Our backs are to the cypress.
We are hiding the mountains behind our houses.
We are ashamed to see the star.
We hurry to the commotion of the streets
so that our hearts won’t be confused
by open spaces.
And so we live
in closed rooms,
in streets belted by telephone and telegraph wires.
It is so far from all that we loved innocently.
On the other side of ourselves, we live
in our times.
translated by Ramah Commanday
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“You can’t learn less”
R. Buckminster Fuller, architect, writer, inventor
O sleeping falls the maiden snow
Upon the cold branches of the city
And oh! my love is warm and safe in my arms
Nearer, nearer comes the hell-breath of these times
O God! what can I do to guard her then
O sleeping falls the maiden snow
Upon the bitter place of our shelterlessness
But oh! for this moment, she whom I love
Lies safely in my arms
A friend who is not firm as a great rock
Is of no profit and idly bears the name.
translated by Arthur Waley
there is no way
to soothe a troubled heart
not wine not whiskey
nor the temporary lull
of music
only perhaps the touch
of a valued friend
can ease the aching
on a night like this
Our two worlds share this autumn night
we see the same River of Stars
a leaf drops from a towering paulownia
thoughts of going home fill my empty rooms
I worry about the hardships of the people
then too I have my own minor ills
I won’t be leaving anytime soon
but my hairline has already slipped away
translated by Red Pine
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“We now live in a world where we’re connected to everything except ourselves.”
Zat Rana, writer
Those who have relied on poetry for a living
Since ancient times have never gotten fat.
This old man, hungry from poetry, is not bitter,
But your suffering tears fall like rain.
translated by Stephen Owen
from the blog A Pondering Mind
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
-Aeschylus 525 BC – 456 BC
Ancient Greek Dramatist
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