Reminiscence

Do you ever get caught up in the past?
From when you were a little kid...
And wish that you could go back, to the freedom, and laughter,
and playing games using your imagination and basically nothing more.
Of course not all times were fun, but the fun happy memories are the ones that you try to remember.
I have many times like that where I reminiscence back to the past, I sort of wish that I could go back.
But then again I still have so much future ahead of me, so much to look forward to.
I just wonder, what if you could go back, what would it be like?
But never matter, I should just look to the present, and future....
Still plenty ahead, I wonder what will happen tomorrow?

New Poetry

Here is several new things of poetry.
I had to write them for school.
Tell me what you think.
___________________they are all using metaphors__________


5-20-08

The Moon

The moon is a shining face,
It looks on us from above.

Watching us with poise and grace
It does its nightly guard;

Giving light to all-
It makes up stories
About us all down here,
Fairy-tales, if you will, and tells them to the stars.

It is a shining face,
That laughs at everything
We do-
And thinks us so strange
For living on a planet
That is so very green and blue.
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this next one is a Metaphors about people type of poem.
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5-20-08


I am a bird,
My song whistles through the air,
Like a leaf I rustle in the wind.
Young and not yet old,
I am a clay pot,
Created blue
Like the sky,
Free and Caring-
I am hope fluttering through.
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this one is from todays assignment 5-21-08
It is from metaphors about thoughts and emotions.
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Wave

In my dreams I am a wave,
Rolling, and tossed about the sea.
Flying through the air I take the shape of
A bird and beat my wings-
My bright blue and silver feathers shine
Above the sea.

But as I dive down,
And my fair form hits the waves-
Into them I return.

I am tossed to and fro,
As a lonely wave,
For I have no friends to comfort me
On this long and tiresome journey.

And as I am tossed I hit a bank of seaweed,
Out of it I emerge an otter,
With bright blue and silver fur.
I spend my days napping, and diving for food
Among the reeds,
And with my new found friends.

As I swim among the reeds one day,
I am caught up in an angry wave,
A large and engulfing wave,
One such one that I used to be.
And it drives me back out to sea.

And once again I am tossed,
Along the lonely verge I cross-
Into darkness and never ending void.

I am still that dream,
Changed only in form-
For once again I am given new life.

The wave drives me into a cave,
And I am dashed against the sides.
My fur is torn from my hide.

Out of the cave I emerge-
A mermaid,
Fair and blue,
With hair the color of the tropical sea.
And now I swim, constant in form-
Never forgetting my past in which I was a
Wave!

Tag! You're It

Hello!! I have been tagged by Auberne' Ancalimon
for 6 random things about me.
The Rules
Tagging Rules:
a. Link to the person who tagged you.
b. Post the rules on your blog.
c. Write six random things about yourself.
d. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
e. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment at their
blog.
f. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.
OK then, lets get cracking!
1)I carry coupons in my wallet
2)I was born in a foreign country, Australia!!
3)I think that artificial sweeteners are one of the nastiest things
4)I put ketchup on my ketchup!!But don't whack me on the head, I am trying to cut back.
5)I have done cruel things to insects..ex: Pull limb from limb on a grasshopper.
6)The first 7 years of my life only one year was spent in the USA

Well I can't think of six people. I can only think of 3, so here they are:

Dark Ravyn

Gen aka iambeezits

Liset

That is it... :)

Verse Of The Day

May 12th, 2008
Sorry again, today is today, and this will be published kinda late, I try to have it usually publish at like 3 AM so that it will be up all day, but this one is late.

Verses

Numbers 22:21-41

Balaam's Donkey

21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. 22 But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat her to get her back on the road.

24 Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path between two vineyards, with walls on both sides. 25 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against it. So he beat her again.

26 Then the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat her with his staff. 28 Then the LORD opened the donkey's mouth, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?"

29 Balaam answered the donkey, "You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now."

30 The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?"
"No," he said.

31 Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.

32 The angel of the LORD asked him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me. [a] 33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared her."

34 Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back."

35 The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite town on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory. 37 Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why didn't you come to me? Am I really not able to reward you?"

38 "Well, I have come to you now," Balaam replied. "But can I say just anything? I must speak only what God puts in my mouth."

39 Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth. 40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and gave some to Balaam and the princes who were with him. 41 The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, and from there he saw part of the people.

Part of me laughs when I read this... Not at Balaam beating his donkey, but at the donkey herself. This passage is one of so so many that shows what God can do. Imagine this: -Depending on what kind of pet you have, dog, cat, etc.- you are going about your day and your dog is loyally following you around and all of the sudden says to you: "why are you such an idiot", of course you have to think before that to something that you might have done, like ignoring your dog or something, anything. Would you just start speaking back to your dog, or would you be totally taken aback?
I would probably be the latter. One of the main things that stands out to me is that when confronted Balaam corrects himself and does exactly what God asked him to.

Poetry
The Raven
By Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
`'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door -
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; -
This it is, and nothing more,'

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
`Sir,' said I, `or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you' - here I opened wide the door; -
Darkness there, and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, `Lenore!'
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, `Lenore!'
Merely this and nothing more.

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
`Surely,' said I, `surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore -
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; -
'Tis the wind and nothing more!'

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
`Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, `art sure no craven.
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore -
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning - little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door -
Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as `Nevermore.'

But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only,
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.'

Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
`Doubtless,' said I, `what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore -
Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore
Of "Never-nevermore."'

But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking `Nevermore.'

This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
`Wretch,' I cried, `thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he has sent thee
Respite - respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'

`Prophet!' said I, `thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! -
Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted -
On this home by horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore -
Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'

`Prophet!' said I, `thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore -
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels named Lenore -
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels named Lenore?'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'

`Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked upstarting -
`Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!'
Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'

And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted - nevermore!


Yes I know it is Edgar Allan Poe, again. But I thought that this one was interesting.
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
By William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Double poetry for today YAY.. Thought that I would put something to lighten up the mood a bit.

~Quote Corner~

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." ~ William Wordsworth

"I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more." ~ William Wordsworth

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Till next time,
Imagination

Verse Of The Day

May 11, 2008

I know that I am kinda late with this one, today being almost over and all.
But I am still doing it.
BTW
Happy Mother's Day!!! To all the mother's out there.

Verse
I thought about doing a special one today being Mother's Day and all, but no time so here goes the next book of the Bible:
Leviticus 26:1-13
Reward for Obedience
1 " 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God.

2 " 'Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

3 " 'If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit. 5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.

6 " 'I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove savage beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you. 8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

9 " 'I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you. 10 You will still be eating last year's harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new. 11 I will put my dwelling place [a] among you, and I will not abhor you. 12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.


This section is interesting seeing all that the Israelites started with: wealth, blessing after blessing from God, their enemies being pursued by them- and them being short so many compared to their enemies; in a realistically played out battle, that would usually never happen, those with the numbers would overpower the smaller and win, not being in bondage under Egypt, and so much more that isn't even mentioned.
Did they thank God, yes of course they did, but think about how often it mentions them complaining to Moses- in a sense God-, when yes maybe they didn't really have any food, or maybe they were thirsty and needed fresh water to drink?
So, if they wouldn't have complained, and would've just prayed, and thanked God that they were still alive, he would've given them what they needed, all they had to do was ask basically.
Don't you think that they would've learned that by now. Sorry I'm kinda going down a Rabbit trail mentioning stuff from previous chapters.
But, how often do we just genuinely thank Him and trust that He will provide us with everything? Speaking for myself, I do thank Him, but not as much as I should, and yes I trust that He will provide what I need, but not in His time, in my time, I want it now.
Another thing that is interesting about this is that the next section of the chapter is titled Punishment For Disobedience ,
so God doesn't just tell them all the happy, fun loving stuff, and then move on.
No He nails them with all that will happen and go badly if they don't follow Him and obey. Here is a sample: verse 21 "If you remain hostile towards me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve..
I haven't read all of it but, do you think that the Israelites really paid attention to all of what God is telling them now, or did they just take the prosperity and safety for granted?

Poetry
Todays poetry is by: Auberne' Ancalimon

Fall

Cast away like a damp old rag,
the summer is gone, leaving the fall to come.
With it's brittle leaves and darken sky,
I will sit by my fire, sipping my tea.
And reading a book of sunny day's gone.


Thanks Auberne' its awesome!!

Quotes of the Day
Todays quotes have also been contributed by Auberne' Thanks again!!

"Every blade of grass has it's angel that bends over it and whispers, Grow, Grow." --- Talmud

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." --- Albert Einstein


That is it for today, thanks again, enjoy and Happy Mother's Day, again!!
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Till next time,
Imagination

Verse of The Day

May 10th, Saturday


Verse

Exodus 3-4:17
Moses and the Burning Bush

1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up."

4 When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!"
And Moses said, "Here I am."

5 "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." 6 Then he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

7 The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt."

11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"

12 And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you [a] will worship God on this mountain."

13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"

14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am . [b] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.' "

15 God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, [c] the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.

16 "Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—appeared to me and said: I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt. 17 And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'

18 "The elders of Israel will listen to you. Then you and the elders are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Let us take a three-day journey into the desert to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God.' 19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. 20 So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.

21 "And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed. 22 Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians."
Signs for Moses
1 Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The LORD did not appear to you'?"

2 Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?"
"A staff," he replied.

3 The LORD said, "Throw it on the ground."
Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. 4 Then the LORD said to him, "Reach out your hand and take it by the tail." So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. 5 "This," said the LORD, "is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you."

6 Then the LORD said, "Put your hand inside your cloak." So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was leprous, [a] like snow.

7 "Now put it back into your cloak," he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.

8 Then the LORD said, "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first miraculous sign, they may believe the second. 9 But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground."

10 Moses said to the LORD, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."

11 The LORD said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD ? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say."

13 But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it."

14 Then the LORD's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and his heart will be glad when he sees you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. 17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it."



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That is a long group of verses I know, a whole chapter, and part of another.
But it was good. One of the main things that stands out to me
is that God repeatedly reassures and shows miraculous signs to Moses.
But yet through it all Moses continually says why me?, and makes up more and more
excuses.
God paved his way and would have made it possible if Moses, would've just said yes ok
I'll do whatever you want me to.
But then when I think of that, how much like Moses am I in everyday life?
With my parents how am I like that, not just with God?
When they ask me to do a chore or something that is completely not Exciting,
do I just jump up ecstatically, at a challenge or hard task or even just a chore, to
do whatever it was,NO! Not usually.


Poetry

The Bells
By:Edgar Allan Poe

I
Hear the sledges with the bells-
Silver bells!
What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
In the icy air of night!
While the stars, that oversprinkle
All the heavens, seem to twinkle
With a crystalline delight;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells-
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

II
Hear the mellow wedding bells,
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!
Through the balmy air of night
How they ring out their delight!
From the molten golden-notes,
And all in tune,
What a liquid ditty floats
To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats
On the moon!
Oh, from out the sounding cells,
What a gush of euphony voluminously wells!
How it swells!
How it dwells
On the future!how it tells
Of the rapture that impels
To the swinging and the ringing
Of the bells, bells, bells,
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells
Bells, bells, bells-
To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!

III
Hear the loud alarum bells!
Brazen bells!
What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!
Too much horrified to speak,
They can only shriek, shriek,
Out of tune,
In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the of the fire,
In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire
Leaping higher, higher, higher,
With a desperate desire,
And a resolute endeavor
Now-now to sit or never,
By the side of the pale-faced moon.
Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells
Of Despair!
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Yet the ear it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the clanging,
How the danger ebbs and flows;
Yet the ear distinctly tells,
In the jangling,
And the wrangling,
How the danger sinks and swells,
By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells-
Of the bells-
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells-
In the clamor and the clangor of the bells!

IV
Hear the tolling of the bells-
Iron bells!
What a world of solemn thought their monody compels!
In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy menace of their tone!
For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.
And the people-ah, the people-
They that dwell up in the steeple,
All alone,
And who tolling, tolling, tolling,
In that muffled monotone,
Feel a glory in so rolling
On the human heart a stone-
They are neither man nor woman-
They are neither brute nor human-
They are Ghouls:
And their king it is who tolls;
And he rolls, rolls, rolls,
Rolls
A paean from the bells!
And his merry bosom swells
With the paean of the bells!
And he dances and he yells;
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the paean of the bells-
Of the bells:
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the throbbing of the bells-
Of the bells, bells, bells-
To the sobbing of the bells;
Keeping time, time, time,
As he knells, knells, knells,
In a happy Runic rhyme,
To the rolling of the bells-
Of the bells, bells, bells-
To the tolling of the bells,
Of the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells-
To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.


~Quote Corner~




this time its a double bonus two quotes for the day!!


* We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

* If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
Thomas Edison

Verse of the Day

This is something that I have been wanting to do, but have not had the time. But when I discovered that you could write a post and then set the publish date and time, for another day and another time, I said yes I can finally do this. Because I don't get on the computer everyday, or when I do I may not have enough time to take time to write a post unless it is during lunch so without further adieu I will explain what this post series will contain.
This so-called "post series" that I am going to do will be a scripture verse a day, something that I got from that verse, maybe a quote from a famous person, maybe even a short poem- by others, once in awhile by me. Then the comments will be left open for you of course... To say whatever your little heart desires about what the post contained, but you already know that so.... Good Night and Good Luck.

Verse: Genesis 12:1-7 NIV
The Call of Abram

1 The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's
household and go to the land I will show you.
2 "I will make you into a great nation
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."

4 So Abram left, as the Lord had told him;
and lot went with him. Abram was seventy-
five years old when he set out from Haran.
5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated
and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they
arrived there.
6 Abram traveled through the land as far as
the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem.
At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
7 The Lord appeared to Abram and said
"To your offspring I will give this land."
So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.


Comment:
What catches me most about this passage was when God asked Abram to leave his home, where he had grown up, the only place he had known his whole life so far. And Abram did without arguing or asking why me God?, or staying at home for awhile longer and than finally going. He said YES! and packed up right away, and left.
Another point is when The Lord appears to Abram and says that he is going to give "this land" to his offspring.
Abram did not sit around asking why, but rather he praises God right away.
Yes, we would praise too, but how many of you think that you would sit around awhile thinking about that,
asking ridiculous questions, and then upon finding the answer praise Him? (and btw you don't have to answer that)
Another thing, how many of us would do what Abram did when God asked him to leave the only place he knew.
Imagine yourself in that situation, would you just pack up with no questions asked and leave right away?
Knowing myself I would probably sadly have to say no, I would probably ask a few questions if not lots and then pack up and go.



Quote of the Day:

"If you would not be forgotten
As soon as you are dead and rotten,
Either write things worthy reading,
Or do things worth the writing."
Benjamin Franklin


Poetry/Prose:
Since I have none from you yet, I shall do a new one, by: myself...

The Simplicities
surround me,
Little birds swift this way and that,
And their song fills the outer air,
Adding to the music already made
By a voice.

There is a lone flower,
And orange, but read beauty
Growing in a planter box.
A bee flies landing on an upward purple
Flower, spreading and collection pollen.

A lone little bird perches on a little branch
Imagining that it is the king or queen
Of a giant tree,
Way up in the sky.

The birds fly from the plant's small but
sustainable refuge, to the roof of a building.
A meeting place I suspect, they spread out
All over the air,
To one place than the next.
To a tall fern like plant they fly wafting and fluttering
All over,
Painting a simple, yet complicated work of art.
The simplicities catch my eye-
And fill my senses,
Capturing my whole being...


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Till next time...
Imagination :)

Calling all poets!! And Those that are eloquent with speech, that love to Quote!!

"Calling all poets to the stage!!" Calling all poets.
I am starting a mini series of posts and I would love to have the readers of this blog submit poetry
for it . It can be something that you have written, or just a poem by someone that you really like.
I will have this so called "series" of posts once everyday, hopefully.
If you would like to I am also going to put a quote.
So if you would so wish to participate, I would be very glad and joyous.

Here is my explanation of what this post series is going to contain: a verse of prose or poetry, a quote of the day (by some dead person or you), and some scripture verses and something that I took from them.
I have been wanting to do this for a long time.
How do I do this submit thingy?
Well here's how:
If you (are a friend and) know my email, then you can submit it that way, with the subject being- verse, poetry/prose, and quote of the day for your blog-, or if you don't then you can submit it as a comment to this post( even if you do know my email you can still submit it as a comment to this post). I will give you credit of course, you can give your name if you want, or I will just use your username from your blog, if you are one to send me an email then please specify which you would prefer, and please if it is poetry or prose include a title-if you have one-.
Any questions just ask. :)
Thanks,
Looking forward to comments.

Can You Guess This Plant?

Ok here is a plant that we have in our small side yard garden, I have been watching it grow full of excitement. There are 5 other plants of this same type in the garden...But this just happens to be the biggest....
I am going to put some pictures as clues, maybe some riddle things too..Although I am not very good at those.







If you haven't already guessed.... Which who knows, some of you will probably be familiar with it and others not... But since I am not so great with riddles, this should be pretty easy.

I start from something edible,
I grow eyes,
You cut me up and then plant me in the soil,
I have a bush like shape,
I yield produce that is neither fruit nor that which cometh from the vine,
Flowers sprout on my beautiful green, I then shrivel up and go brown,
After which you harvest what I have yielded you.
What am I?