friend playing guitar
Thanking today Peter Watkins for his poem.
Guitar
Fingers like darts,
akin to fireflies,
zipping up and down, creating art,
along the fret board so the tune never dies.
Never stopping, undying,
Through the air, the notes are flying.
Striking out a barre,
slipping into a scale,
plucking the strings, in a swift flurry to blind like a star,
a needle sewing a tapestry that will fail to grow frail.
Never forgotten, undying,
Through your ears, the notes are caressing.
Until the plucking,
becomes part of you,
a song in the back of your mind, soothing your sighing,
coming to surface whenever your troubles come to face you.
Always remaining, undying,
Through your heart, the notes are building…
Until they’re ready to be let free.
Through violence, passion, creativity? It’s not up to me!
Happiness?
I have been nominated by my friend Roy, a fine blogger and photographer, in a challenge to post my three favorite quotes, one each for three consecutive days. I’ve sportively accepted: I’ll post three of the most interesting quotes I remember. Thanks Roy for the nomination!
Omar Khayyam
Today, the third and the last quote is about Happiness by Omar Khayyam (1048–1131).
Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy and music. His significance as a philosopher and teacher, and his few remaining philosophical works, have not received the same attention as his scientific and poetic writings.
With each post I must nominate three bloggers for the challenge.
Today are nominated:
- Julie from Fong Pond Farm. She lives in the countryside in New Zealand (west Auckland), loves gardening and horticulture. She has a lot of awesome nature photos. A beautiful blog, do not miss it
- creakingbones from creakingbones. As he says, he is an old bloke living in rural Australia, who loves Harley Davidson’s motorcycles and Nikon cameras (I think also Leicas). He is an excellent writer and photographer. His good sense of humor is transmitted to his photography, texts and all the blog. Another must ..
- berryduchess from berryduchess. She is a young artist, photographer and blogger based now in Singapore. She has a wonderful blog, full of life everywhere. Visit the blog, but beware! she likes her nails red! 🙂
books
I have been nominated by the friend Roy, a fine blogger and photographer, in a challenge to post my three favorite quotes, one each for three consecutive days. I’ve sportively accepted: I’ll post three of the most interesting quotes I remember. Thanks Roy for the nomination!
And the quote I want to share today is from Confucius:
I would add that: books can help to know…
With each post I must nominate three bloggers for the challenge.
Mine’s for today are:
- Angela Furtado from Shoot ‘N Go. A Brazilian photographer, living in the US since 1983. Now in Los Angeles, California. A seeker of images. Every day, she makes great photo posts.
- Manja Maksimovič from The Mexi Movie, a ripping Slovenian photographer, writer and translator.
Manja knows what’s important in a photograph. - Jane Morley, from VIEW FROM A FRENCH HILLSIDE. She lives in the South West France and she has one of the most wonderful blogs out there, maybe more. The photos are incredible. You’ll love photography seeing Jane’s blog.
books
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