A country isn’t a rock. It’s not an extension of one’s self. It’s what it stands for. It’s what it stands for when standing for something is the most difficult.
Author: zdunno03
on watching Man of La Mancha
still know
the lyrics
to Impossible Dream
just sing it now
in a different key
A truly inspiring story from the blog No Particular Place To Go.
It’s a small space, consisting of three oddly shaped rooms, starkly modern and contrasting sharply with the building in which they are housed on the ground floor of the seventeenth-century, ivy-covered, brick building that was once the Denmark Royal Boat House. The walls are not square, the floor is not flat and the severe angles […]
via Them and Us: Mitzvahs and The Danish Jewish Museum of Copenhagen — No Particular Place To Go
from Strong Wine by Hafiz
Winebringer, more wine! Bring me some of that strong wine that no one else
Can drink. I want to become unconscious and free of this world for a while.
I know that there’s no safety from the perils of the sky,
With the siren harp of Venus and the bloody sword of Mars.
In this age of meanness and deceit, at the world’s table,
There is no place for joy. And the food is prepared with too much salt.
So drink wine and wash your palate, so your greedy thirst will go away.
translated by Thomas Rain Crowe
forever
forever
as a pledge
the true
impossible dream
what my father would say to those with opinions contrary to the evidence
not smart enough
to know
you are dumb
useless wishes
sometimes
on mornings
a whisper
of useless wishes
a drink
of bitter tea
the morning grey
an echo
in empty rooms
the weight
of years gone by
things to do
keep your heart buoyant
your resolve steady
and listen to the clouds
drift across the sky
dreams can betray
dreams
can betray
expose
hidden desires
best left
covered
especially
in the night
the weight of time
the weight of time
bears down
on all
Leonard Durso 