light shines down

 

“When you possess light within, you see it externally.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

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the moon hung fat and high

 

“Au clair de la lune prête moi ta plume pour écrire un mot…”

“In the moonlight lend me your pen to write a word…”

 

~ French Folk Song “Au Clair de la Lune” ~

 

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printemps

 

“She turned to the sunlight and shook her yellow head,

and whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.”

 

~ A.A. Milne ~

 

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MAYPOLE

 

“I ought to be jealous of the tower.

She is more famous than I am.”

 

~ Gustave Eiffel ~

 

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LAST FEW BREATHS

 

“When a man dies, his secrets bond like crystals, like frost on a window.

His last breath obscures the glass.” 

 

~ Anne Michaels ~

 

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WHEN TIMES WERE TIMES

“Time is the longest distance between two places.”

~ Tennessee Williams ~

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THE MOON HUNG FAT AND HIGH

 

“Au clair de la lune prête moi ta plume pour écrire un mot…”

“In the moonlight lend me your pen to write a word…”

 

~ French Folk Song “Au Clair de la Lune” ~

 

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LET US BE LOVERS TOGETHER

 

“Now you are a broken seal,

a scarlet stain upon the earth.”

 

~ Sappho ~

 

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THERE WAS ALWAYS THE LEARNING

 

“Man…is above all the plaything of his memory.”

 

~ Andre Breton ~

 

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HIDDEN

 

“There are fewer ways of making love than they say,

and more than one believes.”

 

~ Renee Vivien ~

 

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THE OBSERVER

 

“I am Raven.

I am black as liquid night with wings

and my eyes are stars to see by.”

 

~ Sophia Rose ~

 

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A DAY SPENT SITTING IN THE SUN

 

“Silence is of the gods; only monkeys chatter.”

 

~ Buster Keaton ~

 

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MOLLIG

 

“There are flowers everywhere,

for those who bother to look.”

 

~ Henri Matisse ~

 

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WHEN THE MOON HUNG FAT AND HIGH

 

“The night walked down the sky

with the moon in her hand.”

 

~ Frederic Lawrence Knowles ~

 

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MOONLIGHT LOVERS

 

“Late in evening I’ll sing in your dreaming.”

 

~ Tim Buckley ~

 

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LA FLAMME

 

“May I write words

more naked than flesh,

stronger than bone,

more resilient than sinew,

sensitive than nerve.”

 

~ Sappho ~

 

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WRAPPED IN RIBBONS

 

“Beautiful memories tell our story,

and wrap themselves in ribbons of the heart.”

 

~ Flavia Cacace ~

 

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DUSTY ANCIENT YELLOW ROSES

 

“Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.”

 

~ Edmund Spenser ~

 

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LIGHT SHINES DOWN

 

“When you possess light within, you see it externally.”

 

~ Anaïs Nin ~

 

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POURQUOI PAS

 

“…and six months later when the

house of cards came crashing down,

he was wondering, why?”

 

~ Anonymous ~

 

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