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The power of the word

The unified view

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Michaela

Walt Whitman. The humanist expressing the unified view. I Celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean … Continue reading →

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My glass shall not persuade me I am old…

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Michaela

SONNET 22 By William Shakespeare  My glass shall not persuade me I am old, So long as youth and thou are of one date; But when in thee time’s furrows I behold, Then look I death my days should expiate. … Continue reading →

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To mix death into everything seen

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Michaela

Is he someone who dwells in this single world? No: both realms are the source of his earthly power. He alone who has known the roots of the willow can bend the willow-branch into a lyre. Overnight leave no bread … Continue reading →

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He has to vanish

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Michaela

Sonnets to Orpheus I/5 Erect no gravestone for him . Only this: let the rose blossom each year for his sake. For it is the god.  His metamorphosis in this and that. We do not need to look for other … Continue reading →

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The trees gather around Orpheus

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Michaela

   THE TREES GATHER AROUND ORPHEUS There was a hill whose summit was an open level plain with fresh green turf, a place which had no shade. But when that poet, born of gods, sat down and struck his lyre … Continue reading →

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A god can do it

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Michaela

A god can do it. But will you tell me how a man can enter through the lyre’s strings? Our mind is split. And at the shadowed crossing of heart-roads, there is no temple for Apollo. Song, as you have … Continue reading →

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When you see a lofty mountain

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Michaela

When you see a lofty mountain Be reminded of the inner view: The view is the teacher’s mind, Inseperable from the nature of your own. When you see a lovely forest, Be reminded of experiences and realization: Have no hopes … Continue reading →

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Silent River

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Michaela

SILENT RIVER  By Justme  Silent river carry my dreams For all is not, what it seems. Kiss the morning, wrap up the night. Clear the skies, let man take flight. For there beyond the no humans land Lives a thing, … Continue reading →

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A perfect moment

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Michaela

A PERFECT MOMENT By Justme  Once upon a distant sharpened night When the air was keen and an icy breeze held no fight A transcendent moon throbbed it’s hazy gleam As a murmuring trickle, foretold of a gentle hidden stream. … Continue reading →

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A god can do it

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Michaela

A god can do it. But will you tell me how a man can penetrate through the lyre’s strings? Our mind is split. And at the shadowed crossing of heart-roads there is no temple for Apollo. Song, as you have … Continue reading →

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