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2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

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by the sea

0 posted 2012-02-04 05:22 AM

Flowers invite the glances,
the blue colors which distinguish themselves from greens shaded banks,
the rhythm of the wind in cornflowers
is as a music for eyes,
here are perfumes which bees follow
and their hummings prove that you exist more,
there would be a man otherwise there would be nothing
wrote the poet Paul Eluard, maybe Paul,
but would the man know that he exists
without the universe which surrounds him,
without flowers,
without mountains where grow flowers,
without the animals which fight under the sun,
Who would you be, you which looks at these things
without the perfume of a soap,
without the rumbling of a dog,
all these soft and mobile things
as spring in Sussex,
O iMaytime come cherishing us
as children fallen in a flower
not wanting to come out of it any more.

a poem inspired by a musician i discovered a few days ago (Arnold Bax) his work is called Maytime in Sussex

[This message has been edited by 2islander2 (02-04-2012 12:30 PM).]

JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06

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South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-02-04 08:25 AM

This was just subtly beautiful, Yann. Who indeed, are we without the environment to mold and help shape us? Who indeed?

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

tracie66
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Australia

2 posted 2012-02-04 07:41 PM

this is gorgeous, your inspiration felt, well done!

Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

Alison

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3 posted 2012-02-05 03:02 PM

I believe without the nature around us and the beauty that it brings there would be no man. I have never seen cornflowers, but I don't believe the world would be the same without them having existed. So loving this, yann.

Alison

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

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4 posted 2012-02-05 03:38 PM

Beautiful. yann. Sounds like somewhere I would love to be.
Ida

OwlSA
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Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2012-02-06 01:59 AM

Yann, I always enjoy your wonderful and original thoughts of philosophy and the beauty of nature and the way you express them, and this poem is one of your loveliest. It is very special when a piece of music inspires such immersion in thought and you had me feeling, in particular, the essence of the music (though I don't know it nor the musician) and experiencing maytime in Sussex with all of my senses - and in the greater picture, the immensity of how our beautiful world impacts on us and carries us.

Owl

Margherita
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6 posted 2012-02-06 04:21 AM

Dear Yann, while reading for the second time your enchanting poem I listened contemporaneously to "Maytime in Sussex" and it was a stunning combination indeed.

Music brings everything into the most harmonious perspective and your words do this truth justice.

Excellent work.

Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

JamesMichael
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7 posted 2012-02-06 07:53 AM

A pleasure...James

2islander2
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by the sea

8 posted 2012-02-07 03:56 PM

thanks jerry for the accurate comment, yes if there was no man we would not know beauty of the world, but with now world either,

thanks

yann

2islander2
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by the sea

9 posted 2012-02-07 03:58 PM

thanks a lot tracie, nice to read you,

yann

2islander2
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10 posted 2012-02-07 04:00 PM

thanks alison, flowers are remarkable and inspiring, thanks for reading and commenting,

yann

2islander2
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11 posted 2012-02-07 04:01 PM

yes indeed ida, spring in england must be beautiful if it inspires such musicians,

thanks

yann

2islander2
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12 posted 2012-02-07 04:04 PM

thanks dear owl for the splendid and generous comment, you are so right about the music whixh describes and its elevation of the soul, thanks a lot for rading and commenting

yann

2islander2
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13 posted 2012-02-07 04:07 PM

thanks margherita, you are lucky to have found this piece of music, i am discovering it these days and i am immerging in 20th century music i had eluded accidentally, it seems we have a lot to discover with talented but ignored musicians, thanks for reading and commenting

yann

2islander2
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14 posted 2012-02-07 04:07 PM

thanks james,

yann

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