The Poet: Thomas Centolella, "Splendor"
Jun 1, 2017 13:50:18 #
The Poet: Thomas Centolella, "Splendor"
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"Splendor"
"One day it's the clouds,
one day the mountains.
One day the latest bloom of roses-
the pure monochromes, the dazzling hybrids-
inspiration for the cathedral's round windows.
Every now and then there's the splendor of thought:
the singular idea and its brilliant retinue-
words, cadence, point of view,
little gold arrows flitting between the lines.
And too the splendor of no thought at all:
hands lying calmly in the lap,
or swinging a six iron with effortless tempo.
More often than not splendor is the star we orbit
without a second thought,
especially as it arrives and departs.
One day it's the blue glassy bay,
one day the night and its array of jewels,
visible and invisible.
Sometimes it's the warm clarity
of a face that finds your face
and doesn't turn away.
Sometimes a kindness, unexpected,
that will radiate farther than you might imagine.
One day it's the entire day itself,
each hour foregoing its number and name,
its cumbersome clothes,
a day that says come as you are,
large enough for fear and doubt,
with room to spare: the most secret
wish, the deepest, the darkest,
turned inside out."
- Thomas Centolella
"Life is a grindstone.
Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us."
- L. Thomas Holdcraft
"We're fools whether we dance or not,
so we might as well dance."
- Japanese Proverb
"Be happy. Decide to be happy. If you want to be happy, be happy! No one cares if you're happy or not, so why wait for permission? And did it really matter if you had been deeply unhappy in your past? Who but you remembered that?"
- Amity Gaige
"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy.
The amount of work is the same."
- Carlos Castaneda
"We never know when our last day on earth will be. So, love with full sincerity, believe with true faith, and hope with all of your might. Better to have lived in t***h and discovered life, than to have lived half heartedly and died long before you ever ceased breathing."
- Cristina Marrero
"Why do human beings have the peculiar impression that belief is the same as t***h?"
"Because sometimes the t***h hurts. Sometimes we need to believe in a better t***h."
"What better t***h can there be than t***h?"
- Gene Brewer
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"Splendor"
"One day it's the clouds,
one day the mountains.
One day the latest bloom of roses-
the pure monochromes, the dazzling hybrids-
inspiration for the cathedral's round windows.
Every now and then there's the splendor of thought:
the singular idea and its brilliant retinue-
words, cadence, point of view,
little gold arrows flitting between the lines.
And too the splendor of no thought at all:
hands lying calmly in the lap,
or swinging a six iron with effortless tempo.
More often than not splendor is the star we orbit
without a second thought,
especially as it arrives and departs.
One day it's the blue glassy bay,
one day the night and its array of jewels,
visible and invisible.
Sometimes it's the warm clarity
of a face that finds your face
and doesn't turn away.
Sometimes a kindness, unexpected,
that will radiate farther than you might imagine.
One day it's the entire day itself,
each hour foregoing its number and name,
its cumbersome clothes,
a day that says come as you are,
large enough for fear and doubt,
with room to spare: the most secret
wish, the deepest, the darkest,
turned inside out."
- Thomas Centolella
"Life is a grindstone.
Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us."
- L. Thomas Holdcraft
"We're fools whether we dance or not,
so we might as well dance."
- Japanese Proverb
"Be happy. Decide to be happy. If you want to be happy, be happy! No one cares if you're happy or not, so why wait for permission? And did it really matter if you had been deeply unhappy in your past? Who but you remembered that?"
- Amity Gaige
"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy.
The amount of work is the same."
- Carlos Castaneda
"We never know when our last day on earth will be. So, love with full sincerity, believe with true faith, and hope with all of your might. Better to have lived in t***h and discovered life, than to have lived half heartedly and died long before you ever ceased breathing."
- Cristina Marrero
"Why do human beings have the peculiar impression that belief is the same as t***h?"
"Because sometimes the t***h hurts. Sometimes we need to believe in a better t***h."
"What better t***h can there be than t***h?"
- Gene Brewer
Jun 1, 2017 14:19:31 #
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