tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814167885275431107.post8158376802698360810..comments2023-06-26T11:01:03.582-02:30Comments on A Blade of Grass: A Path by the Water -- for B.B.C.Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07415555531504843017noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814167885275431107.post-55156219543075437582008-05-30T15:59:00.000-02:302008-05-30T15:59:00.000-02:30I love the shape of the words like waves...and sha...I love the shape of the words like waves...and shanti, do you sing?<BR/>Fred sings sea shanti's has sea history in his family, may have told you this before...<BR/>did you see my request to use your Tsdkaka box photo, may I please?<BR/>(in a piece of art on WWII America's Greatest Generation quilt)Lynn Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094038275377357886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814167885275431107.post-37321544616206652452008-05-01T17:40:00.000-02:302008-05-01T17:40:00.000-02:30It's not like that here often, only during big sto...It's not like that here often, only during big storms.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814167885275431107.post-75056200081062812062008-05-01T17:22:00.000-02:302008-05-01T17:22:00.000-02:30beauuuutiful! in the first place, because it trans...beauuuutiful! <BR/>in the first place, because it transcends the person it is justly dedicated to... and encompasses the whole cosmos... this transcendence is reinforced by the conversion of the image of waves rolling on a physical shore... into the waves rolling on the shores of time... where our experience reaches a cosmic level .... <BR/>and both are modified as simple/lucid... this simplicity is of the kind we get to after a lot of complex an intricate conceptions and misconceptions... <BR/><BR/>the shape is another striking feature... as Honour beautifully described it... a wave... with 'shanti' as its ebb... that peaceful moment of pause...that peace within...<BR/> <BR/>and it is also beautiful because this poem is the poet himself... this is Hopper with his most characteristic feature i've known about him... a beautiful soul ebbing and cresting like a wave... swinging back and forth between acceptance and questioning or rebellion... love and anger... doing and not doing.... to be or not to be....<BR/> <BR/>And when a poet talks about himself... a whole world nod affirmatively...<BR/>since the poet's soul is out of his body extending throughout the cosmos....<BR/><BR/>Really enjoyed 'delving' into these waves...<BR/>namaste!human beinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232419187783429903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814167885275431107.post-10819221059928389682008-05-01T13:54:00.000-02:302008-05-01T13:54:00.000-02:30Lovely, like the ocean.Lovely, like the ocean.Debra Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13455047894767524091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814167885275431107.post-35605000792025558352008-05-01T10:42:00.000-02:302008-05-01T10:42:00.000-02:30the shape of the poem emotes your message ...I lik...the shape of the poem emotes your message ...I like how "shanti" and "cresting" seem to be at the ebb of the wave, not at its crest ....Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370629307564806889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814167885275431107.post-55540070247672114422008-05-01T06:54:00.000-02:302008-05-01T06:54:00.000-02:30ऊँ शान्ति ऊँऊँ शान्ति ऊँAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com