Tag Archives: Joy

YOU TOUCHED ME

Posted on May 24, 2020 by David Scanlon

Life’s joy-filled celebrations humanise our animal ways, For they draw us back to a basic community of silence Where inhibitions and egos fall away and we once again: …………….Live fully immersed in the otherness of others; …………….Regain harmony in her … Continue reading →

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I THOUGHT I WAS

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Anna de Noailles

I thought I was calm and unhurt, Simple, without need anymore, Secure in life’s noble furore; Just a weary heart. Night asserts: With the quiet winds a shifting In the coldest scent of grasses, Where the peace of country passes, … Continue reading →

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IN FREEDOM RELEASE TRUTH

Posted on October 20, 2019 by David Scanlon

With our freedoms come responsibilities, Ones held dearly by many, however we speak; Yet in holding too tight to our fears and hate We can easily transcend toward unknown harm; And in that journey, towards those we would not be, … Continue reading →

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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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