"Sitting" by Christy Brown - a borrowed dedication to Shannon |
Sitting
Sitting with you in any setting is so lovely
It is still so new to me like each new morning
Watching each new wonder cross your face
And I a new arrival to joy
Happily caught in that...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:13:00 GMT |
Ponderings ... |
Hypocrisy can afford to be
magnificent in its promises,
for never intending to go
beyond promises,
it costs nothing.
~ Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
A conservative government
is ...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:36:00 GMT |
Stuff ... |
And the day came
when the risk
to remain
tight in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
~ Anais Nin (1903 - 1977)
What you risk reveals
what you value.
...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:09:00 GMT |
Thoughts |
Self-confidence
is the first requisite
to great undertakings.
~ Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) ~
Every time
you don’t follow
your inner guidance,
you feel
a loss of energy,...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:58:00 GMT |
A brilliant poet - Christy Brown |
A unique view of romance ... what many of us wish we had.
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Invocation - by Christy Brown
I voyage out
...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:44:00 GMT |
Observations on addiction |
For many,
negative thinking is a habit,
which over time,
becomes an addiction ...
A lot of people suffer
from this disease
because negative thinking
is addictive to
each of the Big Three
- th...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:27:00 GMT |
Sloth |
"A lazy man is of no more use than a dead man, and takes up more room."
~ Elbert Hubbard ~
Failure is not
the only punishment for laziness;
there is also
the success of others. ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:50:00 GMT |
A Lesson Unlearned - by Christy Brown |
A Lesson Unlearned
Now descends the broad disenchantment
Of these thirty-three far-flung years;
The solitary re-enactment
Of all I failed to do
But dreamed of most fervently;
Thin...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:06:00 GMT |
Poems by Christy Brown |
Fallen Masonry
Few things are ever mended
By mere touch of expert fingers;
No dream is ever ended
That in the lost heart lingers;
Lack of love decreases
The joy of every season
And all th...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:58:00 GMT |
Regret and happiness |
On regret &
Make it a rule of life never to regret,
and never to look back.
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it;
it's only for wallowi...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:26:00 GMT |
