another from Douglas Moore’s blog Art of Quotation
“If we don’t have a sense of humor, we lack a sense of perspective”
Author: zdunno03
“Art still has truth. Take refuge there.”
from Douglas Moore’s blog Art of Quotation
“Art still has truth. Take refuge there.”
— Matthew Arnold, English, poet, critic
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
a timely quote from Douglas Moore’s blog The Art of Quotation
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
your smile
you smile
like a child
a summer morning
no school
all day play
ice cream
and chocolate bars
life waiting
your smile
like gulls
like gulls
crying out
gliding soaring
around the buildings
always returning
to rest
by the sea
like my thoughts
seeking attention
circling spinning
inside my head
always settling
to linger
on you
Hand that I love by Choi Seung-ja
Korean poem in translation by Geul on the blog Cardiac Slaves of the Stars
(translated from the Korean by geul)
There, an unknowable rain is coming down
pitiable repose coming down to moisten
when I hold your hand professing love
the melancholy of existence catching in the ten fingers
there, an unknowable rain is coming down
pitiable peace coming down to moisten
on baseball
and still
the wonder
the hope
each time
up at bat
that wind
there’s that wind
that wind
restless outside
the window the door
yearning turning
that wind
that wind
inside of me
Antonio Machado on things no good at sea
Mankind owns four things
that are no good at sea:
rudder, anchor, oars,
and the fear of going down.
translsated by Robert Bly
mixing lines of Li He and Li Po
wind blows the rain
washing away
earthly cares
and my heart soars
on heaven’s wings
thoughts unencumbered
solely on you
Leonard Durso 