Tag Archives: Hope

THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – V

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Fernando Pessoa

There is plenty of metaphysics about not thinking of anything. What do I think of the World? I do not know what I think of the World! If I got sick I would think about it. What idea do I … Continue reading →

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FRAGMENTS OF HER WORDS

Posted on July 12, 2018 by David Scanlon

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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THE WAY IT IS: OUR VOCATION

Posted on May 11, 2018 by David Scanlon

With thanks to William Stafford “Your job is to find what the world is trying to be.” Of time and place there is nothing better Than to absorb tenderly her offering, which Transforms with the light in a soundscape Of … Continue reading →

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BEYOND – उस पार

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Mahadevi Varma

The pitch-black surrounds As dense clouds abound; Impetuous winds come again Shaking earths deep grain; The howling sea’s respond, But who will reach beyond?

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WAR WHICH AFFLICTS THE WORLD WITH ITS SQUADRONS

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Fernando Pessoa

War, which afflicts the world with its squadrons, It is a perfected kind of philosophical error. War, like everything human, we want to change But war, more than anything else, wants to alter and change everything And alter it rapidly. … Continue reading →

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