Poetic words leap off the page given the poetic going-graces of Rev. Hopkins. Hopkins would eschew what follows Dr. Ruth today. What matters is love and light:
Perhaps the most potent piece of poetry ever written in English
GK....Staying well is not so covidly- and bugs-easy these days, whether you're singing or telling those fine stories of yours.
Voice pellets fly everywhere in a session, especially in those fine songs. Yet, some things are worth the exchange of one's tongue and ears, or what's a heaven for.....TK
GO FIND THE POEM "WHEN A KINGFISHER CATCHES FIRE": IT is a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins. The poem explores the idea of natural things expressing their inherent nature or "inscape". It uses vivid imagery of a kingfisher catching fire (appearing to be on fire in sunlight due to its bright plumage) and dragonflies leaving a trail of flame to illustrate how everything in nature acts in accordance with its own being. The poem also touches on the idea of humans expressing their true selves, with the line "What I do is me: for that I came". AND THAT IS WHY WE CAME...LEAVING OUR UNIQUE TRAILS OF FLAME....
Why don't I see the poem anymore? I don't want to click; I want to see it in the email.
Agreed - I wonder why too 🤔
See it above and hold on.....
What’s happened to the audio that was attached to the daily email? It was a soothing way to start the day. I miss it.
Same question. Where's the poem? I always look forward to it.
The richness of such variety in this work sets it apart from everything else there is to read.
Why am I getting an entry from 2016?
I don't want to have to click yet again to get the poem. Have unsubscribed.
Thanks for the Tienamin Square reminder.
Loved the bio of "Dr Ruth" whom my daughter listened to as a teenager in NH
Largely a waste of time better spent...
Poetic words leap off the page given the poetic going-graces of Rev. Hopkins. Hopkins would eschew what follows Dr. Ruth today. What matters is love and light:
Perhaps the most potent piece of poetry ever written in English
As Kingfishers Catch Fire
BY GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
"As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;
As tumbled over rim in roundy wells
Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's
Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;
Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:
Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;
Selves — goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,
Crying Whát I dó is me: for that I came.
I say móre: the just man justices;
Keeps grace: thát keeps all his goings graces;
Acts in God's eye what in God's eye he is —
Chríst — for Christ plays in ten thousand places,
Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his
To the Father through the features of men's faces."
And there we be.....
GK....Staying well is not so covidly- and bugs-easy these days, whether you're singing or telling those fine stories of yours.
Voice pellets fly everywhere in a session, especially in those fine songs. Yet, some things are worth the exchange of one's tongue and ears, or what's a heaven for.....TK
GO FIND THE POEM "WHEN A KINGFISHER CATCHES FIRE": IT is a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins. The poem explores the idea of natural things expressing their inherent nature or "inscape". It uses vivid imagery of a kingfisher catching fire (appearing to be on fire in sunlight due to its bright plumage) and dragonflies leaving a trail of flame to illustrate how everything in nature acts in accordance with its own being. The poem also touches on the idea of humans expressing their true selves, with the line "What I do is me: for that I came". AND THAT IS WHY WE CAME...LEAVING OUR UNIQUE TRAILS OF FLAME....