Tag Archives: Joy

THE POEM WITHOUT MUSIC

Posted on April 2, 2019 by José Hierro

Wherever you are, you will know why I am saying what I say now. Only you alone can understand it, interpret it, my message being very simple: pureness, some life, some truths which are never forgotten; even if life, the … Continue reading →

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#LIKE@GIVE@LIVE

Posted on December 23, 2018 by David Scanlon

I wonder what our world be If each one was to pay a fee For each comment and every like A pound for the weak and each tyke That suffers in the world today. Let the experiment begin: ………………I’ll pay! … Continue reading →

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SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE – XLIII

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love you? Let me count how I do. I love you deeply, so highly, with a certainty, as my soul blindly extends, when with you our existence touches and we make eternity.

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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XLIV

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Fernando Pessoa

I suddenly wake up at night, And my watch occupies the whole night. I no longer feel Nature outside. My room is one dark thing with walls dimly white. Outside there is a stillness as if nothing exists. Only the … Continue reading →

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TAO TE CHING – VI

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Lau Tzu

The earth spirit will never die As she bears the mysteries of love. Love being the only gateway to truth, That timeless truth of beings and things. Those who see fleetingly feel her joy Yet never extinguish the eternal flame.

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