"Autobiographies of great nations are written in three manuscripts – a book of deeds, a book of words, and a book of art. Of the three, I would choose the latter as truest testimony." - Sir Kenneth Smith, Great Civilisations

"I must write each day without fail, not so much for the success of the work, as in order not to get out of my routine." - Leo Tolstoy

I have never believed that one should wait until one is inspired because I think the pleasures of not writing are so great that if you ever start indulging them you will never write again. - John Updike

"The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it." - J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations." - Lawrence Ferlinghetti


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Monday, October 31, 2011

R.E. Slater - The Power of Our Words (a poem)




The Power of Our Words
by R.E. Slater

Thus spake Adam -

In the hurry of the day,
In the brevity of life,
At the dawn of creation,
Before the Tree of Life,

“Giveth to me the power of your words…”

      To bind or create
      Make dead or alive
      Burden or uplift
      Withhold or provoke
      Bury or resurrect
      Expire or inspire
      Imprison or release
      Prevent or excite
      Dissuade or arouse
      Divide or multiply

       To add or subtract
      Fortify or offend
      Declare or hide
      Begin or end
      Wake or sleep
      Enrich or impoverish
      Transpire or cease
      Help or hurt
      Heal or harm
      Transform or change

Spake the Voice of the Almighty -

Like the oceans of turbulent seas,
Like the storm its thunderous deeps,
On birdsong as gentle as the breeze,
As love ever bent in tender kiss,

“Bless now the power of My words…”
- R.E. Slater
October 31, 2011

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