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Aug 16 2005, 03:28 PM
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Jump-Rope Rhyme (Tom Hansen)
Tat tvam asi: thou art that- that leaf, that tree, that cow, that cat, that cloud, that sky, that moon, that sun, that you, that I- for all are one. So here you are and there you go and who you were you hardly know. I think this I is only me: a drip, a drop, but not the sea. Yet when I wake from all these dreams, then like the snake, I'll shed what seems: this mask, this skin, this ball and chain. I will begin to fall like rain. Our heart's last home: the wind-whipped foam, the sweet, deep sea. Tat tvam asi. "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 05:08 PM
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Solitude
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Laugh, and the world laughs with you Weep, and you weep alone For the sad old earth Must borrow it's mirth, It has trouble enough of it's own Sing, and the hills will answer, Sigh, it is lost on the air The echoes bound To a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rejoice, and men will seek you Grieve, and they turn and go They want full measure Of all your pleasure But they do not want your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many Be sad, and you lose them all There are none to decline Your nectared wine But alone you must drink life's gall. Feast, and your halls are crowded Fast, and the world goes by Suceed and give And it helps you live But it cannot help you die There is room in the halls of pleasure For a long and lordly train But one by one We must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 05:26 PM
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That's how men are!
Ungrateful and never satisfied. When you don't have them, They hate you because you won't. And when you do have them, They hate you again, for some reason. Or for no reason at all, Except that they are discontented children, And can't be satisfied whatever they get, Let a woman do what she may. D.H.Lawrence "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 06:11 PM
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Love is in the air
laughter just for two to share handle it with care. "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 06:44 PM
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Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season? Robert Frost "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 07:04 PM
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I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us--don't tell!!! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog! Emily dickinson Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. Bu if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. Robert Frost "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 07:15 PM
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Nothing from a straight line swerves
So sharply as a woman's curves, And, having swerved, no might or main Can ever put her straight again. by Samuel Hoffenstein "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 08:37 PM
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Lets talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs;
Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the erath. Lets choose executors & talk of wills; And yet not so for what can we bequeath save our deposed bodies to the ground. No idea who its by. Time 4 Shakespear: Blow, blow thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind... As man's ingratitude. |
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Sep 22 2005, 08:45 PM
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Nice one Yaar Mere
"The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 08:57 PM
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QUOTE 'YaarMere' date='Sep 22 2005, 07:07 AM' post='159875'] Lets talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the erath. Lets choose executors & talk of wills; And yet not so for what can we bequeath save our deposed bodies to the ground. No idea who its by. Let's Talk of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs: By Robert Player "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 22 2005, 10:29 PM
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Nice1 dude.
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Sep 23 2005, 01:32 AM
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THE OBJECTION to BEING
STEPPED ON At the end of the row I stepped on the toe Of an unemployed hoe. It rose in offense And struck me a blow In the seat of my sense. It wasn't to blame But I called it a name. Amd I must say it dealt Me a blow that I felt Like malice prepense. You may call me a fool What was there a rule The weapon should be Turned into a tool? And what do we see? The first tool I step on Turned into a weapon. Robert Frost I wish I didn't talk so much at parties. It isn't that I want to hear My voice assaulting every ear, Uprising loud and firm and clear Above the cocktail clatter. It's simply, once a doorbells' rung, (I've been like this since I was young) Some madness overtake my tongue And I begin to chatter. I wish I did'nt talk so much at parties. When hotly boil the arguments, Ah? would I had the common sense To sit demurely on a fence And let who will be vocal, Instead of plunging in the fray With my opinions on display Till all the gentlemen edge away To catch an early local Phyllis McGinley THE DIGNITY OF LABOR Labor raises honest sweat; Leisure put you into debt. Labor gives you rye and wheat; Leisure gives you naught to eat. Labor makes your riches last; Leisure gets you nowhere fast. Labor makes you bed at eight; Leisure lets you stay up late. Labor makes you swell with pride; Leisure makes you shrink inside. Labor keeps you fit and prime, But give me leisure every time. Robert Bersohn ENDING The love we thought would never stop now cools like a congealing chop. The kisses that were hot as curry are bird-pecks taken in a hurry. The hands that held electric charges now lie inert as four moored barges. The feet that ran to meet a date are running slow and running late. Te eyes that shone and seldom shut are victims of a power cut. The parts that then transmitted joy are now reserved and cold and coy. Romance, expected once to stay, has left a note saying GONE AWAY. Gavin Ewart "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Sep 23 2005, 02:00 AM
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Water water everywhere
But not a drop to drink SAMUEL COLDRIDGE(poem:THE ANCIENT MARINER) I NEVER HEARD AN ANGEL SINGING,YES I HEARD MOHAMMED RAFI SAHAB.
I LOVE THEE RAFI SAHAB Saanson Ki Maala Pay, Simron Main Pi Ka Naam......Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahab |
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Oct 7 2005, 10:19 PM
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Ah Love, Love, ….Love, Love, Love, Love, Love.
What is it with Love That makes me then breaks me? When in love Do I truly love? Is it really love Or do I think that I love? Maybe I just love being in love Or love the idea of being in love? I spent my whole life chasing love. In the end the one thing I truly love Could just be the meir pursuit of love. Ronberge "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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Oct 18 2005, 11:32 AM
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Young and Old
by Charles Kingsely When all the world is young, And all the trees are green And every goose a swan, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, And 'round the world away Young blood must have its course, And every dog his day. When all the world is old, And all the trees are brown And all the sport is stale, And all the wheels run down Creep home and take your place there The spent and maimed among God grant you find one face there You loved when all was young. "The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it."
"Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad. " "You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. " George Bernard Shaw |
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