it's a half-remembered childhood birthday party, it's the warm, wet, trusting touch of a leaking nappy, the hulk of a charred Panzer, the underside of a granite boulder, the first downy growth on the upper lip of a Mediterranean girl. It's cobwebs long since overrun by an old Wellington boot."
- Stephen Fry

posted by cheesusofnazareth at 7:30 pm (EST) on Oct 20, 2009

Thanks for that quote.

posted by TracyK1 at 1:38 pm (EST) on Oct 20, 2009

Thanks for those words. I have been away from LT for a few months. Staying away from the screen as much as I can for the present. Spring is in full swing in Melbourne, Australia and the suburbs are full of sweet smells, and with much needed rain everything is thriving. Hope your Fall is gentle and kind.

Alana.

posted by camelspit at 4:08 am (EST) on Oct 20, 2009

Hi Michael,

Hope all is well. I'm participating in a Library Thing author chat through October 30, and would be delighted to hear your thoughts and chat about nature and spirituality.

Best,

Marie

posted by mariesansone at 8:32 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2009

Thank you for the lovely poem. It was remarkably relevant to my life at the moment.

'Speak'

Speak, your lips are free.
Speak, it is your own tongue.
Speak, it is your own body.
Speak, your life is still yours.

See how in the blacksmith's shop
The flame burns wild, the iron glows red;
The locks open their jaws,
And every chain begins to break.

Speak, this brief hour is long enough
Before the death of body and tongue:
Speak, for the truth is not dead yet,
Speak, speak, whatever you must speak.

- Faiz Ahmed Faiz

posted by iftyzaidi at 9:04 am (EST) on Oct 19, 2009

Thank you for the friend request, and thanks for the poem. It reminds me that I need to get that book for my daughter! And can you believe I've never read it?

posted by beelzebubba at 1:25 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2009

thank you for sharing,

posted by SileORodaigh at 12:26 pm (EST) on Oct 18, 2009

Of course, I love Emily Dickinson. Thank you

posted by Luckylmn at 12:10 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2009

I'm a huge Shel Silverstein fan. Thanks for the quote.

posted by Rhythm at 12:57 pm (EST) on Oct 16, 2009

What a nice quote, thanks for sharing it with me.

posted by TrishNYC at 7:51 pm (EST) on Oct 14, 2009

"I freely give all sights and sounds of nature I have known to those who have the grace to enjoy not man-made materialism but God-made beauty.

The magnificent Arizona sunsets I have watched from my enclosure, I bequeath to all who see not only with their eyes, but with their hearts. To humans who are tired, worried or discouraged, I bequeath the silence, majestry and peace of our great American desert. To those who walk the trails, I bequeath the early morning voices of the birds and the glory of the flowering desert in the springtime. To the children who have enjoyed seeing me, hearing me purr, and watching me turn my somersaults, I offer the precious gift of laughter and joy. The world so needs these things. And lastly, I bequeath my own happy spirit, and affection for others, to all who may remember me and my museum where for three years, I did my best to show people that I truly liked them."

-- Epitaph for George L. Mountain Lion (Feb 1952 - Mar 1955) Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ

posted by theoldman at 8:46 am (EST) on Oct 14, 2009

Music to my ears :) Beautiful! thank you so much for the invite :)

posted by EmmaLadyHamilton at 1:11 pm (EST) on Oct 1, 2009

A beautiful lyrics. Thank you so much!

posted by readeron at 12:25 pm (EST) on Oct 1, 2009

"To hazard the contradiction, freedom is necessary." Ralph Waldo Emerson

posted by liquidsoul at 10:13 am (EST) on Oct 1, 2009

Thank you for the friend invite. You have a really interesting library!

posted by readeron at 9:47 am (EST) on Sep 30, 2009

What a beautiful quote to start the day. thank you.
-S

posted by sszkutak at 10:34 am (EST) on Sep 29, 2009

I keep a pad and pencil by my bed because thoughts come to me in the night, but are long gone when the sun rises. Years ago a short phrase came to me as I sat in a taxi. Concrete tears. I had only a checkbook in my purse. I wrote it on the back of a deposit slip. The phrase was always with me. Imagine something like concrete tears.

posted by sultrydiva at 10:22 am (EST) on Sep 29, 2009

Thanks...you have no idea how much I needed to read that quote today

posted by pink_angel at 11:16 am (EST) on Sep 28, 2009

Beautiful writing. Thanks. Who is Virginia Satir btw?
I know I can google her but I think hearing from you would be nicer :)

posted by Choccy at 11:42 pm (EST) on Sep 27, 2009

Thank you for the poem.

posted by australwind at 10:48 pm (EST) on Sep 27, 2009

What a wonderful quote. Thank you so much!

posted by sagespot at 9:12 am (EST) on Sep 27, 2009

Thanks for the friend invite and for that beautiful quote. Good old Dostoevsky really knew what he was talking about ;)

posted by RachelS89 at 12:30 am (EST) on Sep 26, 2009

Love the Dostoevsky quote you sent -- thanks so much!

Have a blessed day today! :)

posted by minnaloushe at 10:07 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2009

:-) Thank you for the friend invite. Very cool library you have and an interesting list of favorite authors as well. Cheers!

posted by Asterkometes at 6:16 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2009

Hi - thanks for asking me to be a "friend" - new to this site so learning how to use it!

posted by HelenHollick at 12:02 pm (EST) on Sep 22, 2009

the commandments were beautiful and were much needed reminder for my personal path. my best to you.

posted by PETucate at 11:38 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2009

Thank you sending the Native American Prayer. It was very much needed in my life right now.

posted by jasmyn9 at 4:00 pm (EST) on Sep 21, 2009

Hello there :) You have a wonderfully inspiring library.
Blessings

posted by flowerbee at 4:58 pm (EST) on Sep 20, 2009

Thank you for thinking of me and sending the Native American Prayer. Very wise thoughts.

posted by aya.herron at 12:04 pm (EST) on Sep 20, 2009

Thanks for the friend invite. Your library is quite interesting.

posted by aya.herron at 9:16 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2009

I like the quote :)

posted by StarryNights at 11:18 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2009

I liked the poem! And having once worked on a geriatric ward, know it to be only too true...

posted by CaroleJohnstone at 3:48 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2009

Hello and thank you for the lovely quote and the friend invite! Warm regards from the Netherlands, Wendy

posted by Fantasyharper at 3:16 am (EST) on Sep 7, 2009

Yes, I agree, we need to fully appreciate the earth, and that is a great way to sum it up so that people can possibly really get motivated to protecting what may not be some day if it goes unprotected.

posted by myers3 at 1:17 pm (EST) on Sep 6, 2009

Thank you for the poem ! It has a beautiful sentiment .

posted by AquariusNat at 9:37 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2009

Hello there and thank you for the friend invite. It's refreshing to find a place as welcoming and supportive as this one.

posted by juleswellesley at 5:34 pm (EST) on Sep 5, 2009

Thanks for the friend invite and the poem. It is moving and a thoughtful gesture.

I Have Not Lingered In European Monosteries
and discovered among the tall grasses tombs of knights
who fell as beautifully as their ballads tell;
I have not parted the grasses
or purposefully left them thatched.
I have not held my breath
so that I might hear the breathing of God
or tamed my heartbeat with an exercise,
or starved for visions.
Although I have watched him often
I have not become the heron,
leaving my body on the shore,
and I have not become the luminous trout,
leaving my body in the air.
I have not worshipped wounds and relics,
or combs of iron,
or bodies wrapped and burnt in scrolls.
I have not been unhappy for ten thousands years.
During the day I laugh and during the night I sleep.
My favourite cooks prepare my meals,
my body cleans and repairs itself,
and all my work goes well.

-Leonard Cohen

posted by MellowOwl at 11:48 am (EST) on Sep 5, 2009

Thank you so much for the friend invite and the wonderful quote, absolutely lovely. I wanted to reciprocate, but as much as I'm racking my brain, I can't come up with a good one. I'll make sure to send you one as soon as I run into something - although your impressive reading list suggests you might already have it:-).

By the way, I think sending people quotes and poems is such a great idea. You're cheering up a lot of peole!

posted by ellik at 9:43 am (EST) on Sep 4, 2009

Thank you for the friend invite and the quote.

posted by fairywings at 9:02 am (EST) on Sep 4, 2009

Thank you for the poem. It is good to see that a man can be moved by the words of a women and not be afraid to show it. You seem to have quite a collection of friends and it makes me wonder why you would choose me.
Anyway thankyou for the poem and in return i send you this:

A poor torn heart, a tattered heart,
That sat it down to rest,
Nor noticed that the ebbing day
Flowed silver to the west,
Nor noticed night did soft descend
Nor constellation burn,
Intent upon the vision
Of latitudes unknown.

The angels, happening that way,
This dusty heart espied;
Tenderly took it up from toil
And carried it to God.
There,-sandals for the barefoot;
There,-gathered from the gales,
Do the blue havens by the hand
Lead the wandering sails.

Emily Dickison

posted by completelybooks at 10:22 pm (EST) on Sep 3, 2009

Thank you for the friend invite (even if I am one of many) and I find your outlook on life/pilgrimage to be wonderfully insightful and inspirational. Your library is also impressive. I only wish that you could add more than 200 books so I could see what has been left out of your collection.

Have a great day!

posted by redknightalex at 1:40 am (EST) on Sep 2, 2009

Good thought to start the week -- though I must tell you: You're preaching to the choir ;)

posted by kulakowski at 10:22 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2009

Hey Old Man Teal, that was great! thanks for that! now i'm gonna start reading up on pagels.

posted by TrailOfLeaves at 2:33 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2009

I find it incredible, in light of your bio, that we share only three books in common!

Peace ~JLK

posted by kulakowski at 11:27 pm (EST) on Aug 30, 2009

Hi there,
Thanks for the friend invite. That's a very interesting and positive list of reading material you have there!

posted by Gdeadtrees at 8:24 am (EST) on Aug 30, 2009

Thanks so much for the quote.
How wonderful, and so great of you to share it.

posted by neptuneauteur at 7:49 am (EST) on Aug 29, 2009

Ahhh, so true. When applied to one's daily life it is also extremely effective. Enjoy your weekend!

posted by BeckiIreland at 2:10 pm (EST) on Aug 28, 2009

hey boy!
welcome! :)

posted by nanda.fogli at 9:58 pm (EST) on Aug 27, 2009

Thanx for the quote, it is very nice from you to share this.

posted by anniebeniquez at 2:39 pm (EST) on Aug 26, 2009

Thanks for the good thoughts. I love Chuck Swindoll...

posted by yingko at 12:05 pm (EST) on Aug 24, 2009

thank you for the quote, it's lovely. i also enjoyed reading your profile, and perusing your library. my own is paltry compared to what it used to be. i lost about 300 books when i was in my early twenties (mice got to them in storage). i'm finally at a point financially and emotionally to begin building it again. this past year my youngest son has found his own love of books, and it's inspiring :)

i'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes. “Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” ~Oscar Wilde.

posted by evilchrissy at 11:52 pm (EST) on Aug 23, 2009

I'm pleased to accept your invitation to be your friend, but I am curious as to what about me attracted you to so invite. Reading your profile made me think that you just MIGHT like my novel "Siren Song," posted on the website available from my profile page. (Then again, you might not . . .) In anay case, have a great day! The sun is shining here after several days of rain.
-- Jonathan3914

posted by Jonathan3914 at 11:28 am (EST) on Aug 19, 2009

ooh, what a nice library!!

posted by jesscscott at 11:34 pm (EST) on Aug 14, 2009

Thank you for the quotes, how can one not smile and admire the skillful use of the words to create such a pretty image

posted by stormy50 at 10:52 pm (EST) on Aug 6, 2009

Your comment came at the perfect moment....why are we silly humans always so surprized by that? Of course it did.

Thank you for taking the time to put it out for myself and others.

posted by RondaMom5a at 11:59 pm (EST) on Jul 30, 2009

Dear Michael, Thank you for that beautiful comment. I shall be mindful of my
toes during my next shower. I looked up the Native American quote you left for
someone in June,... " "There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unkown, secret place. The old people came literally to love the soil, ....... He can see more clearly into the mysteries of life and come closer in kinship to other lives about him."

- Chief Luther Standing Bear posted by theoldman June 25, 2009

I have enrolled in an M.S. in Holistic Health program, and will be studying a course on Native American
Spirituality and Herbs, eventually. So, I found your quote meaningful.

Blessings, Alison

posted by apbthoreau at 10:15 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2009

Oh! that was really beautiful, thank you! :)

posted by Fou at 9:57 am (EST) on Jul 22, 2009

How beautiful a commentary. Which books do we share?

posted by lynnytisc at 11:15 pm (EST) on Jul 18, 2009

Thank you for asking me to be your friend. Good luck in your spiritual journey. I had a good friend who said his purpose in life was "to be". I am finally beginning to understand what he meant.

posted by pjjackson at 1:46 am (EST) on Jul 16, 2009

I meant to tell you that that is a lovely poem . . .

posted by slywy at 10:49 pm (EST) on Jul 13, 2009

One last to leave you with this day;

"Whether you understand fear, conviction, pain or intellect you are resign to allow each person the human condition. It cannot be avoided!"
Kris Courtney 2009

posted by normajeansun at 11:17 am (EST) on Jul 12, 2009

I welcome that energy and comment, thank you.

Now, a challenge? Vincent was a disfigured painter, do you know what, why or when?

"Never in our silent moments of illusion do we sense the
dark parallel that lives next to us. Nor do we suspect the carrier."
Kris Courtney, 2009

posted by normajeansun at 11:14 am (EST) on Jul 12, 2009

Michael, indeed a kindred spirit. Two things i'll share with you:

Stop seeking and just be what you you seek.

As a cartomancer, see my Wisdom Cards which work equally effectively in a Celtic Cross layout as in an astrological Twelve Houses circle
http://www.wisdomforthesoul.org

posted by LarryChang at 8:25 am (EST) on Jul 11, 2009

Ahhh theoldman...thank you for the verse from Marianne Williamson. I will seek more from her. Thanks

posted by altima313 at 10:52 am (EST) on Jul 8, 2009

Dear Michael (oldman),

Thank you for your friend's request. I enjoyed reading your profile. You are very spiritual and deep. Send a hello my way every once in awhile.

Sincerely,
Donna (altima313)

posted by altima313 at 11:09 am (EST) on Jul 7, 2009

Thank you for sharing... I have always enjoyed just sitting and having a cup of coffee and listening to the birds chirping and the breeze touching the leaves of the trees.

posted by AndreaMKulman at 8:51 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2009

That was beautiful what you left for me :) Thank you for that treasure.

posted by mishkali at 12:12 am (EST) on Jul 4, 2009

Hi & thank you for being a friend.

posted by AndreaMKulman at 7:06 pm (EST) on Jul 3, 2009

very nice. Reminds me of Robert Holden's good counsel in Shift Happens! (Jeffers Press 2000).

posted by mariesansone at 4:05 pm (EST) on Jul 3, 2009

Lovely poem by Coleridge - thank you. In return I offer not a poem, but a Gaelic prayer that I've always loved:

As the hand is made for holding and the eye for seeing, you have fashioned me for joy. Share with me the vision that shall find it everywhere: in the wild violet's beauty; in the lark's melody; in the face of a steadfast man; in a child's smile; in a mother's love; in the purity of Jesus.

posted by Edrys at 3:23 pm (EST) on Jul 1, 2009

Thank you for choosing that poem for me. It was a gentle, timely reminder.

posted by moderatrix8 at 8:42 pm (EST) on Jun 29, 2009

Thank you for the poem. It's really nice. Have a wonderful day!

posted by RisingTide65 at 12:01 pm (EST) on Jun 29, 2009

Old Man of the Chimney,
it can all be said in less words:

I hope for nothing.
I fear nothing.
I am free.

Nikos Kazantzakis
(text on his grave stone)

posted by rcc at 11:50 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2009

Theoldman,the message you left me was beautiful, magical, soulfull and so true. Indians are very much at one with mother earth.

Thank You for the special message....It was nice to meet you

joycedlee

posted by joycedlee at 4:23 am (EST) on Jun 25, 2009

Well, Michael, The Ghost of Neil Diamond isn't all about ghosts, you know, but I'd love to have your take on it.

posted by DavidMilnes at 5:00 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2009

Thank you oldman.

posted by elan at 3:32 am (EST) on Jun 24, 2009

Very funny poem, although I'm a dog lover!

Your "about me" description quite impressive and inspiring!

posted by panselin at 12:40 pm (EST) on Jun 23, 2009

Thanks for introducing yourself, Oldman. That's quite a collection! And thanks for reminding us to listen to our souls.

Mal

posted by MalGormley at 10:22 am (EST) on Jun 23, 2009

hi nice to meet you.
im olivia, and i just accepted your invitation. I find your description of yourself very intruiging, I must say. A cyber-shaman?? Very interesting...
Anyway, nice to meet you, and I hope we become good 'cyber-buddies'.
Olivia

posted by balletgurl at 1:41 pm (EST) on Jun 18, 2009

Thanks, Michael! I often find good things in the whimsical wisdom of Shel.

A simple gift in return:

Imagining God in heaven is like imagining a fish out of water.
God’s “natural habitat” is creation. God dwells among us—
and acts through us … or not at all.
~ David Weiss

posted by DavidRWeiss at 10:24 am (EST) on Jun 18, 2009

Thanks, that was nice.

posted by ashleybessbrown at 1:14 pm (EST) on Jun 17, 2009

Hello Canadian cyber-friend, just dropping by to wish you a wonderful week!

posted by AngelWitch at 9:53 am (EST) on Jun 16, 2009

Hi. Glad to meet you. I don't think I know any other shamans. Who is the chap in the portrait behind you, in your photo? Looks like he may be an ancestor. Mine were all much humbler looking.

posted by gefox at 4:37 am (EST) on Jun 15, 2009

Hello and thank you for your friend request. It is a pleasure to make your cyber-acquaintance! =)

I look forward to learning more about you.

Happy reading!

~ Angela

posted by angelalgibson at 1:14 pm (EST) on Jun 12, 2009

You are the first to "befriend" me! Thank you! Perhaps this will spur me on to do my profile! Your library is very interesting. Indeed, I see many old favorites and a few close author friends. Keep in touch - I am working on a book about a group of people (real people!) whose lives were spent in honor of Beauty.

posted by densallee at 11:36 am (EST) on Jun 7, 2009

Hi, Michael--thanks for the Marianne Williamson quote!

posted by BrahamsNotBombs at 8:28 pm (EST) on Jun 5, 2009

Thanks oldman for the poem :D This one isn't particularly rare, but Dylan Thomas' 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night' has been on my mind a lot this past week, since my grandmother passed away on the 21st. (My mom and Dylan Thomas would be getting along great at this point.)

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

posted by valkylee at 10:04 am (EST) on May 31, 2009

Hi, thanks for the poem. I was a big Pooh fan as a child.

posted by KatrinaMichaels at 12:06 am (EST) on May 31, 2009

Thanks for friending me. Your bio is awesome.

posted by JCCoy at 6:16 pm (EST) on May 30, 2009

That was really pretty. Thanks for sharing it!

posted by Ancientgirl at 8:59 pm (EST) on May 27, 2009

Thank you for the lovely poem - I really enjoyed it! And there seems to be a message in there for me somehow....

posted by Starsong at 6:24 pm (EST) on May 27, 2009

Interesting quotation. I wonder why you chose that for me? Things in my life are currently rather rough.

posted by Antares1 at 11:20 am (EST) on May 26, 2009

Thank you for being my friend and the wonderful poem you posted for me. :)

posted by angelofmine1974 at 8:18 pm (EST) on May 25, 2009

Thank you for asking me to be your friend - and for finding my library interesting! It is always encouraging to find others with similar views and tastes. I notice you have quite a collection of tarot decks - my own favorite for personal use is Cosmic Tarot. Glad to meet you and greetings from Sweden!

posted by Starsong at 1:14 pm (EST) on May 24, 2009

Thanks for your friend request and that you thought my library was interesting. I don't think that it is on the same level as yours though.

posted by LisaMorr at 7:25 pm (EST) on May 21, 2009

Thanks for the friend request, which I've accepted. I see you're in the habit of sprinkling poems around LT, so here's a favorite of mine, "A Postcard From the Volcano," by Wallace Stevens:

Children picking up our bones
Will never know that these were once
As quick as foxes on the hill;

And that in autumn, when the grapes
Made sharp air sharper by their smell
These had a being, breathing frost;

And least will guess that with our bones
We left much more, left what still is
The look of things, left what we felt

At what we saw. The spring clouds blow
Above the shuttered mansion-house,
Beyond our gate and the windy sky

Cries out a literate despair.
We knew for long the mansion's look
And what we said of it became

A part of what it is . . . Children,
Still weaving budded aureoles,
Will speak our speech and never know,

Will say of the mansion that it seems
As if he that lived there left behind
A spirit storming in blank walls,

A dirty house in a gutted world,
A tatter of shadows peaked to white,
Smeared with the gold of the opulent sun.

posted by HarvReviewer at 1:11 pm (EST) on May 21, 2009

Thank you for your friend's request. I enjoyed reading your profile - aah if only we could all be at pease!

Just visited Sri Lanka, the buddists there have the right idea. Gentle, calm and a nice slow pace of life. The traffic drives around animals in the roads, not so here where I live in Cyprus where the roadkill if horrific.

Anyway thank you for adding me.

FM

posted by Ellentari at 5:41 am (EST) on May 21, 2009

Thanks for "The Fairies." I have an Irish Rovers CD with this song on it and I haven't been able to understand all of the lyrics. Now I will listen to it again and know what they're saying!

Diane

posted by eawsmom at 1:57 pm (EST) on May 20, 2009

"It took a while to understand
the beauty of just letting go"

- Patty Griffin

posted by AnjilaG at 2:44 am (EST) on May 19, 2009

Thankyou for the lovely poem. Have a great day.

posted by dianestm at 6:42 pm (EST) on May 18, 2009

What a wonderful library and equally wonderful description of yourself!! Beautiful! I will be spending some time browsing through your library!

posted by LASMIT at 10:11 am (EST) on May 18, 2009

Your poem is wonderful.

posted by AuthorsandExperts at 12:25 am (EST) on May 18, 2009

How Beautiful. I agree about finding our own dreams.

Have a pleasant evening.

posted by beverlyjean at 8:58 pm (EST) on May 17, 2009

Hello, theoldman,

Thank you for the friend request. I am happy to meet you. Your work sounds inspiring.

Have a good weekend.

Beverlyjean

posted by beverlyjean at 9:28 am (EST) on May 16, 2009

Love that take on psalm 23 will have to use it in a service at work soon

posted by vicarofdibley at 8:33 am (EST) on May 16, 2009

Thank you for the lovely thoughts.

posted by coppers at 8:05 pm (EST) on May 14, 2009

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the lovely quote you left on my wall. It appeared at exactly the right time.

Many blessings and peace to you.

posted by blythe025 at 12:39 pm (EST) on May 14, 2009

Thanks for the nice poem, and for the friendship here.

posted by Mikal9000 at 11:46 pm (EST) on May 13, 2009

Hey thanks for the Sandburg poem - its a real gem!

posted by walshga at 8:24 pm (EST) on May 13, 2009

Thanks for adding me oldman.....

posted by AuthorsandExperts at 12:16 am (EST) on May 11, 2009

Thanks for adding me oldman. I look forward to browsing your library.

posted by elan at 7:56 pm (EST) on May 10, 2009

Thanks for adding me as a friend and for the lovely quote!

posted by VanessaCW at 6:22 am (EST) on May 10, 2009

Thanks so much for adding me as a friend! I can see I will be putting a bunch of books you have in your library on my wishlist, thanks again I can never have too many friends.
blessings and light
-amandam

posted by averitasm at 9:46 pm (EST) on May 7, 2009

Thanks for being my friend, Old Man.

Lots of people make fun of me around here, but I know I'm hot no matter what. Do you like John Irving?

posted by thenaughtyhottie at 2:41 pm (EST) on May 7, 2009

How nice of you to share. There are so many beautiful thoughts expressed through the written word. It is impossible for one person to find/read them all. It is so exciting when someone takes the time to share something beautiful. I most likely would have never read that poem. Now I have :>)

posted by faceinbook at 5:56 pm (EST) on May 6, 2009

That was really beautiful! Thank you!

Rose-Marie

posted by Rose-Marie at 3:28 pm (EST) on May 5, 2009

Thank you for the poem! Very beautiful and true. Thank you for sharing!

posted by wordwanderer at 12:14 am (EST) on May 5, 2009

Thanks, I needed that!

posted by illegalpadpublishing at 9:39 pm (EST) on May 3, 2009

Hey, thanks for the friend invitation! I take friends as they come around here - librarything is one of the places I can just grab a cup of coffee and sit around with my laptop and grow and learn from people all around the world! I love this place! =)
You seem to esteem your library highly as well as your life. If your library is one of beauty and spirit where thought and imagination celebrate the oneness of humanity - what are some titles that you would personally suggest to a young adult about to flee from the nest?
Just a thought :).
From a fellow reader,

- Jen

posted by moonstruckeuphoria at 4:36 pm (EST) on Apr 29, 2009

Thanks - that was, um, beautiful.

posted by hthbooks at 3:27 pm (EST) on Apr 29, 2009

I love that. Though I would pick pure, white daisies, so that when I lay down to look at the sky, no one could see me.

posted by SweetbriarPoet at 5:56 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2009

Wow! That was too 'deep'!! :P
Really nice!

Thank you!!

posted by standinginalley at 12:17 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2009

Thank you, so much, Michael for that lovely poem you sent me - I will read it often!

Blessings.

Helena

posted by helenaharper at 5:02 pm (EST) on Apr 26, 2009

Thanks for the friend invite..Hope we can share a lot...

posted by DCSauthor at 4:40 am (EST) on Apr 24, 2009

Thank you for the poem. It brightened my day!

posted by bookheaven at 6:06 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2009

Thank you for the beautiful poem. Have a wonderful day!

posted by WillowOne at 4:15 pm (EST) on Apr 22, 2009

Thank you for leaving such a nice poem on my profile... how kind.

posted by katfood at 6:29 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2009

I like how everything in your "About Me" is capitalized. each word is extra special :)

posted by mjrcatgirl at 3:07 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2009

thank you for the lovely poem. Have a great week!

posted by sevedra at 3:04 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2009

""Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round
about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood
there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for
I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.
An I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops
that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the
center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of
one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy."

- Black Elk Speaks,
The Great Vision, 1932, p. 36"

Beautiful indeed!! Thanks so much for sending. I wish you much success and happiness as well.

posted by barbienell at 10:56 am (EST) on Apr 21, 2009

Thank you for leaving the nice thought and thanks for stopping by.

posted by DustinW at 9:36 am (EST) on Apr 21, 2009

Thank you for the poem... very nice.
-tMG

posted by themagiciansgirl at 12:06 am (EST) on Apr 20, 2009

Thanks for the beautiful thought, whose intent I am embracing seriously as I am at somewhat at a crossroads right now. Your thoughtfully chosen words made my day. Great to have you as a new friend here!
Pam C.

posted by pkc181 at 4:25 pm (EST) on Apr 19, 2009

Thank you for the introduction to Roethke. I liked him so much that I went off and found his "Meadow Mouse" which struck a cord as we have two 'captured' mice sharing our living quarters.

((They invaded our pantry and for that crime they pay by entertaining us for awhile. You'd be surprised how little time is required for these outdoors squeakers to figure out a running wheel. They like it for a few days but then you can tell they wish to be free. Our duty to comply.))

posted by ThePam at 10:48 am (EST) on Apr 19, 2009

Thank you so much for your visit and comments (about Robert Creeley). Congrats.
Darlan M Cunha (from Brasil).

posted by dar1234 at 2:54 am (EST) on Apr 18, 2009

How thoughtful. Thank you for the blessing. Sadly, I have no such beautiful message to reciprocate the sentiment. However, I wish you much joy and success in your life and leave you a quote that inspires me when I feel discouraged:

“Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to.”
-Basil Maturin

posted by HorrorWriter77 at 11:38 pm (EST) on Apr 16, 2009

Nice poem again!!!I loved very much....

posted by OliviaBrooks123 at 11:42 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2009

Beautiful sentiments and very refreshing in this modern era. Thanks and blessings upon you too.

David

posted by DavidBurrows at 12:09 pm (EST) on Apr 14, 2009

Thank you for the kind and thoughtful (and impressively poetic) messages you have sent me. I do appreciate them, and would have responded sooner if things had not been so hectic this past week.

posted by reverends at 10:00 am (EST) on Apr 14, 2009

Hello
Thanks for adding me to your friends..Lovely words.

posted by izzybru at 9:34 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2009

Nice Poem Thank YOu.

posted by OliviaBrooks123 at 2:28 am (EST) on Apr 10, 2009

silence

quiet mind joins
barren walls
and floor,

we

listen
to my breath
and do nothing

posted by dennyvision at 1:57 pm (EST) on Apr 9, 2009

Thank you for connecting.
Blessings,
Jean

posted by jeannie1 at 1:16 pm (EST) on Apr 7, 2009

A very nice poem.

posted by myeugene at 1:15 am (EST) on Apr 5, 2009

I dream of having more books.

posted by satisfice at 2:01 am (EST) on Apr 4, 2009

Amen! Great words of wisdom. A powerful truth not many are willing to recognize.
Blessings!

posted by Sprtlead at 7:31 am (EST) on Apr 3, 2009

Thanks for being my friend. If you read my book "A Savage Factory" you will find that I did not enjoy the dance of life that waltzed through an auto plant.

posted by rdewar839797 at 7:06 pm (EST) on Mar 29, 2009

Hi,

Thanks for your words of wisdom. I always think the wolf with the better press agent will win, but I am a pessimist.

-Andrew

posted by ad1968 at 9:22 am (EST) on Mar 28, 2009

hola, oldman. !!! dancing along, aren't we?
hey- what's that book, dance interrupted?

so where's your imagination taking you these days? you flying yet?

xoxxoxoo
katie

posted by hardyharr at 4:16 am (EST) on Mar 28, 2009

I'm happy to join your circle of friends. Check out my novel, LESSONS FROM THE GPYSY CAMP. It has a spiritual side.

Elizabeth

posted by eappell at 12:57 pm (EST) on Mar 25, 2009

Lovely Poem! ... Thank you...*smiles*

posted by CindyBytes at 10:55 pm (EST) on Mar 24, 2009

Thanks for the nice poem. I became a dad in January to my own little girl and I'm so glad that God made her!

posted by KelseyTimmerman at 6:46 pm (EST) on Mar 24, 2009

Thanks for sending the Frost poem. Especially enjoyable as it is snowing and blowing outside today, and it is nice to be reminded of what spring will bring.

posted by lisalouhoo at 1:56 pm (EST) on Mar 23, 2009

I have just "hopped over" from JulieP's profile, where I noticed the first "comment entry", your citing Vivekenanda's poem. Having been named for him, I have many "associations".

posted by Naren559 at 9:16 am (EST) on Mar 23, 2009

Hiya! Sorry for not commenting sooner. Thank you for the friend invite and the poem. :)

posted by saraslibrary at 6:39 am (EST) on Mar 21, 2009

Hello theoldman, thank you for your invitation. You have an interesting tarot deck collection. I myself only have the Mythic and the Druidic deck but I like them very much.

posted by JulieP at 10:07 pm (EST) on Mar 20, 2009

Thanks for the awesome poem by BEDDOES! He was a truly dark mind...and a great, too-often-overlooked, poet.

posted by arnzen at 10:24 am (EST) on Mar 17, 2009

Thank you for sharing that lovely poem =)

posted by AmethystFaerie at 7:59 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009

Hi Michael,
Yours is a message of inspiration and positive thinking, indeed. I shall peruse your library carefully (I have read about a third of the authors).

I have a book to recommend to you: The Big God Network by J.C. McGowan (in my library), which mixes science-fiction, world religions and political satire. It has an underlying positive and spiritual message that I think you would appreciate. FYI, there are some excerpts here:

biggodnetwork.blogspot.com

Cheers,
The UFO Girl

posted by ufogirl at 6:11 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009

Beautiful poem!

posted by Joles at 2:06 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009

Thank you for the poem. It's perfect inspiration on a beautiful day like today and butterflies have a special meaning for me.

posted by karenthib at 1:01 pm (EST) on Mar 16, 2009

Was the Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life a reaction to the story of The Road From La Cueva? Seems related -- just curious and hoping for a little review of the book if you liked it. :-)

posted by sortego at 1:43 pm (EST) on Mar 14, 2009

I'm very flattered to receive the friend invite. Many blessing to you.

posted by Mrs.Stansbury at 12:21 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2009

Thank you for that. The poem lead me to Palgrave's Wiki entry, and then to Gutenberg and Palgrave's Golden Treasury, and THEN to this useful line by T. Nash:

"Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!"

which I think I will now start using in lieu of "Yours truly" and the like.

Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!,
Ganeshaka

posted by Ganeshaka at 12:13 pm (EST) on Mar 13, 2009

A good descrption of my life right now. Thank you for the reminder.

posted by ChrissyMunder at 12:51 pm (EST) on Mar 9, 2009

I just reread the Rachel Carson comment you posted for me. It's one of the most profound quotations I've read in a long time, particularly in light of recent events that have happened in my life. Thank you for sending to me when I needed it. You are a man of the light. -Pat

posted by patnelsonchilds at 10:49 am (EST) on Mar 9, 2009

Oh Future! thou secreted peace

Oh Future! thou secreted peace
Or subterranean woe
Is there no wandering route of grace
That leads away from thee
No circuit sage of all the course
Descried by cunning Men
To balk thee of thy sacred Prey
Advancing to thy Den

Emily Dickinson

posted by BelleUsine at 1:35 pm (EST) on Mar 8, 2009

Apologies for the delay in response. I have been spending far more time offline than on, of late. My wife would definitely find great interest in your library, as well. Thank you for crossing my path.

posted by mothshade at 11:07 am (EST) on Mar 8, 2009

Thanks for the interesting quotes. I'd never heard any of them before, and I really like all of them.

posted by julieryc at 11:24 am (EST) on Mar 6, 2009

What a wonderful poem! You sent it at the right time too. I have so much going on right now that it's easy to lose focus. Thanks for the inspiration.

Keesh

posted by CutestLilBookworm at 2:16 am (EST) on Mar 6, 2009

Thanks for sending me that poem. Greetings from the Land of Lincoln.

Carl

posted by Volkmann at 7:15 am (EST) on Mar 5, 2009

Many thanks for the poem
and greetings from the Blue Ridge Mountains
as well!
Best,
-Byron

posted by tbyronk at 1:28 am (EST) on Mar 5, 2009

Thank you. Such a kind thought. One that certainly is helpful to any writer when someone else shares a kind word about something we have written. One of my very learned colleagues, our College's only Fulbright scholar, told me that my book was the finest thing he ever read. I think few others would have gone that far, but I was humbled beyond belief by his generous comments and they have helped buoy me up during the down times of promoting my book. It's soething I'll never forget. You obviously have buoyed many others up by sharing this beautiful poem. Such a nice collection of wonderful comments.

Cordially,
Larry Danks

posted by LawrenceJDanks at 7:07 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2009

Just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful poem.

posted by DeusExLibrus at 2:15 pm (EST) on Mar 3, 2009

Thank you for the beautiful poem!

posted by NeedMoreShelves at 9:28 pm (EST) on Mar 1, 2009

That's beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Blessings,
Connie

posted by looks4hawks at 9:24 am (EST) on Feb 28, 2009

Michael,
Please pass on my best wishes to your wife. My sister just went through the same process, and thankfully passed, but I had to keep her distracted from sheer panic. Here's a tip: chocolate is an excellent pacifier.
Have a good day,
Jen (Mysterywatcher).

posted by MysteryWatcher at 2:00 am (EST) on Feb 25, 2009

Michael, Thank you so much for sharing that beautiful poem. I really appreciated it!

Take care
Anja

posted by anjaleblanc at 3:49 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2009

Thanks, that was sweet.

posted by ladygata at 1:52 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2009

Hello friend,

I need a poem. I am feeling weary today. Do you have one to share?

posted by writergabriel at 1:17 pm (EST) on Feb 24, 2009

"curiouser and curiouser..."

posted by AnjilaG at 1:06 am (EST) on Feb 24, 2009

Thank you for sharing the poem. I like it.

posted by LorLe at 10:17 am (EST) on Feb 21, 2009

I enjoyed the poem you sent and thank you for your friendship.
Michele

posted by Chellieanne at 5:10 pm (EST) on Feb 17, 2009

Thanks so much for sharing 'Beautiful Simplicity', a worthy goal if there ever was one.

posted by LouisBranning at 4:01 pm (EST) on Feb 16, 2009

Hello Michael,

Thx for your friend's request...I really liked your "About Me" section!

Inspired Reading!
Anja

posted by anjaleblanc at 3:16 pm (EST) on Feb 16, 2009

Virginia Satir

I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it -- I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.

posted by theoldman at 10:15 am (EST) on Feb 15, 2009

Sunlight through water -
on a good day one might think
the glass is half full.

(haiku for theoldman)

posted by MyopicBookworm at 5:01 pm (EST) on Feb 14, 2009

Thank you for the Whitman poem. I really love it.

posted by writergabriel at 9:52 am (EST) on Feb 13, 2009

Thank you for the nice message! Have a wonderful day.

~Leah

posted by leahsimone at 10:32 am (EST) on Feb 12, 2009

Thank you for the friendship, and the Cherokee blessing,

Rowena Cherry

posted by rowenacherry at 1:56 pm (EST) on Feb 9, 2009

That is absolutely beautiful! And what a wonderful way to start the day. Thanks.

posted by VictoriaPL at 9:31 am (EST) on Feb 7, 2009

Thanks for the poem. You chose one I use often in retreats and services. :)

posted by KatsBooks at 3:13 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2009

I love you for what you are,
but I love you yet more for what
you are going to be.
I love you not so much for your realities
as for your ideals.
I pray for your desires that they may be great,
rather than for your satisfactions,
which may be so hazardously little.
A satisfied flower is one whose petals are about to fall.
The most beautiful rose is one hardly more than a bud
Where in the pangs and ecstasies of desire
are working for a larger and finer growth.
Not always shall you be what you are now.
You are going forward toward something great.
I am on the way with you and
therefore I love you.

- by Carl Sandburg

posted by theoldman at 12:31 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2009

"...or the wonderfulness of insects in the air."

I love this one, thanks for posting it.

posted by LouisMaistros at 12:00 am (EST) on Feb 4, 2009

Thanks for the friendship add. Wonderful poem

posted by Cherylk at 7:31 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2009

Thank you for the poem. That was very nice. :)

posted by vq5p9 at 11:22 am (EST) on Jan 29, 2009

Beautiful poem... thank you!

posted by aplazar at 11:48 am (EST) on Jan 27, 2009

Beautiful! Thank you :) I'll pass along one of my favorites, it's a song...
Lord, there goes Johnny Appleseed
He might pass by in the hour of need
There's a lot of souls
Ain't drinking from no well locked in a factory
Hey - look there goes
Hey - look there goes
If you're after getting the honey - hey
Then you don't go killing all the bees
Lord, there goes Martin Luther King
Notice how the door closes when the chimes of freedom ring
I hear what you're saying, I hear what he's saying
*Is what was true now no longer so
Hey - I hear what you're saying
Hey - I hear what he's saying
If you're after getting the honey - hey
Then you don't go killing all the bees
What the people are saying
And we know every road - go, go
What the people are saying
There ain't no berries on the trees
Let the summertime sun
Fall on the apple - fall on the apple
Lord, there goes a Buick forty-nine
Black sheep of the angels riding, riding down the line
We think there is a soul, we don't know
That soul is hard to find
Hey - down along the road
Hey - down along the road
If you're after getting the honey
Then you don't go killing all the bees
Hey - it's what the people are saying
It's what the people are saying
Hey - there ain't no berries on the trees
Hey - that's what the people are saying, no berries on the trees
You're checking out the honey, baby
You had to go killin' all the bees

~~~Joe Strummer

posted by DorianWallace at 1:34 pm (EST) on Jan 14, 2009

You are amazing, Ancient One. You bless us all.

A thousand blessings back to you.

posted by Heaveletters at 9:30 am (EST) on Jan 7, 2009

Thankyou for the beautiful poem and a nice start my day.
Best wishes
Jenny

posted by jeniwren at 4:56 pm (EST) on Jan 6, 2009

Thanks for the poem. I do love these Rumi poems; they have such clarity and grace. All the best to you.
Susan

posted by sjohnsonauthor at 4:59 pm (EST) on Jan 4, 2009

God bless you and yours. May you find profound peace in the coming year. May you get more time to spend with the people who are important to you, and may you find perfect happiness and wisdom.

posted by solis93 at 3:40 pm (EST) on Dec 23, 2008

Hey old man,

I just finished a reader's copy via early reviewers that I think is right up your spiritual alley: "The Hierophant of 100th Street" by Cullen Dorn. I'd be happy to pass along my copy to you; let me know if you're interested. It wasn't really my spiritual slice of pie, but the writing is fantastic and the story, at times, even though, overrall, I gave it only 2 1/2 stars, was strangely sublime.

Adios,
EF

posted by EnriqueFreeque at 10:46 pm (EST) on Nov 29, 2008

I love this poen/prayer. Thanks for sharing it with me!

Best
Kathy-Diane
http://kathy-dianeleveille.com

posted by kathydianeleveille at 10:19 am (EST) on Nov 27, 2008

In the House Made of Dawn

In the house made of dawn.
In the story made of dawn.
On the trail of dawn.
O, Talking God.
His feet, my feet, restore.
His limbs, my limbs, restore.
His body, my body, restore.
His voice, my voice, restore.
His plumes, my plumes, restore.
With beauty before him, with beauty before me.
With beauty behind him, with beauty behind me.
With beauty above him, with beauty above me.
With beauty below him, with beauty below me.
With beauty around him, with beauty around me.
With pollen beautiful in his voice,
with pollen beautiful in my voice.
It is finished in beauty.
It is finished in beauty.
In the house of evening light.
From the story made of evening light.
On the trail of evening light.

~ Navajo Native American Prayer

posted by theoldman at 12:30 pm (EST) on Oct 24, 2008

Well, this certainly saved the day!!!
I look forward to browsing in your library.
Yours truly
Laren Stover

posted by lstover at 7:38 pm (EST) on Oct 3, 2008

Thank you for those inspired words.

David Ebershoff

posted by Debershoff at 9:59 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2008

Thank you for the awesome quote. :)

posted by charlenemartel at 11:30 am (EST) on Aug 23, 2008

The Ute prayer is lovely -- we all need to go outside and breathe deeply (if only it weren't so humid and hot and Florida this time of the year).....

posted by janeajones at 7:04 pm (EST) on Aug 13, 2008

Thanks for adding me as a friend. I will browse your library. May you have a peaceful day.
Namaste.
Terrie

posted by Treeseed at 8:24 am (EST) on May 17, 2008

Hi there,

Thanks so much for the wonderfully inspiring words.Your an amazing writer, seems like the words like flow from your fingertips. Any chance maybe sometime I could get you to proof read my religion papers?

posted by SageWoodWitch at 8:13 pm (EST) on Feb 28, 2008

Thank you so much for your nice comments! :) I don't know what to say, but THANK YOU! :) kristin

posted by kristinbell at 8:43 pm (EST) on Feb 20, 2008

Your enthusiasm is contagious. However, I'm not sure I'm embraced by esoteric thought -- I'm a bit more earthy than spiritual. We all have to find our own journeys.

posted by janeajones at 8:30 pm (EST) on Feb 1, 2008

Thank you for your positive and uplifting comments! Lately, I haven't spent as much time on Library Thing as I once did because it seems that a lot of participants can be negative and judgmental. I so much prefer people with an open and friendly outlook! Thanks for providing a counter-point to negativity!

posted by dsalerni at 9:23 pm (EST) on Jan 27, 2008

Listen to your Soul. Its transformational dialogue will expand the imagination while lighting a path of purpose. It will allow you to reside in celestial realms as it caresses the wings of your spirit.

Listen to your Soul. It will take you on a magickal journey of discovery where the light of illuminated consciousness will awaken the mystic within you and empower your strengths.

Listen to your Soul. It will help you discover your magnificence. It will inspire the sacred divine while showing a realm of countless possibilities and emerging global consciousness.

Listen to your Soul and it will Listen to You!

posted by theoldman at 7:42 am (EST) on Jan 27, 2008

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