Love! Love! Love! that is the soul of genius.
~Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
Happy Poetry Friday! This time of year, I am very present-centric. I have a homemade gift for my parents that feels impossible to finish, but I am hoping to enlist help (from Ben). I've been thinking about presents, giving thanks, thinking about giving. Which brings us to today's poem by Alberto Ríos. I shared it five years ago, but you don't mind, do you?
When Giving Is All We Have
by Alberto Ríos
One river gives
Its journey to the next.
We give because someone gave to us.
We give because nobody gave to us.
We give because giving has changed us.
We give because giving could have changed us.
We have been better for it,
We have been wounded by it—
Giving has many faces: It is loud and quiet,
Big, though small, diamond in wood-nails.
Its story is old, the plot worn and the pages too,
read the rest here
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Anastasia Suen has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Anastasia!
Tabatha Yeatts: The Opposite of Indifference
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference." ~ Elie Wiesel
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Fools
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
~William Shakespeare
Black Forest Pine Cone Man
photo by bebatut
I was fascinated by this costume, so I looked it up. The translation feature on the page, which is in German, is still in a very BETA stage:
A few other carnival photos by James Steakley:
One last close up, photo by bebatut:
~William Shakespeare
Black Forest Pine Cone Man
photo by bebatut
I was fascinated by this costume, so I looked it up. The translation feature on the page, which is in German, is still in a very BETA stage:
Black Forest pine conesAnother pine cone man photo, this one by James Steakley:
A fool's industry from Freiburg im Breisgau, which was founded in 1955, is a tanned fian cone. The theme was the pine cones, the product of the local conifers, and created a skin with mask that represents this symbol. The pants of the pine cones are made of green felt spots, for which jackets were chosen brown brick-shaped plastic plates, which are intended to represent the individual scales of a pine cone. The wooden masks of the pine cone show a men's face with red cheeks and thick eyebrows. The feet of the fools are in homely stew finches. As a noise tool, the fools wear small cow and goat bells around their necks. The fool singing Black Forest pine cone is a member of the Breisgauer Narrenzuft.
A few other carnival photos by James Steakley:
One last close up, photo by bebatut:
Monday, November 27, 2023
Spellbound
Eivør grew up in Syðrugøta, a tiny village at the top of the [Faroe] island chain, facing the North Atlantic. With a population of around 400, community gatherings were a key part of her early life. People would often get together to share stories and play traditional folk music.
~Rob Hughes
Happy Music Monday!
Chris Hirst:
Eivør:
~Rob Hughes
Happy Music Monday!
Chris Hirst:
Eivør:
Monday, November 20, 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Leonids
The Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle, which are also known for their spectacular meteor storms that occur about every 33 years. The Leonids get their name from the location of their radiant in the constellation Leo: the meteors appear to radiate from that point in the sky.
~Wikipedia
Happy Poetry Friday! From what I hear, the Leonid meteor shower will peak on November 17-18, although it will keep going until the beginning of December. For info about watching, click here.
Depiction of 1833 Leonids
The engraving is by Adolf Vollmy based upon an original painting by the Swiss artist Karl Jauslin, that is in turn based on a first-person account of the 1833 storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner
Meteor Shower
by Clint Smith
I read somewhere that meteor showers
are almost always named after
the constellations from which
they originate. It’s funny, I think,
how even the universe is telling us
that we can never get too far
from the place that created us.
How there is always a streak of our past...
read the rest here
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A lesson plan for Smith's poem from the Moving Writers site.
Live Your Poem has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Irene!
~Wikipedia
Happy Poetry Friday! From what I hear, the Leonid meteor shower will peak on November 17-18, although it will keep going until the beginning of December. For info about watching, click here.
Depiction of 1833 Leonids
The engraving is by Adolf Vollmy based upon an original painting by the Swiss artist Karl Jauslin, that is in turn based on a first-person account of the 1833 storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner
Meteor Shower
by Clint Smith
I read somewhere that meteor showers
are almost always named after
the constellations from which
they originate. It’s funny, I think,
how even the universe is telling us
that we can never get too far
from the place that created us.
How there is always a streak of our past...
read the rest here
****************
A lesson plan for Smith's poem from the Moving Writers site.
Live Your Poem has the Poetry Friday round-up. Thanks, Irene!
Acorns
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and planted it, so deal with your compliments through life. An acorn costs nothing, but it may spread into a prodigious timber.
~William Makepeace Thackeray
In my area, oaks have been dropping acorns abundantly (it's a "mast year"). For Art Thursday, the tiny acorn.
Acorns, Archeological Museum, Italy
photo by Sailko
Trim in pattern of oak leaves and acorns
Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Germany
photo by Carole Raddato
Tree Fruits
by Conny Siemsen
photo by Janericloebe
California Scrub-Jay with acorn
Becky Matsubara
Coat of arms of the Friis of Landvig family
Anders Thiset
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at a park in Wroclaw
Klearchos Kapoutsis
~William Makepeace Thackeray
In my area, oaks have been dropping acorns abundantly (it's a "mast year"). For Art Thursday, the tiny acorn.
Acorns, Archeological Museum, Italy
photo by Sailko
Trim in pattern of oak leaves and acorns
Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Germany
photo by Carole Raddato
Tree Fruits
by Conny Siemsen
photo by Janericloebe
California Scrub-Jay with acorn
Becky Matsubara
Coat of arms of the Friis of Landvig family
Anders Thiset
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at a park in Wroclaw
Klearchos Kapoutsis
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
The Water
Please help me build a small boat
One that'll ride on the flow
Where the river runs deep and the larger fish creep
I'm glad of what keeps me afloat
~The Water
Whoops! I am late for Music Monday. Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling with "The Water":
(I recognized Johnny Flynn from Emma).
One that'll ride on the flow
Where the river runs deep and the larger fish creep
I'm glad of what keeps me afloat
~The Water
Whoops! I am late for Music Monday. Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling with "The Water":
(I recognized Johnny Flynn from Emma).
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