All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o’er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower. The moonshine, stealing o’er the scene Had blended with […]
All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o’er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower. The moonshine, stealing o’er the scene Had blended with […]
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you, and yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You […]
Woke up one mornin’ in a buggy drivin.’ Looked in the mirror and saw I was inside. Didn’t know if I was goin’ or arrivin.’ Just knew that I was tired of the ride. Got a rattle in Seattle, cracked my axle in Tuscaloo. Dropped my chassis in Talahassee, blew my last fuse in Baton […]
Silence builds an awful wreckage of a girl It feeds on loneliness and creates a void Gray shadows haunt and torment and torture A teenager is stricken and destroyed There is no sound of laughter or happiness here The little one has thrown in the towel today Somber, melancholy moods decay the soul It is […]
In 1983 On the day of changes, a child was born This child did not see the world in a same spectrum as you or me Fourteen years had passed before his views and notions would be negated His eyes and heart torn from his soul in his time of need His only hope to […]
t his Birthday Feast With memories old and wishes new We crown our cups again, And here’s to you, and here’s to you With love that ne’er shall wane! And may you keep, at sixty-seven, The joy of earth, the hope of heaven, And fame well-earned, and friendship true, And peace that comforts every pain, […]
A wedding is coming! Details inside. Come celebrate With the groom and the bride. There’ll be music and food, Joy and fun—come and see, And please let us know With your RSVP. by Joanna Fuchs
The wounded snake its hood unfurls, The flame stirred up doth blaze, The desert air resounds the calls Of heart-struck lion’s rage. The cloud puts forth it deluge strength When lightning cleaves its breast, When the soul is stirred to its in most depth Great ones unfold their best. Let eyes grow dim and heart […]
Dirge for a Soldier by George H. Boker Close his eyes; his work is done! What to him is friend or foeman, Rise of moon, or set of sun, Hand of man, or kiss of woman? Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow! What cares he? he can not know: […]
