Tag Archives: Seeing

THE EMERGING POET

Posted on July 9, 2018 by David Scanlon

Your honour and care betray a soul twisting, Unresolved, still seeking – the poets curse! Your power with words of many languages Shows your joy of words – the poets love!

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EVERY TIME I THINK OF A THING, I BETRAY HER

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Fernando Pessoa

Every time I think of a thing, I betray her. Just having a thing before me I must think of her. Not thinking, but seeing, Not with a thought, but with the eyes. A thing that is visible exists to … Continue reading →

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AWAKE IN HER LOVE

Posted on July 4, 2018 by David Scanlon

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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FINDING HER WAY

Posted on May 28, 2018 by David Scanlon

Bester Preis. Absolute Anonymität I played when I should play, I laughed when I should laugh, & I loved when I should love. Finding a way to see came later.

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ONLY-THEN – तब

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Mahadevi Varma

Fragility colliding with the void Results in an outcry of suffering, Which spreads evenly across all In our world in need of buffering! Stars maybe dissolving in our time As word-breaths touch each light, In each other we mirror sad … Continue reading →

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