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The Sea in Me    (Síodhna)'s avatar

Oh wow, that dark, that prod, that sense of being ALIVE! What a beautiful, expansive piece. ⚡

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ars poetica's avatar

i come back to that mary oliver line often. usually so i can strike at some flint inside of me and get a little closer to alive. it is electric.

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Holly Starley's avatar

Yes. Expansive was the word I was looking for. Thank you.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

“you are a temporary arrangement of atoms, already on their way somewhere else. you are more tide than stone, more echo than origin.”

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ars poetica's avatar

<3

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Brenda Uekert's avatar

This is so lovely, and exactly what I needed as I flirted with insomnia.

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you. i hope it could ease you into dreams (if not the sleeping kind, then the waking)

“Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.”

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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Grace Drigo's avatar

Don’t think I’ve read anything more evocative or beautiful than this. I am left speechless, only with profound feelings. 🙏❤️

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ars poetica's avatar

oh, thank you. i am so happy it could touch you, even for a moment.

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Deb Farris's avatar

Such exquisite beauty captured here, one precious word at a time. It’s like being caught in a gentle breeze as I read. And reread. Thank you.

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you for being here. i will see you on that breeze. <3

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Jude's avatar

Thank you 🙏❤️

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Marcus Smith's avatar

Excellent and far-ranging thoughts and examples about the meaning of life.

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you very much <3

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Maria Nilad's avatar

the image of your beloved adjusting the water dish for the birds. with a smell like lightning ~ !

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ars poetica's avatar

he is a very special person, and continually a muse.

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Graeme Outerbridge's avatar

Pure magic....many thanks for sharing,just wonderful pictures,smells of perfume and deep insight^^

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you so very much. i am particularly infatuated by pictures of the wind at the moment-- strange how we can never see it, only how it holds things.

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Alix's avatar

damn! planted itself in the perfect spots of my soul and this time I am

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ars poetica's avatar

ah, that makes me happy !

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Gillian ⚢'s avatar

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve read in a long time. Absolutely incredible, I feel so alive after reading. That is a rare feeling for me. Thank you

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ars poetica's avatar

i hardly know what to say. thank you for dropping me a word to let me know. i feel we have shared something, together.

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Weston Parker's avatar

Everyone said it so well, good job.

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you <3

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The Sea in Me    (Síodhna)'s avatar

I think there are some links to this piece by Susan Cain here. How many of the 2 billion beats do we have left with certain people? “No matter how many times you do something, there will come a day when you do it for the last time.”

https://thequietlife.net/p/how-many-moments-do-you-have-left

I’ll miss this. (Line !!)

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ars poetica's avatar

oh wow! unfortunately i cannot access that article, but thank you for reminding me of susan's work. i have loved everything of hers i have come into contact with, i hope you are enjoying your heartbeats today.

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Anne H's avatar

Coming to the midpoint on our fourth decade, both myself and my husband are groping with Big Questions and, particularly, as we come to terms with what every previous generation recognized right around this point in their own lives, beginning to wonder if our drop in the bucket has any bearing on Existence. Whether it needs to. You have coalesced beautifully some of the fragmented musings of my own mind and built them into a structure - and provided 'further study' - that is a balm for my troubled soul.

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ars poetica's avatar

i do think our little drops in the bucket matter far more than what we can comprehend. if we can compose the next bolt of lightning or next horse's tear of a little more love than that which we were given, it must matter. it must. you are very important.

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Anna Bethune's avatar

so gorgeous.

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ars poetica's avatar

thank you. <3

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John Sannaee's avatar

Gorgeous. So full of poetry and life.

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ars poetica's avatar

as is life! thank you.

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