Tag Archives: Life

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 KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XXVI

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Fernando Pessoa

If I do interrogate when I am astonishedNo new fresh flowers are born in the meadowsNor does it change anything in the sun so that it becomes more beautiful…(Even if fresh flowers were born in the meadowAnd the sun changed … Continue reading →

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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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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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TAO TE CHING – VI

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Lau Tzu

The earth spirit will never die As she bears the mysteries of love. Love being the only gateway to truth, That timeless truth of beings and things. Those who see fleetingly feel her joy Yet never extinguish the eternal flame.

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