If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?
~ Vincent Van Gogh
~ Image credit: Van Gogh Museum
Tag: Poetry
Let Me Rise Up
When I rise up
let me rise up joyful
like a bird.
When I fall
let me fall without regret
like a leaf.
~ Wendell Berry, from The Mad Farmer Poems
~ Image credit: pen_ash on Pixabay
Kindness Matters
… we should be careful
Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.
~ Philip Larkin, excerpt from The Mower
~ Image credit: Renee Bigelow on Pixabay
And Softness Came …
And softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
~ W.B. Yeats, from The Wanderings of Oisin
~Image credit: Andy Holmes on Unsplash
The Witchery Of Living
Let me ask you this.
Do you also think that beauty exists for some
fabulous reason?
And, if you have not been enchanted by this adventure—
your life—
what would do for you?
Mary Oliver, from To Begin With, The Sweet Grass
~ Image credit: Pixabay on Pexels
Art & Poetry
I don’t know if you’ll understand that one can speak poetry just by arranging colours well, just as one can say comforting things in music.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
~ Painting: Vincent Van Gogh, Van Gogh Museum
Zen
All day
Without a word
Waves crashing
~ Santoka Taneda, Zen Poet
~ Image: Frank McKenna
Curating Quietude 