Baby Come Back!

i appreciate persistence. here is one of my poems. i tried to translate it according to my not-so-humble abilities. :wink:

Between stations

Everything wears out, kisses after kisses
One like the other moment passes and just misses
Like a whirlwind the sounds cast me unto the scene
A cavalcade of colors into the water they bleed
Fate, vision, or dream, it is all the same
The smell of nameless lanterns are masks of the shame
Without a mask, only one reality shines
It is the ever-present, beautifying delight
But.
Word follows word
Morning the afternoon
Death is blackmailed by life, I won’t word my pray
It returns to it’s source, the sightless drinks from the fray
He searches for himself among the objects, crying
What he finds inside: all the letters are dying
He seeks refuge in the face of captives, he works anxiously, sweating drops of effort
He doesn’t live his life, he doesn’t even notice, he puts his divinity into the cupboard
Even tears of willow trees won’t soothe his pain,
Neatly plucked flowers decorate his grave.
The inscription on it, is more than just funny:
“You have to move on, into the hole, after the bunny.”

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Me, too, RR! Missed that she was on the vid chat. Miss her input VERY much (of course, yours as well).

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WELCOME BACK BABY! (1)
Stay loved.

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Thank you for dropping in and for sharing your poignant poem, which evokes stark sadness about human existence (to my mind, a collective existence that is simply brought about by humanity’s values that tend to prize conveniences over basic morality).

We send thoughts of “The Four Viharas” (Love, Compassion, Joy, and Peace) in your direction, to bless you and your family, and to give you all strength, as we all try our best to navigate, and support one another, through this temporary dark and bumpy journey.

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Good word. . . Plus, keep the b.s. spray handy.

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Hey! You know, I am poetically challenged, much to chagrin of my Master’s advisor, who wrote and published poetry. Nevertheless, I think I may know what you are meaning and it isn’t about you. Am I close?

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u r hot with 20 dwarves.

well, that is a picture… :rofl:

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I told you no-one likes Tom Bombadil, but you had to keep tossing flowers around :slight_smile:

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nature has an ability to show itself, without masks
plenty of times, it is uncomfortable. i can live with that
‘do u have a cap? now, here is a fistful…’

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Shall we . . .?

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Painting for Giza Friends

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Did you paint this, Alicia? It is beautiful on this phone, but now I need to open it on a bigger screen for a bigger look!

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Yes, nperpetuity, I did!
Good to see you here at our new Cafe!:candle:

Thank you! I’m fading fast for the evening but will have a good look on a bigger screen tomorrow

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Thank you for sharing your creation with us.

This is a very complex piece, and it seems that however I gaze, I see different kinds of faces peering out, blended in with the landscape and energy systems and aspects of nature. When we move away from the screen, we see even more.
One could stare for hours at this and still not see everything there is to see!

John thinks he even sees some kind of fusion of Eastern art forms with Western art forms!

Thank you so much for sharing your own unique window into our shared world.

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:coffee::coffee: Hi beautifuls . . . Good to see you at Cafe. May I have your elaboration on the instruments in the video above? What sort of creature is a bandoneón? Is it mostly for dance parties?:man_dancing::dancer:

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Alicia, you are fun!

I feel embarrassed (as an amateur accordionist), as I didn’t catch what looks like bellows, despite that there was some “feeling” that something was “familiar” emanating from the image, and who knows what else I missed in your intriguing collage. How very interesting, all the stuff you folded in there, just from conversations!

I remember reading, in the past, here and there, that bandoneons may have been used in the late 1800’s in churches that couldn’t afford organs – but I have a little difficulty imagining what that would have sounded like, as the early ones seem to have been bisonoric (different notes on the push and pull), like concertinas, which would have made them difficult to play. I suppose if simple melodies were played, with basic chording, maybe…

We love Peter Soave’s musical artistry. There are not many Youtube videos of him, as he doesn’t like himself filmed (preferring that people go the live performances to support musicians in their artistry). We have seen him live with orchestras, and his sensitive interpretations of all kinds of music from classical to jazz to blues to tango have brought tears to us. Here he performs on a modern unisonoric bandoneon (same note on the push and pull). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCN879k5OI&t=36s

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:tea: :tea: You two are fun! Thank you so much for this lovely Peter Soave piece for our Cafe. I had a lot of stress today from plumbing, electrical, alarm systems, and the World situation. I just got home from class to be greeted by Soave’s calming beauty :musical_note: with the Belgrade Philharmonic. I feel tender and myself again! Thank you, as well, for sharing about bandoneons. Does unisonoric then mean when I push I get the same note in the same octave as when I pull???
I shall pour special teas for you, whenever you arrive here next. :candle: :candle:

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you are such a twinkling fairie
another poem of mine came into sight. tried to translate it as i could.
this came from a big stop, from a chance to think and ‘rebrand’. does not have a title:

sometimes you have to stop
and take a look backwards
on the road that led here
on what to move forwards

it is called station
by the old vagabonds
where one may rest
and whereby we may talk

findings might be summarized
between each other
a place to give thanks
without the sighs to be smothered

admitting mistakes
see the person itself
to publish the heart
that noone ever dared

and when the night falls
the past reappears
children’s laughs arise
the moon brightly smiles

the tale continues
you have to put an end
delight hides afresh
won’t have to wait again

and what seemed dull
like a world of beauty shines
the colours are filled
the frosts are on fires

all that can be said
is just a couple of words
the sky will be my grave
just watch the flying birds

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