January 2012
30 posts
“…Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
Samuel Beckett
December 2011
56 posts
Sharing Poetry: Billy Collins, "Dancing Toward... →
sharingpoetry:
If there is only enough time in the final minutes of the twentieth century for one last dance I would like to be dancing it slowly with you, say, in the ballroom of a seaside hotel, my palm would press into the small of your back as the past hundred years collapsed into a pile of mirrors or…
So perfect.
“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not...”
– Mother Teresa
Sharing Poetry: Mark Strand, "Lines for Winter" →
sharingpoetry:
Tell yourself as it gets cold and gray falls from the air that you will go on walking, hearing the same tune no matter where you find yourself— inside the dome of dark or under the cracking white of the moon’s gaze in a valley of snow. Tonight as it gets cold tell yourself what you know which is…
tylerknott:
“I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Bon...
Blessing for the Longest Night
All throughout these months as the shadows have lengthened, this blessing has been gathering itself, making ready, preparing for this night.
It has practiced walking in the dark, traveling with its eyes closed, feeling its way by memory by touch by the pull of the moon even as it wanes.
So believe me when I tell you this blessing will reach you even if you have not light enough to read it; it...
Gary Snyder, "For the Children"
sharingpoetry:
The rising hills, the slopes of statistics lie before us. the steep climb of everything, going up, up, as we all go down. In the next century or the one beyond that, they say, are valleys, pastures, we can meet there in peace if we make it. To climb these coming crests one word to you, to you and your children: stay together learn the flowers go light.
“God hasn’t called me to be successful. He’s called me to be faithful.”
– Mother Teresa (via sweeterthansunshine)
“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed...”
– Jane Austen ‘Pride & Prejudice’ (via iamxroo)
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Paul Goldman, "For This Morning"
sharingpoetry:
I am present, everything I could ever ask for, I already have. All that I need do now is recite my favorite mantra: thank you, thank you, thank you… I am present.
(via rabbit-light)
The Fine line: Honesty Without the Blur: A... →
APU students, this is important. There are a lot of people at APU saying a lot of things that don’t really mean anything. This is a call to honesty, this is a call to common humanity. We need to sit up and pay attention. Let’s start getting honest.
shannongalford:
The Clause (our school paper) was ready to run this Letter to the Editor today in the school paper and at the last...
