In a Dark Time

by Theodore Roethke

In a dark time, the eye begins to see,
I meet my shadow in the deepening shade;
I hear my echo in the echoing wood --
A lord of nature weeping to a tree,
I live between the heron and the wren,
Beasts of the hill and serpents of the den.

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I said to my soul, be still, and let the dark come upon you ( Read more... )

I think that over the past 40 years i have slowly changed for the better.  I have pushed against the "wall" and expanded my comfort zone.  I have recovered some courage.  i have become more "real"  I can see six things that have made that change easier.

( 1) Diannee... )

/ Con el dolor de la mortal herida ( Read more... )

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n order to arrive at having pleasure in everything, Desire to have pleasure in nothing ( Read more... )

"St. John of the Cross is considered one of the foremost poets in the Spanish language. Although his complete poems add up to fewer than 2500 verses, two of them - the Spiritual Canticle and the Dark Night of the Soul - are widely considered masterpieces of Spanish poetry, both for their formal stylistic point of view and their rich symbolism and ( Read more... )

Luann Comic Strip on GoComics.com (See May 24, 2015 cartoon)

You can't explain it.
Just do it.
Be a guide.

If you must use words,
be poetic,
not prosaic.
Prose touches minds
Poetry touches hearts.

PROLOGUE ( Read more... )