Hold fast to dream
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.”
-Langston Hughes
(more…)Poetry
1075 – “In me is the sky, in me lies the earth.”
-Kuvempu [Attributed]
(more…)1065 – I, Too by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.
(more…)961 – “Someone I loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.
-Mary Oliver
(more…)924 – “There is a way between voice and presence where information flows.”
-Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
(more…)840 – “My mother is like the bright light in the sky, a doe on the hillsides. She is the morning star, shining even at noon-time. She is precious carnelian, a topaz from Marhaci.”
820 – “The Earth has its music for those who will listen”
809 – A Poem by Octavio Paz With Translation
Hermandad
Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo
Soy hombre: duro poco
y es enorme la noche.
Pero miro hacia arriba:
las estrellas escriben.
Sin entender comprendo:
también soy escritura
y en este mismo instante
alguien me deletrea.
-Octavio Paz
Brotherhood
Homage to Claudius Ptolemy
I am a man: little do I last
and the night is enormous.
But I look up:
the stars write.
Unknowing I understand:
I too am written,
and at this very moment
someone spells me out.
808 – “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone for others. Unfold your own myth.”
–Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
592 – “I would venture to guess that Anon., who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
–Virginia Woolf [Often misquoted, see Source Notes]
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