Put out my eyes, and I can see you still;
slam my ears to, and I can hear you yet;
and without any feet can go to you;
and tongueless, I can conjure you at will.
Break off my arms, I shall take hold of you
and grasp you with my heart as with a hand;
arrest my heart, my brain will beat as true;
and if you set this brain of mine afire,
upon my blood I then will carry you.
Even he who loves you and discerns your face
in darkness, when he trembles like a light
you breathe upon,—he cannot own you quite.
And if at night one holds you closely pressed,
locked in his prayer so you cannot stray,
you are the guest who comes,
but not to stay.
God, who can hold you? To yourself alone
belonging, by no owner‘s hand disturbed,
you are like unripened wine that unperturbed
grows ever sweeter and is all its own.
pickWhy, yes, I AM still fan-girling over Alice Oswald; thank you for asking. 😍
1. According to GR, A Charlotte Mason Education by Catherine Levison (104 pp), but I don't completely trust GR page counts.
2. The Lord of the Rings (1,216 pp as one volume). See note on GR page counts above.
3. Meditations of the Heart by Howard Thurman (printed 1953). Epic of Gilgamesh is older (c2100 BCE) but I don't have an original printing (inscription?) of that one.
4. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Oct 2019)
@ljuliel #bookquestion
🎶Love is a bird, she needs to fly
Let all the hurt inside of you die
You're frozen
When your heart's not open🎶
Young Sarah has lost her mom, dad, and only sibling. Now in foster care, her heart and soul are frozen with raw emotion. She has to find a way to love and trust again...
#frozen
#movember
@Cinfhen
pickExcellent! I just devoured this one. So far my favorite of hers, although I loved her witch one as well. ✨
#nfnov #gratefulreads #readinonesitting
#PoetryMatters - Home: I don‘t remember how I found this poem. When you read poetry it comes to you from several different places. Whatever I was doing on the day of this discovery I was in the right place at the right time. It has the weight of an anthem & the urgency of a black & white truth. The poet wrote it while at a deportation center after visiting an abandoned Somali Embassy in Rome that had been turned into a home by some young refugees.
pickThis book of stories is really a collection of poems about unfortunate children in Tim Burton's signature creepy style. A super quick read with cute illustrations to go along with the stories.
