Each violin player is unique though each may play on the same violin. The fact is that quality of the instrument gives its own evidence. Even so each player can make his level of playing count. An indifferent violin player will only make Stradivarius whine where passage calls for singing. But in the hands of [...]
Archive for June 17th, 2008
Simple Pleasures of the Poor
Posted in poetry, tagged cruelty, old age, pecking order, pity on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Cruel Joke
Nothing cheers up folks as Old Ichabod
Who has no fixed abode.
He doesn’t live here or there
But everywhere folks watch out
For a sight of Old Ichabod.
We have care and tear of living
On the edge without satisfaction;
Make us laugh, no matter what.
Sight of you is an unction.
Nothing cheers up folks as Old Ichabod
Who is [...]
Truth of Ourselves
Posted in philosophy, religion,, tagged Truth of experience, truth of nature on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hero was the first stranger whom the barbarians around the Greek mainland had seen and they were struck by his majestic appearance. They begged him to settle down in their midst and he did. The newcomer was curious about the mount whose top was lost in clouds. They pointed out to Mt. Athos and said [...]