Archive for the ‘life in poetry’ Category
some flowers bloom in fall
Posted in important life lessons, life in poetry on October 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
scenes from the week’s end
Posted in field trips, life in poetry on May 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
in Swedish, “motiv från helgen”
On weekends, we escape the confines of our apartment by taking short drives and walks. This is actually our version of a romantic getaway.
These are some photographs we took over the weekend. I find them strangely “poetic”.
a bend in the road
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a meadow, hidden
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…and found!
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lovers
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…in the lake of shining waters*
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* The term [...]
a paradox
Posted in life in poetry on December 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
in Swedish, “en paradox”
snow-white winter:
gloomy and (darn) cold
yet…
thrilling, exciting and heart-warming
bright and beautiful
Posted in house & home, important life lessons, life in poetry on August 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
in Swedish, “ljusa och vackra”
For my sister, Cherie, on her birthday
To many of us who are privileged to know her, she is “all things bright and beautiful”.
I could write a whole lot (!!!) of wonderful things about her, but she is terribly shy and self-effacing: “Manang, I don’t want you to write about me in [...]
here comes the rain
Posted in life in poetry on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
in Swedish, “här kommer regnet”
yesterday at around 7:30 in the evening
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The Rainy Day
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the moldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.
My life is cold, [...]
