Books, Fanfiction, Poetry
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may… Continue reading Your children are not your children. * Kahil Gibran
You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of… Continue reading On Death * Kahlil Gibran
“Death Be Not Proud” is among the most famous and most beloved poems in English literature. Its popularity lies in its message of hope couched in eloquent, quotable language. Donne’s theme tells the reader that death has no right to be proud, since human beings do not die but live eternally after “one short sleep.”… Continue reading Death, Be Not Proud By John Donne
Charlotte Brontë, 1816 - 1855 My darling thou wilt never know The grinding agony of woe That we have bourne for thee, Thus may we consolation tear E’en from the depth of our despair And wasting misery. The nightly anguish thou art spared When all the crushing truth is bared To the awakening mind, When… Continue reading On the Death of Emily Jane Brontë
I think I'm bi-polar Maybe not emotionally, Scratch that But I feel like I've got split-personality disorder There's part that wants to let go And the other part so desperately holding on I want to look you in the eyes and ask you what you're doing here I want to ask you what we are… Continue reading Thinking with both minds * M Clement
Du im Voraus verlorne Geliebte, Nimmergekommene, nicht weiß ich, welche Töne dir lieb sind. Nicht mehr versuch ich, dich, wenn das Kommende wogt, zu erkennen. Alle die großen Bildern in mir, im Fernen erfahrene Landschaft, Städte und Türme und Brücken und un- vermutete Wendung der Wege und das Gewaltige jener von Göttern einst durchwachsenen Länder:… Continue reading Rainer Maria Rilke Poem of the Day: You who never arrived
"SUICIDE" LOUIS ARAGON (1926) A b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Louis ARAGON Louis Aragon (3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet, who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist… Continue reading SUICIDE by Louis ARAGON
Ich weiß nicht, was ich habe, mir ist ums Herz so schwer..... Ums Herze? Ach was sag ich - ich hab doch keines mehr. Seit ich, mein Glück, dich kenne, du süßes Liebchen mein, vom ersten Augenblicke an wars ja doch schon dein. O mögst du es behalten, damit es stets so blieb - es… Continue reading Mein Herz * Rainer Maria Rilke Poetry for Today
“Shall the water not remember Ember my hand’s slow gesture, tracing above of its mirror my half-imaginary airy portrait? My only belonging longing; is my beauty, which I take ache away and then return, as love of teasing playfully the one being unbeing. whose gratitude I treasure Is your moves me. I live apart heart from myself, yet cannot not live apart. In the water’s… Continue reading Narcissus and Echo * Poetry
