Monday, May 30, 2011

Thank You To Our Fallen Heroes And Their Families:



"Although no
sculptured marble
should rise 
to their memory, 
nor engraved stone 
bear record 
of their deeds, 
yet will their
remembrance
be as lasting
as the land
they honored.."

- Daniel Webster -
 

Friday, May 20, 2011

Time Framed ----- With Each Step

"In the midst of the ordinary time (kronos),
extraordinary time (kairos) happens."
quote from Dead Poets Society, Professor John Keating

With each step....


I step out on
this mystifying path,
filled with surprises
around every bend.


The “choice” taken has
made me strong
when I was weak. 

With each step -forward
I remember - what I left behind,
and can never forget

all those years
of love- laughter-tears, 
&

with each step
the distance grew
between you and me.
Fin 

hosted by g-man
write a poem in 55 words

With Each Step

I step out on
this mystifying path,
filled with surprises
around every bend.
The “choice” taken has
made me strong
when I was weak.
With each step -forward
I remember - what I left behind,
and can never forget
all those years
of love- laughter-tears,
and with each step
the distance grew between
you and me.
Fin

photos: via tumblr - 4 through 9 rodney smith
 

Friday, May 6, 2011

Antigone's Arete

Tossed up by
the deep–sea-cold 
alone shell blown by
 'Winds of change' 

 
sails well across 
white-cap breakers 


Cast -off by its owner
destiny unknown –
dreams change
doubts departing


dancer upon
waves of light 
without reserve



 Sirens singing
Yes to ‘Arete’
fragile heart abates,



 Calm is the soul
that is emptied
of all self.

Fin

 write a poem in 55 words
Antigone's Arete
Tossed up by
 the deep – sea- cold
Alone shell blown by
 “Winds of change”
sails well across
White-cap breakers
Cast -off by its owner
Destiny unknown
Dreams change
Doubts departing
Dancer upon 
Waves of light
Without reserve
Sirens singing
Yes to ‘Arete’
Fragile heart abates,
Calm is the soul
that is emptied
of all self.
Fin


The noun 'Arete' is Greek for 'excellence, goodness, virtue'. Its application to life is seen in one's living up to one's full potential. It also is seen in one's handling adversity with courage and strength.

The goodness or virtue of a person.   Aretē is therefore identified with what enables a person to live well or successfully, although whether virtue is then just a means to successful life or is an essential part of the activity of living well becomes controversial.

Antigone's Arete is shown by her giving Polyneices a decent burial in defiance of Theban King Creon's non burial order. She shows it again, after her arrest, when she says that Creon's order doesn't come from Zeus, the supreme god of Thebes. So she recognizes, and never backs down from, life's guiding principle of obeying god given laws.

According to Aristotle the various virtues consist in knowing how to strike a mean between opposing vices of excess and defect. Greek thought also paves the way for the Christian ideal that the fullest development of aretē for human beings consists in a self-sufficient life of contemplation and wisdom.
The Sanskrit word kusala is used in Buddhism to represent the same association of goodness with the skill of being a good human being.



photos Chiluly glass taken in Tacoma, Wa,   #4 & 5 The girl from Atlantis Vogue May 10 voyons-voir #6 Rodney Smith woman on plater

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Esprit to Spare!


The scent of the earth
reawakens 



the strangest things
growing in 


the same
soil together


Look at the rose vines
How peacefully it grows
With poison ivy.

Fin

Happy May Day!


Esprit to Spare

The scent of the earth
reawakens
the strangest things
growing in the  
same soil together.

.
Look at the rose vines
How peacefully it grows
With poison ivy.