Tag Archives: Resilience

A LOVE FILLED LIFE

Posted on October 3, 2019 by David Scanlon

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 KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XXI

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Fernando Pessoa

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 →

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I KNOW THE TRUTH

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Marina Tsvetaeva

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?

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SONNETS OF ETERNAL HOPE – III

Posted on December 18, 2018 by David Scanlon

Oh please let the love I hold for you last And survive all those times I live in fast; In starvation’s hope for a fresh new way Let me hold on, linger and with you stay.

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THE THIRST FOR INDEPENDENCE

Posted on November 24, 2018 by C. Subramania Bharati

What can sharpen this thirst for our freedom? What can help shake our love to be beaten? When will mother earth break our shackles free? When, in her love, will we and things be? Wasn’t there once another spirit in … Continue reading →

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