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Tag Archives: Life
A LOVE FILLED LIFE
Each time we wake, fully alive to our selves, Fully present to others, there comes loves joy. For only in our truthful union, loving moments, When we step beyond our incoherent walls, Will the certainties in a love of life … Continue reading
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THE POETS
From room to hallway the candles passing glare is extinguished. She floats on imprinted dances, but in her fullest shape she is no longer there in the starless night of our blue-black branches. It’s time, we must leave – as … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Poetry, Translation, Vladimir Nabokov
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SONG OF THE STILL GARDENER
What you didn’t suspect was she lives trembling in the air. In a treasury of the day which you scarcely touch. Moments come and go laden with no one to look at them.
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Federico García Lorca, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Dream, Life, Muse, Poetry, Poets, Seeing, Truth
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XXI
If I could caress in my mouth the whole world And feel-her full bodied taste, And if the earth was a thing to bite upon Would I be happier for that brief moment… But I don’t always want to be … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Feeling, Happiness, Life, Resilience, Thinking
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I KNOW THE TRUTH
I Know The Truth! All previous truths – depart! We don’t have to with others be fight seekers. Behold: see night: soon the darkness will start. What do you say – poets, lovers, and leaders?
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Marina Tsvetaeva, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Life, Love, Poetry, Poets, Resilience, Truth
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