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2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

0 posted 2008-04-14 06:46 AM

It’s not the chateau de Versailles that’s beautiful,
nor the Great Wall of China or the Grand Canyon,
It’s not the Pacific Ocean that’s beautiful
Any more than the corals that are thousands of years old,
It’s not the Taj Mahal or the love of a princess
Neither Las Vegas and its casinos illuminated like a pile of gifts,
It’s not Notre Dame de Paris or the mosque of
Sûleymaniyé near the Bosphorus,
It’s not the desert or Christ the Redeemer
standing above Rio
It’s not the advice of a mother
Or Iguacu Falls,
It’s not Virtue or the labyrinth of Petra,
Nor all the museums of the world combined,
It’s not the sun that is beautiful nor discovery
Of penicillin,

It’s not what man sees or does that’s beautiful
It’s the life that surrounds it and that chooses it,
It would be vain to suggest anything else.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2008-04-14 06:49 AM

this poem was written with an helpful friend for translation from DEWAAL,
thanks to him and thanks to you my dear poets...

yann

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

2 posted 2008-04-14 07:48 AM

Yann.. now this was tres, tres, bon! I enjoyed it very much! merci, mon ami.. love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

3 posted 2008-04-14 07:50 AM

How very true. It is our very humanism that counts. Thanks for sharing
sharyn

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

4 posted 2008-04-14 09:58 AM

Beautiful, yann, this one blew me away! And I am happy that you are in touch with DeWaal, I was concerned about him in his absence.

Have a nice day,

Art

x-tears-x
Junior Member

since 2008-04-13

Posts 43
England

5 posted 2008-04-14 10:20 AM

Love it.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2008-04-14 11:39 AM

This poem shows all the talent I knew you had, if we could get past the language barrier, yann. I am so glad to hear that Dewaal is okay, I was worried about him.
Ida

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

7 posted 2008-04-15 04:23 AM

Nice thoughts...James

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

8 posted 2008-04-15 10:10 AM

thanks to you all my dear poets Ida, James,x tears x, I am always pleased to get your kind comments.

Seoulair
Senior Member

since 2008-03-27

Posts 807
Seoul S.Korea

9 posted 2008-04-15 04:05 PM

wonderful write. A how true it is!!!!
So very good.

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