"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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Showing posts with label Wisdom. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

R.E. Slater - Meadowlands (a poem)



Meadowlands
by R.E. Slater


I had been happy in my ignorance and in my service


but am grown old and no longer happy as I once was


birthed so long ago upon those careless days of froth and wonder.




The burdens of the day have spent me


and have caused my steps to seek again the favor of the sun


that once shone so warm, so brightly, across springtime meadows fair.




Flashing day's dews of a wiser, more carefree youth


amid dreamscapes held fast glistening solitary marvels


nestled snugly within the craggy wildernesses of heaven’s grand peace.




For it was there in the frothy streams of discovery and conscience I wandered


considering man and beast, wind and muse, upon day's hand


knowing not whither purpose or end each was sent by the warming rays.




Then whilst tending to many gardens did the waning day grow long and cold


leaving its earlier peace but a foundling memory warm and alive


somberly promising all paths forever blessed, whither they led, each fulsome soul.




- R.E. Slater

December 21, 2011

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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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