Tag Archives: Joy

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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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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