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Balancing Loss
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Balancing Loss |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
"But this is human life: the war, the deeds, The disappointment, the anxiety, Imagination's struggles, far and nigh, All human; bearing in themselves this good, That they are still the air, the subtle food, To make us feel existence, and to shew How quiet death (really) is." John Keats-from Endymion, Book II, l.153-159. Wake your imagination Accept a while your emptiness Acknowledge spirit Actively gather love close Touch those near and touch the earth Think hard about loss On its own level always Reaffirm healing Speak to yourself of your thoughts Let your ego host your soul Think of how you've changed Go slow, do not act quickly Go through, not around Stir your imagination Build from emptiness Seek the spirit of the heart Make prose reference Look hard towards the past Note how far you've really come Affirm, where you've been Tidy the house of your soul Admit your duality Know the soul does not Thrive well on explanation But tell it stories Reject final solutions Know the soul is poetic Feel pains rough texture Accept the richness of it Do not abstract it Do not reach above it all To balance what you have lost Feel the existence of Keats |
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dapyun Junior Member
since 2005-11-22
Posts 11 |
wow i really loved this! im glad you put the excerpt of keats, though. i wouldn't have known what you meant! |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Dapyun Thank you for reading...and the reply This poem, in actuality was inspired by jennirey...Her poem "My body moves on" Moved me in a most profound way... It made me recall Keats..so it goes with inspiration.. |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Ford, You were duly inspired, m'friend... and have passed on the very same...  . |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Oh, this is really beautiful Ford. I've read a lot of Keats, and have also read jennirey's heartfelt touching writes about the loss of her friend. You do both an honor with this peaceful piece. |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
ice Wonderful words to live by, my friend...thank you for posting them. |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Ford, such truth in your words.. this write is a keeper..as a reminder of the way we should live. Hugs~Nancy ~ Trace my body with your words.. |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
forgot the library thingy |
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pictureme2 Member
since 2005-11-13
Posts 194 |
Hello ice, Keats a favorite that begins the poem. Hard to believe Keats only lived to be in his 20's and he wrote his own grave line of "Here lies one whose name was writ in water." An inspirational write from Keats and ice! Words to live and die by! Have you ever thought what you would write if you had to write one line for your graveline? Thanks for your words and bringing Keats to life! pictureme2 |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
That last line...makes the entire poem for me. All the rest good and some of your lines excellent. Keats though...always a special place in me for him. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Martie
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since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
A good poem to read again on this night. Thank you, Ford! |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Thank You Martie Balance, is to me a very religious word-I should say spiritual..To keep things balanced in a tilted world is very hard...it is more like keeping an even strain on things by use...the environment, love , hate, your mind etc. Strange, how poetry balances me when I get overburdened...when the darkside of the moon shows more than the bright.. Happy New year... ________ ______ice ><> |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Ford, such a wonderful poem to read on the first day (well, actually, it's after midnight, so I guess the 2nd day) of the new year. Thanks for sharing it. Happy 2006! ....jo |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
I shall have to tack this on my wall and read it daily. *smile* I love it in its entirety, but especially here: Look hard towards the past Note how far you've really come Affirm, where you've been Tidy the house of your soul Admit your duality Know the soul does not Thrive well on explanation But tell it stories |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Such deep wisdom cloaked in absolute beauty, dear Ford. Library worth! Love, Margherita  |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Ford, I could have copied the entire poem! Such articulate thinking! Especially liked this one, because as I child I was told to "go around the wall." Now I see the wisdom of another choice! "Go through, not around Stir your imagination Build from emptiness" Very, very much enjoyed this keeper! miscellanea |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Just a beautiful poetic gem of positive philosopical advice and so well presented. Eric |
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