Thank you for this splendid poem, Keith. As I read it, I listen to the Good Friday music from Wagner's Parsifal, which makes us believe that peace can be achieved and mankind redeemed.
A peaceful Easter to you.
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An immensely satisfying poem, Hélène. It brings everything into proportion with economy and wit.. Superb.
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Fascinating and well written, Trevor.
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An almost scriptural poem woven with a spiritual thread. A thought full piece of work which I have enjoyed.
Thank you for this
Keith
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Lovely to read that you also get lost in the wonder of a leaf at times. I love the bit about fate causing the leaf to loosen it's grip from the tree...and the leaf looking up whilst the poet looks down on it
My mum used to enter elocution contest's as a child therefore introduced me to poetry through the idea that I would 'memorise and recite' a piece ha,ha this one just came to mind
Upon a river
Like a boat
I saw an autumn leaf afloat
A yellow ship
With golden mast
It fluttered once
Then drifted past
There came a green and gauzy fly
Who flew down
As the ship sailed by
On the deck with wings spread wide
He sat and floated
With the tide
Oh wind blow softly (if you blow)
Oh river water gently flow
Please keep the yellow leaf boat dry
And safe for little sailor fly!
A direct download from my 8 yr old self ha ha no idea who wrote this poem😄
Wishing You Gail & the grandchildren a very Happy Easter 🐣 Stay Eggcelent🐰
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This reminds me of Marcus Aurelius. Good sound advice for a life well lived.
Thank you for this
Keith
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Thanks, MC. I’m more familiar with the Etta James and Billie Holiday versions. And thanks for the Like, Contemporary Soul.
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A classic 1933 song with words by Ted Koehler and music by Harold Arlen, introduced by Leo Reisman and his orchestra, with vocal by Arlen; popularized by Ethel Waters, with covers by the Guy Lombardo and Duke Ellington orchestras. The 1943 film "Stormy Weather" featured Lena Horne whose version of this famous standard was the most popular..
Trust the ever reliable JC to come up with his contemporary "take" on the song and its title..
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Thank you for your beautiful sentiments on Hebridean life Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh I really loved it. Thank you for reading my poem.
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A beautiful poem. I really like the line, "Take comfort to know
there are other planes of chance."
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Thu 6th Apr 2023 23:18
Thank you Stephen for your insightful comment. Your words are very true! Wishing you a beautiful Easter.
Best wishes,
Rasa
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The third stanza stands out as it understands the part the soul plays in each and every one of us. The soul is the essence of our being the essential power house of who we are, which will live on into eternity. "Reaching higher and deeper into ourselves". I can really relate to those words.
Thank you for this
Keith
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An interesting and inspiring tale, Uilleam. We should all try to do what we can.
An my thanks to Nigel and Graham for liking.
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RG.
You claim the British public could not trust Miliband or Corbyn.
WHY couldn't they?
And I CAN in part blame the BBC.
Amongst others - they broadcast and repeated lies, which the electorate believed.
They redacted ("creatively"edited) interviews, forming "...a tissue of lies" to quote one authority.
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Thankyou for your thoughts, Stephen and Uilleam.
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The British public could not trust Miliband or Corbyn. You can't blame the BBC.
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RG.
You ask "...why have we (I'm not guilty) continued to vote them in for the past 12 years...?"
Insanity perhaps: "...doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results?”
So who told you Labour were "unelectable"; and how did they become unelectable?
Because of a pack of lies perhaps?
A pack of lies repeated ad nauseam and unchallenged by the likes of BBC Question Time and other prominent figures; and by BBC Panorama? (the latter now well documented)???????
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Uilleam
We've always known what the Tories are, so why have we continued to vote them in for the past 12 years...the last time with a MASSIVE majority? Could it be that Labour have been unelectable, still probably are?
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What makes you think they actually care, Hugh?
They are hiving off profits from literally vital life-saving public services to tax havens such as the Cayman Islands.
And we are letting the Tory Scum get away with it!
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡!
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When aged about 6 we moved house to a different part of town in the early 50's, because our home had been condemned as a "slum".
I think our new neighbour was a Hungarian lady; the first time I had met a "foreigner"; someone who didn't have an Irish or Lancastrian accent.
Then aged nine or ten, I remember our Roman Catholic "witness" walks through town; the Polish and Ukranian contingents in their beautiful national costumes. "WW2's over, now we can get on with life", was the feeling.
But no; decades later, I found myself helping Iraqi refugees and a Chinese speaking lady with English lessons; my only "qualifications"? being a native English speaker.
How very fortunate I am, in what I have, compared to some.
Thank you to all who do what they can to help out.💐💐💐
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The bigger they are, the harder they fall!
The name Daniel: literal meaning, "God is my judge".
😏
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Thank you Mirabel, for your lovely poem which got to me.
Oh for a few days on the Island of Lewis,
Now that would surely be bliss,
Oh to hear the rhythmic song of the sea,
To hear our mother, much older than any of this,
How I long for the kiss of the Hebridean mist,
For the poetry of nature and all of her creatures,
For her wisdom, to be on my soul impressed.
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Only a Shadow of Yourself
I'm late
My friend
Is waiting
I'm late
My bus
Is due
Ghost shadows
Spirit light
Finding time
Encouraging essential
Human smiles
Prompting hellos
Not letting
Life pass
Slowly by
People need
To talk
Shadows do.
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A fascinating article, Greg. I must learn more about him and his work.
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Watch it, John, or he'll start giving you a nickname!
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What counts is making the effort, John. I help to give English lessons to Ukrainians here and although we make progress and get on well, I am always struck by the sadness of their situation. So well done for reaching out.
And thanks to Manish, Hugh and Steve for liking.
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I wrote this about the slow, simple life in the Hebrides, reading folk tales, walking to the sea, having tea, creating, following a better rhythm in harmony with the earth.
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"Tyrannosaurus Rex". Superb, Branwell. Sometimes the Gods of Rhythm drop gifts into your hands,
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I tried my best Ukrainian on a waitress at the restaurant we visited tonight. She didn't understand a word I said!
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Good point and well written, Uilleam. They should at least take responsibility for their nutjobbery, and not blame it on a biblical text as if it is inevitable
.
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Thank you, Stephen and Keith for your lovely comments. It means a lot to me 😀
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This is a work of genius, Bramwell. Who could not enjoy it?
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Thank you Uileam, I nearly wrote another verse, well not quite!
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A fine poem which brings us face to face with our dependence on nature, and its interaction with us, John.
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Wed 5th Apr 2023 18:54
yes it does refer to Paris...but the sentiment is universal
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"Breath lives, and so do we." Beautifully written. The sorrows or unsettling of hearts comes unexpected and can be shattering, perhaps what's important is to just to keep on breathing. Thank you for this.
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This poem held my attention as I had no idea where it would lead.
Thanks
Keith
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...the City of Lights...?????
Which one do you mean William? I believe there's at least a dozen by that name.
Surely not beautiful Paris?
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I love that-
Well, nearly but not quite!😉
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Absolutely fabulous!
I always wanted to get their autographs.
Glad I didn't bother now.😁
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Before and after Coleridge's time, there were "Christians" (I use that appellation loosely) who sought to justify the slave trade, on the grounds that the Bible justified it.
And there are today, obnoxious nut jobs, who, on the grounds that The Bible tells them to do so, seek to justify the persecution and ostracisation of men and women who are attracted to people of their own sex.
And I've heard it argued on WOL (usually by those of the "I'm not a racist but...", persuasion) that we should not judge the moral standards of the past by those of the present; however, Coleridge DID know it was wrong then, and so did many of his contemporaries.
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A lovely, rounded, satisfying piece, Hélène.
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My thanks to Nigel, John C, Hélène and Manish for liking this one.
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Thank you, Rasa. I like the way that the physicality of this piece is ramped up, culminating in the last verse.
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Stephen Gospage
Fri 7th Apr 2023 21:55
Having read these poems, I feel even more enthusiastic. If we are not moved by verse like this, our world is becoming a very sad place. Poetry like this should change the world. If it does not, the world is at fault.
Bravo to everyone involved!
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