2024 Graphic Novels
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The River and the Sea
"The river is within us, the sea is all about us . . ."
— T S Eliot (Four Quartets)
How does the river run within the sea?
Like the coyote, bounding deer-like
in the soy bean field last evening,
and behind him the honeyed sun
a young girl’s hair, cascading among
the trees. He distanced gradually
from the road we cycled, his body
now disappearing beneath
the shrubby, wavy green, now
reappearing in the bob and bounce
of a cork retreating from shore. Like
a dream. Like a secret stone that leaps
as the sun sets, an opal, a tiger’s eye,
to the horizon, until he and the sun are one.
~ruth mowry~
Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
~President Dwight David Eisenhower
~Charles Baudelaire~
21 comments:
You always do such a great job with your pictures, and nearly always bring a tear to my eye. What a loving tribute.
heading there now!
sorry, you're being spammed too
my word is: pasedg
Sandy, you're so sweet. You wouldn't believe the trouble I had getting that shot just right without my reflection in the picture frame glass.
My niece told me to keep posting these because it's clearing up her sinuses...just call me Dr. Susan. :)
Char, tell me that's NOT a coincidence! pasedg, that is!
I checked it out. Beautiful!
I saw you were the host for this week.....Tresaures~ Still thinking on this one......
My word~ghtforst
I did this and linked to you on the other site. I was very touched by this and how these things are our sacred treasures.
I love old hankies. I still have a bundle of them from my mom.
You picture captures their delicacy.
My grandmothers were never without theirs ...
Sigh ...
Brings back little treasured moments ...
Thanks, Susan
Good one! I have to put on my thinking cap for this one.
I love vintage hankies and actually do carry one in my purse when my purse is too small for a cotton bandana. Great for wiping my glasses or camera lens.
Wonderful theme, Susan!
Bella, thank you for looking. Nothing like a little shameless huckstering, eh? :)
Cora, I'm pretty sure you of all people will not have a problem coming up with a photo for my challenge! Get to lookin', girlfriend! :)
gemma, thank you for linking me. You are very sweet. :)
CG, thank you, sweet friend. The past is always with us and thank goodness for that. I love to take Mom's things out occasionally and just feel them. It almost feels as if she is there with me.
Thank you, dutchbaby. I'll bet you have lots of treasures from all your travels. I would have trouble finding a place to put all of them, if I had traveled as extensively as you have.
How lovely, Susan. I have Mother's beautiful crocheted doilies and tablecloths and I do wish I'd kept her hankies! She used to tuck a hanky up the sleeve of my dress for me.
Another beautiful post.
Thank you, Alaine, you are always so kind to me.
Someone else must have gotten my mom's doilies. I did get some of her tea towels though.
So sorry Suzie that I just couldn't get my act together to do this...:(
xo
Not to worry, O...you were in a far better place. ;)
My darling Susan, let me tell you the exact moment I began to cry (so you can be sure you hit your mark):
The few I have left are threadbare and worn.
Exquisite.
Oh, Vanessa, I'm sorry I made you cry, but I hope they were tears of love and memories. You are such a sweetheart. XOXO
Susan, don't be sorry! Tears are good in poetry.
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