Often a sweetness comes
as if on loan,
stays just long enough
to make sense of what it means to be alive,
then returns to its dark source.
As for me,
I don’t care
where it’s been,
or what bitter road it’s traveled
to come so far,
to taste so good.
~ Stephen Dunn
Credits: Poem – Thank you The Sensual Starfish. Photo by Andrea Tomas via Journal of Nobody
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A sweetness that comes on loan…how visual. And to think that if one gets to taste it, there’s a piece one can keep, right?
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That’s right. Forever…
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oh. god. this is my life.
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I have to steal this poem now.
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Enjoy!
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From last ten minutes I have been thinking what to write as I just couldn’t find a word to express my feelings. From phenomenal to beautiful to wonderful to amazing to magnificent to I am speechless… Just can’t think of any. Umm I am still reading it.
P.S. You actually made my day: 1. By introducing me to Albert’s letter and, 2. By sharing the above beautiful poem.
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So happy I made your day…:)
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Me too. 🙂
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grab on to it and hold tightly before id disappears once more. does a fine piece of dark chocolate quality?
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It certainly does. Especially chocolate. (And pizza. And ice cream)
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Stephen Dunn is a favorite of mine. His “New and Selected Poems: 1974-1994” is never far from hand. He has such a gift for distilling the essence of a moment. Among my favorites from this collection: “Some Things I Wanted to Say to You,” “Corners,” “Happiness,” and “A Secret Life.” Thx for sharing this passage, DK…..
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Thanks Lori. I need to buy the book. Now.
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And if we are attentive to our lives, we will get to experience it.
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Yes!
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ah, the deliciousness of sweetness when it comes…
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that’s the line Vicki, right there.
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:52 PM, lead.learn.live. wrote:
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