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The Poet: Linda Pastan, "What We Want"
Mar 17, 2017 08:02:04   #
pafret Loc: Northeast
 
The Poet: Linda Pastan, "What We Want"
Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:53 PM PDT



"What we want
is never simple.
We move among the things
we thought we wanted:
a face, a room, an open book
and these things bear our names-
now they want us.
But what we want appears
in dreams, wearing disguises.
We fall past,
holding out our arms
and in the morning
our arms ache.
We don't remember the dream,
but the dream remembers us.
It is there all day
as an animal is there
under the table,
as the stars are there
even in full sun."

- Linda Pastan

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Mar 17, 2017 09:58:53   #
badbobby Loc: texas
 
pafret wrote:
The Poet: Linda Pastan, "What We Want"
Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:53 PM PDT



"What we want
is never simple.
We move among the things
we thought we wanted:
a face, a room, an open book
and these things bear our names-
now they want us.
But what we want appears
in dreams, wearing disguises.
We fall past,
holding out our arms
and in the morning
our arms ache.
We don't remember the dream,
but the dream remembers us.
It is there all day
as an animal is there
under the table,
as the stars are there
even in full sun."

- Linda Pastan
The Poet: Linda Pastan, "What We Want" b... (show quote)


Stars

alone in the night
on a dark hill
with pines around me spicy and still

and a heaven full of stars
over my head
white and topaz
and misty red

myriads with beating
hearts of fire
that aeons
cannot vex or tire

up the dome of heaven
like a great hill
I watch them marching
stately and still

and i know that I
am honored to be
witness
of so much majesty
(Sara Teasdale)

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Mar 17, 2017 10:13:33   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
On the wings of an angel come fly with me
As the breeze carries us the wind allows us to soar to new heights only we can achieve..

A day of light brings reflection
A day of love sustains us

Want is but a desire to simply be
So simply be...

Me~~

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Mar 17, 2017 10:14:14   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
pafret wrote:
The Poet: Linda Pastan, "What We Want"
Posted: 16 Mar 2017 07:53 PM PDT



"What we want
is never simple.
We move among the things
we thought we wanted:
a face, a room, an open book
and these things bear our names-
now they want us.
But what we want appears
in dreams, wearing disguises.
We fall past,
holding out our arms
and in the morning
our arms ache.
We don't remember the dream,
but the dream remembers us.
It is there all day
as an animal is there
under the table,
as the stars are there
even in full sun."

- Linda Pastan
The Poet: Linda Pastan, "What We Want" b... (show quote)


Wonderful and so very true~~~

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Mar 17, 2017 10:15:46   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
badbobby wrote:
Stars

alone in the night
on a dark hill
with pines around me spicy and still

and a heaven full of stars
over my head
white and topaz
and misty red

myriads with beating
hearts of fire
that aeons
cannot vex or tire

up the dome of heaven
like a great hill
I watch them marching
stately and still

and i know that I
am honored to be
witness
of so much majesty
(Sara Teasdale)


Another beautiful speaking!!

So much the majesty .......

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Mar 17, 2017 11:04:36   #
badbobby Loc: texas
 
lindajoy wrote:
On the wings of an angel come fly with me
As the breeze carries us the wind allows us to soar to new heights only we can achieve..

A day of light brings reflection
A day of love sustains us

Want is but a desire to simply be
So simply be...

Me~~




You my lovely Linda are my fav poet

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Mar 17, 2017 11:14:03   #
lindajoy Loc: right here with you....
 
badbobby wrote:


You my lovely Linda are my fav poet


Thank You my special friend....your poetry speaks your spirit and I love that!!

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