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PostPosted: 04/05/09 4:30 pm • # 1 
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And now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still...
For once on the face of the earth
let's not speak in any language;
let's stop for a second,
and not move our arms so much.
Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade doing nothing.
What I want should not be confused
with total inactivity.
(Life is what it is about,
I want no truck with death)
If we were not so singleminded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
Perhaps the earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now I'll count up to twelve,
and you keep quiet, and I will go.
Pablo Neruda


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PostPosted: 04/05/09 8:21 pm • # 2 
Tom, that is lovely. Thanks for posting it. Here's one of my old favourites:

Leisure


What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

- William H Davies


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PostPosted: 04/06/09 4:29 pm • # 3 
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very nice, quiver, and very true



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