“What lies behind us and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tag: Poems
Nourish yourself
“Your soul needs time for solitude and self - reflection. In order to love, lead, heal and create, you must nourish yourself first.”~ Louise Hay
By W. H. Auden
“I’ll love, dear, I’ll love you, ‘Till China and Africa meet;And the river jumps over the mountain, And the salmon sing in the street. .. ‘I’ll love you ‘till the ocean, Is folded and hung up to dry;And the seven stars go squawking, Like geese about the sky.”
Define yourself
“Never accept the definition of life from others, It is your life,Define yourself.”~ unknown
Knight in Cold Spring – Part 1
Written by: MisaeMich© [24th of August 2021]; Posted on: 30th of June 2022 Part I It was a freezing day for Emily, climbing in the mounts,It was so freezing when not wearing her thickest coat,When still mountain peaks are frozen and the cold wind blowing,When still mountains in the Caucasus have snows in the earliest … Continue reading Knight in Cold Spring – Part 1
Torch in the dark
“You never forget a person who came to you with a torch in the dark.”~ N. Rose
A scholar named Wang
A scholar named Wang, laughed at my poems.“The accents are wrong.” He said,“Too many beats, the meter is poor, the wording impulsive.” I laugh at his poems,As he laughs at mine.They read like: the words of a blind man, describing the sun. ~ Hoff (from Tao of Pooh)
What once made you mad, now makes you laugh
“Master, how will I know if I’m making any progress?”“You know it when: what once made you mad, now makes you laugh.“~ unknown
The Psalm of Life
By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
True chemistry
“The secret is to find someone who engages you deeply, to form a connection that goes further than desire and lust. It’s not enough to covet only a face or a body, true chemistry begins with the intellect and heart.” ~ Beau Taplin