posted September 01, 2017 04:57 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by whitewitch111:

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever-
Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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posted September 01, 2017 08:01 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by whitewitch111:

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever-
Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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posted October 11, 2017 10:27 PM            

"I recall your smile, and for me it is limpid water
witnessed by chance among the stones of a riverbed.
slight mirror in which you see an ivy and its inflorescence,
and over all the embrace of a serene white sky.

This is my recollection; I cannot say, O distant one,
if an ingenuous spirit is freely expressed in your face,
truly you are a wanderer whom the world's ills exhaust,
and who carry your suffering with you like a talisman.

But this I may say; that your thoughtful portrait
drowns anxious inspiration in a wave of calm;
and your aspect insinuates itself in grey memory
pure as the crown of a youthful palm-tree..."

-- Eugenio Montale

- http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Montale,_Eugenio

posted October 14, 2017 11:44 PM            

Here are more of his works...
- http://poetsofmodernity.xyz/POMBR/Italian/Montale.htm

posted October 19, 2017 06:56 PM            

ps.. Will be catching up/corresponding with you soon Mirage, (miss you!)
We came upon a year 10/17 since my brother has been gone, so I left town to spend time with my parents & a couple of his friends. Definitely provided more closure, healing, and consolation to recognize this time together.
We even managed to have some fun too, which he would have wanted.

posted October 30, 2017 06:29 PM            

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

~ (George Gordon Noel Byron)

(topic) {Byron poem recited out loud} [1:16] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_zCOJOgd4U

- http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43844/she-walks-in-beauty

- http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Byron,_Lord

This is a choral ensemble setting by Paul Mealor.....
I LOVE LOVE the sounds of the discordant Beautiful cluster-chords-- so other-worldly.

(music) She Walks In Beauty (Paul Mealor, dir by Nigel Short; program A Tender Light, Tennebrae, Live at St Bartholomew The Great, Oct 2011 [5:25] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpQKkTWw4aE

Paul Mealor ... a Sagittarius.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mealor

^^^^^^ Happy Halloween! ^^^^^^^

This musical setting to Byron's poem, cast the words in a darker and more mysterious shade. Fantasy photography.

posted October 31, 2017 09:11 PM            

music too

and Yes! Happy Halloween!!

posted November 21, 2017 02:36 PM            

You deserve a lover who makes you feel safe, who can consume this world whole if he walks hand in hand with you; someone who believes that his embraces are a perfect match with your skin.

You deserve a lover who wants to dance with you, who goes to paradise every time he looks into your eyes and never gets tired of studying your expressions.