Category Archives: Books & Poetry

The power of the word

Tree

Posted on March 16, 2011 by aralannow

Today, I am a tree. My long, gangly limbs arc upwards and embrace the heavens my roots spiral down into the dark, damp, dirt a ganglia of a million beautifully tangled connections. I am here because you breathed life into … Continue reading →

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Sacred Contexts

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Michaela

This is a most wonderful interactive, educational, insightful, creative project by the British Library, which has the best and most resourceful website ever…. Check it out… Understanding Sacred Text Sacred Context Home

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Flame of Truth

Posted on March 11, 2011 by aralannow

You can take it all, burn it up, no longer is it needed. a name, a place, a job, a life, an anchor to something solid. I am nothing and no one Fire of truth consume me I rest in … Continue reading →

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Upon Seeing You Cry

Posted on March 11, 2011 by aralannow

           Love is like water. I am love. You are too. If you crack me open, I do not break rather, picture a pebble momentarily splitting the water’s surface and then, the quiet stillness resumes. Water, … Continue reading →

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I am the Poém of Earth…

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Michaela

  THE VOICE OF THE RAIN. AND who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower, Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated: I am the Poém of Earth, said the voice of the rain, Eternal I … Continue reading →

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Breathing: you invisible poem

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Michaela

Breathing: you invisible poem! Complete interchange of your own essence with world-space. You counterweight in which I rhythmically happen. Single wave-motion whose gradual sea I am; you, most inclusive of all our possible seas- space grown warm. How many regions … Continue reading →

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From protest to revolution

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Michaela

By Dan Hind Easily daunted but often reckless polemicist, author of “The Return of the Public” The popular uprising in Egypt is still less than three weeks old. We still cannot know how it will end – whether the ruling … Continue reading →

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The crystalline moon

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Michaela

by Lisa The crystalline moon Pours a luminous shaker of pale Tinsel over the dancing doily Powder patterns On this lover’s night in winter. Such a shivery time For the heat of this distraction. But only the true fire of … Continue reading →

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Erect no gravestone for him

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Michaela

Erect no gavestone 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 names. It is Orpheus once … Continue reading →

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O you tender ones, walk now and then

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Michaela

O you tender ones, walk now and then into the breath that blows coldly past. Upon your cheecks let it tremble and part; behind you it will tremble again. Don’t be afraid to suffer, return that heaviness to the earth’s … Continue reading →

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