The Poetry of R.E. Slater: 01/01/2017

"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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Thursday, January 26, 2017

R.E. Slater - Live by Love

Live by Love
by R.E. Slater

Live by love’s timeless tomorrows,
though the mountains be removed
and the stars walk backwards,
should fires arise from the seas
and nourishing earth gives way,
Live by love’s timeless tomorrows.

Live by faith which never stops believing,
however stubborn the beating heart
judging all men bourne of fleeting breath,
measuring his days to the passing hours
glimmering bright in its roiling rage,
Live by faith which never stops believing.

Cherish hope, enduring all, is all, embraces all,
when crushed, abounds in fragrant salve
like frankincense and myrrh’s healing balms,
though madly dashed and burned
cleanses the chattel from the fires within,
Cherish hope, enduring all, is all, embraces all,

But love, sweet love,
is the measure of all men
whether kind or cruel,
it calls with gilding voice
to the listening heart,
And there gives rest, dear rest.

R.E. Slater
January 26, 2017
*Ref: E.E. Cummings, Dive for Dreams

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Song - Stardust

Willie Nelson - Stardust

"Stardust"

Sometimes I wonder why I spend

The lonely night

dreaming of a song

The melody haunts my reverie

And I am once again with you

When our love was new

And each kiss an inspiration

But that was long ago

And now my consolation

Is in the stardust of a song

Beside a garden wall

When stars are bright

You are in my arms

The nightingale tells his fairy tale

Of paradise where roses bloom

Though I dream in vain

In my heart there always will remain

My stardust melody

The memory of love's refrain

Though I dream in vain

In my heart there always will remain

My stardust melody

The memory of love's refrain

[Repeat]