Tag Archives: Words

DIONYSIAN SONGS

It is sharp and scorching, a brilliant ennui! I carry a universal happiness inside me. All from a love of life which tempts us, Evenings in Alicante, mornings in Aranjuez, Fevered Carthaginian skies always true, A path of rose trees … Continue reading

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THE SONNETS TO ORPHEUS – X

Everything acquired is threatened by the machine, some hold out For the people and rely on the spirit, rather than be against her, alone. Some day our beautiful hands will be more beautiful in all our doubt, When our building … Continue reading

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FRAGMENTS OF HER WORDS

The lost fragments of her words Find ways to speak beyond time Moving those who see and hear Towards their searching souls. In hearing and seeing without, Within becomes a turmoil in the Unknown pull towards something, Found only in … Continue reading

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AWAKE IN HER LOVE

You will wake one day and find that the weary ways are gone, replaced by the growing needs to at once embrace the unheard! In the silent wonder of her ways nothing lies beyond except us, who fail to acknowledge … Continue reading

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LANGUAGE IS IMPERFECT: LOVE ETERNAL

“Les langues imparfaites en cela que plusieurs, manque la suprême.” “Language is imperfect and is why no one language achieves supremacy.” “Il n’y a que la Beauté; – et elle n’a qu’une expression parfaite, la Poesie. Tout le reste, est … Continue reading

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