There will be rest, and sure stars shining
Over the roof-tops crowned with snow,
A reign of rest, serene forgetting,
The music of stillness holy and low.
I will make this world of my devising,
Out of a dream in my lonely mind,
I shall find the crystal of peace,–above me
Stars I shall find.
-Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
Archive for May, 2009
Teasdale: There Will Be Rest
Posted in -all posts-, abuse & depression, tagged anxiety, choral, comfort, coping, death, depression, emotions, grief, healing, loneliness, peace, poetry, poets, sad, sadness, Sara Teasdale, stress, suicidal, suicide, Teasdale on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Child Writer
Posted in -all posts-, art & writing, tagged amateur, amateur writers, art & writing, Beauty, child, childhood, children, colors, Creativity, daydreaming, daydreams, dreams, gifted, gifted children, imagery, inspiration, parents, poem, poet, poetry, poets, power of words, the arts, voice, words, writer, writers, writing, young writers, youth on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
dancing gentle Sweetie
laboriously filling her world with flowers
and dream-drops from her pen,
as if we wise ones had not
already colored and candied the walls
of her cocoon
does not our ceiling for her
already dazzle with mobiles and stars and smiles,
does not our bedtime for her
already enchant with stories from the wise?
we give her our world,
leaving out its grays,
yet [...]
Dickinson: Bind me — I still can sing –
Posted in -all posts-, inspirational, tagged Dickinson, Emily Dickinson, famous poets, Heaven, Love, love poem, love poetry, pain, poetry, poets, resilience, singing, unrequited love on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bind me — I still can sing –
Banish — my mandolin
Strikes true within –
Slay — and my Soul shall rise
Chanting to Paradise –
Still thine.
-Emily Dickinson
Revolution
Posted in -all posts-, love & relationships, tagged bisexual, bisexuality, bisexuals, chastity, dynasty, frustration, imperialism, lookism, Love, love addiction, love obsession, lovesick, lovesickness, loving yourself, monarchy, obsession, obsessive love, relationships, revolution, unrequited love on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our land and water were velvet and silk.
We wore them and ruled them as sheriffs, lords,
and nobles. Then a foreign conqueror set
a dynasty above us: the Dynasty of the Loves.
The Loves assumed the throne not by merit, but by looks
and personality. The first of the House of Love was
Jezebel, whose ringing drove our [...]
The words will come
Posted in -all posts-, inspirational, tagged energy, Freedom, growth, hero, heroes, heroine, heroines, Identity, motivational, overcoming depression, reflection, self, self esteem, self-actualization, self-actualizing, self-reflection, success, true self, true words, victory, voice, who I am, who you are, words, your true self on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Soon she will look, uncorrupted by sight, into the mirror. She will then unlock a joy that needs no smile to convey it, because she will finally see the reflection in the eyes of her own reflection. When I am recognized, the words will come to me without fear.
I will defy my voice. [...]
Why an Artist Never Stops
Posted in -all posts-, art & writing, tagged actors, art & writing, art education, artists, audiences, Creativity, dance, dancers, desire, drama, education, expression, feelings, images, inspiration, language, memories, Music, musicians, painters, poetry, self-expression, singers, songwriters, souls, the arts, theater, theatre, Thoughts, trauma, words on May 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Art is an attempt to fulfill the artist as well as the audience. An artist is not just a person with a skill, but a soul disturbed by something it must expose. Conversation, which satisfies the average person, cannot satisfy the artist, because this thing inside her is beyond casual words. She [...]
Hunger Awareness Fad
Posted in -all posts-, politics & society, tagged awareness, candy, Causes, eating, education, fads, food, high school, Humor, hunger awareness, hypocrisy, irony, overeating, random, random thoughts, rants, school, social commentary, society, students, teenagers, teens, trends, world hunger, wristbands on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Almost every student with something in one hand has candy in the other. We live to eat, not the other way around. The vending machine is our church. We lift a holy noise of crackling wrappers and crunching chips, while classmates try to concentrate – all while twisting “Hunger Awareness” bracelets on our [...]
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