When I close my eyes after looking at the photo above, I can still smell the late summer air as we played together on the open fields at Valley Forge National Park. I can still feel the sun on my face. I can hear again the squeals of delight from my "little sisters," as they … Continue reading The Golden Days of Youth
Recently discovered painting by Van Gogh entitled "Cypress Sky and Country." "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." -- Helen Keller Reckoning Love's Labor Lost by JJHIII24 You never intended to lose the thread Of the labor … Continue reading Trial and Suffering
Uncharted Hearts By JJHIII24 We were once two spirits, Lost and wandering Amid the ancient mists of Mornings long forgotten. Our souls were drawn together By the tides of our unspoken longings. Hands and hearts awakened, We danced to the music of the ages. As we swayed in bliss unbridled, Our two spirits merged amongst … Continue reading Seasons of the Heart
"Everyman in his lifetime needs to thank his faults. As no man thoroughly understands a truth until he has first contended against it, so no man has a thorough acquaintance with the hindrances or talents of men until he has suffered from the one and seen the triumph of the other over his own want … Continue reading Worst Day Ever
An Angel in Bloom by JJHIII24 Fragments fallen from impatient daydreams, Like the motion of two blissful dancers; Longings once taken from hearts long ago, Awaken as eternity answers. Eyes once astonished and endlessly searching, Now settle like gentle spring rain; Patience endures in reluctant darkness, To shield us from each other’s pain. Intimate spirits … Continue reading An Angel In Bloom
A recent conversation inspired me to return to a small book of poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning called, "Sonnets from the Portuguese," which contains her best known and "most anthologized" sonnet number 43, in which she enumerated the ways she loved Robert Browning. Each of the sonnets in this collection have their unique appeal, and … Continue reading A Look Into the Soul of a Poet
Only God Knows by jjhiii24 You must have sensed it. I've been talking to you since The moment you pulled away. Even though you could not hear The voice in my head, Your heart has been listening-- Through our mutually open channels Of thought and feeling. I know you have been there with me; The … Continue reading Only God Knows
With all of the recent emotional turmoil in my life, I felt compelled to share something I wrote for our family Christmas gathering. We have had the most awful, bitter cold weather of late, and on the news we see people enduring terrible snow storms, and struggling to get through it all. Not all the … Continue reading Hope In Winter Storms
Time_Flies_by_janussyndicate "The expression was first recorded in the poem Georgics written by Roman poet Virgil: Sed fugit interea, fugit irreparabile tempus, singula dum capti circumvectamur amore, which means, "But meanwhile it flees: time flees irretrievably, while we wander around, prisoners of our love of detail." -Wikipedia It seems impossible to me that November is nearly … Continue reading Tempus Fugit – Time Flees
Recently in email I received a link to a video that presented a poem by Kate Nowak called, "May You Be Blessed." It's a very nice sentiment expressed in the poem, and her efforts have been re-posted quite often. I couldn't help admiring her idea, but I really felt like it needed a response. Here … Continue reading The Abundance of Life and Love
John's Consciousness 