“In the Garden of Time” […..] Some of our deepest wounds, Are judgments, self-inflicted, Endless paper cuts upon our spirit, Made by an inherently imperfect ‘self’, Despising its imperfection. When in fact, the green-stemmed fruit, The infant petals in a sheltering bud, Are as they should be, in their time, On schedule to arrive, in…
Category: time
Learning from nature POEMS: “These roses” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts;…
POEMS: “The Mystic Rose” by Elsa Barker
“The Mystic Rose” I, woman, am that wonder-breathing rose That blossoms in the garden of the King. In all the world there is no lovelier thing, And the learned stars no secret can disclose Deeper than mine–that almost no one knows. The perfume of my petals in the spring Is inspiration to all bards that…
SHORT POEMS: “Time” by William Shakespeare
Time Time is very slow for those who wait; very fast for those who are scared; very long for those who lament; very short for those who celebrate; but for those who love, time is eternal. William Shakespeare
POEMS: “Being to timelessness as it’s to time” by E.E. Cummings
Being to timelessness as it’s to time Being to timelessness as it’s to time, love did no more begin than love will end; where nothing is to breathe to stroll to swim love is the air the ocean and the land (do lovers suffer? all divinities proudly descending put on deathful flesh: are lovers glad?…
POEMS: “In Our Consciousness of Time” by Wendell Berry
In Our Consciousness of Time In our consciousness of time we are doomed to the past. The future we may dream of but can know it only after it has come and gone. The present too we know only as the past. When we say, “This now is present, the heat, the breeze, the rippling…
POEMS: “Stray birds” by Rabindranath Tagore (verses 117 to 140 out of 326)
Not hammer strokes, but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection.
SHORT POEMS: “Aims For Life” by Trina Graves
Time is precious… Do not waste it.
Love is the most important possession…
HAIKU POEMS: “Time” (“Tiempo”)
“Time” This precious moment… Has infinite possibilities: The power of Now! Amira “Tiempo” Este precioso momento … Tiene infinitas posibilidades: ¡El poder del ahora! Amira
POEMS: “While We Are Sleeping” by Trina Graves
While we are sleeping
We let go of physicality
To experience our true form
Of Spirit, unlimited and free
We can go anywhere at all
With no limits of time or space, Explore our magnificent Universe
POEMS: “The silence” by Amado Nervo “El silencio”
After a few voices
of love, of pain, of fear,
that we launch in life,
Silence re-conquers us
POEMS: “Everything is borrowed” Ana María Rabatté y Cervi “Todo es prestado”
Everything in this life, brother, is borrowed …
for a short number of years … borrowed is the
life … the family … the friends.
