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The Field

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Michaela

THE FIELD by Justme Swaying playing knee high grass Ripples across an endless promenade of green A snaking dizzy trampled human path Jigsaws the scene As a lazy haze of darting midgets hug the prickly hawthorn which flanks as a … Continue reading →

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If the tears on my cheeks …

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Michaela

St Matthew Passion – H Rilling: Können Tränen meiner Wangen nichts erlangen Aria Alto Violino I/II, Continuo Können Tränen meiner Wangen If the tears on my cheeks can Nichts erlangen, Achieve nothing, O, so nehmt mein Herz hinein! O then … Continue reading →

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Please stay with me

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Michaela

PLEASE STAY WITH ME By Justme Please stay with me Just a little while The breath is fading Closing is the night And the skin above my eyes Are like the sails filled with gusty might I fight the sailors … Continue reading →

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All is Truth

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Michaela

ALL IS TRUTH O ME, man of slack faith so long! Standing aloof–denying portions so long; Only aware to-day of compact, all-diffused truth; Discovering to-day there is no lie, or form of lie, and can be none, but grows as … Continue reading →

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The beauty of form

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Michaela

The wind has settled, the blossoms have fallen; Birds sing, the mountains grow dark — This is the wondrous power of Buddhism. T. Ryokan

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Dance with me oh child of God

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Michaela

DANCE WITH ME OH CHILD OF GOD By Justme Dance with me, oh child of God For love has left me and enchantment took it’s place. Spin me not but look upon mine face For love has danced with me, … Continue reading →

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Eyes closed then wider opened

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Michaela

EYES CLOSED THEN WIDER OPENED By Justme Eyes closed then wider opened, I enter a higher land. While smoothing touch of air, of wind, seduces my skin on face. Soft and warm, fulfilling, I welcome its gentle, caring touch. If … Continue reading →

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The Poet

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Michaela

by Hermann Hesse Only on me, the lonely one, The unending stars of the night shine, The stone fountain whispers its magic song, To me alone, to me the lonely one The colorful shadows of the wandering clouds Move … Continue reading →

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I shall give my heart to you

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Michaela

Johann Sebastian Bach St Matthew Passion BWV 244 Ich will dir mein Herze schenken, I shall give my heart to you, Senke dich, mein Heil, hinein! Come down, my salvation, and bury yourself within it! Ich will mich in dir … Continue reading →

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Poking them with a sharp stick

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Michaela

Chronicles about Alexey Navalny and the Web site RosPil, which is dedicated to exposing state corruption in Russia. In the past three years Navalny has established himself as a kind of Russian Julian Assange or Lincoln Steffens. On his blog, he … Continue reading →