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Prior Threads
Poetry and Potpourri .... 9-22-2003
Poetry and Potpourri .... 9-24-2003

Gardener's Prayer
by Karel Capek

O Lord, grant that in some way
it may rain every day,
Say from about midnight until three o'clock
in the morning,
But, You see, it must be gentle and warm
so that it can soak in;
Grant that at the same time it would not rain on
campion, alyssum, helianthus, lavendar, and others which
You in Your infinite wisdom know
are drought-loving plants-
I will write their names on a bit of paper
if you like-
And grant that the sun may shine
the whole day long,
But not everywhere (not, for instance, on the
gentian, plantain lily, and rhododendron)
and not too much;
That there may be plenty of dew and little wind,
enough worms, no lice and snails, or mildew,
and that once a week thin liquid manure and guano
may fall from heaven.

Amen.

An Evening in the Mountains
by Wang Wei. Written in 730.

After rain the empty mountain
Stands autumnal in the evening,
Moonlight in its groves of pine,
Stones of crystal in its brooks.
Bamboos whisper of washer-girls bound home,
Lotus-leaves yield before a fisher-boat --
And what does it matter that springtime has gone,
While you are here, O Prince of Friends?

Wishing you all a lovely day.

Glad to see the return of a poetry thread.

Perhaps, if you really want poetry in some form, from beginners to masters, it might work better if all the potpourri is on a thread of its own. In looking quickly through the threads so far ... the poetry is slim and almost lost amid all the jokes, recipes, general banter, images, etc.

How it works for some is a poem inspires ideas for another poet to write one. Makes for interesting ideas. Too much stuff in between loses the poetry. Of course comments are important and getting to know others is a good part of it too.

For what it is worth ... your use of three or more screen names is confusing and I'm thinking, what is the point of all the names? Your right of course. Only how do you feel when you meet someone and turn around and they give you another name? then another? After a couple of times it simply is not worth trying to keep straight.

What ever floats your boat. Only it will interfer with the success of a poetry thread.

Thanks for the ping. Gotta leave now, I'll be back to write a poem or two.

God's Jealousy
Listen friends and mark my words in this moment and this hour.
God is jealous for his name for his name is jealous.
Nor is this a charming flower to set before a man
Nor one of his commands. Yet without Jesus
this is more than we can love as we desire peace
and less than we can know as we desire joy.
For the sacred fire that makes us liars
I mean that seperates speach from dreams
and seperates our flesh from the future
is God's power manifested.
So in the year and the hour for his sake
invest your desire in Jesus.
Follow his holy fire
For right now right now he intercedes for us in heaven.
Some will say we are people of the way
We are people of the way.
We praise his private, personal, holy name Yahweh and say
thank you, Jesus, for your precious blood
better so much better than the blood of Abel.

Charles Kilmer

Mclean VA