Last Night As I Was Sleeping by Antonio Machado Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous illusion!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to me, water of a new life that I have never drunk? Last night as I was…
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Eve Says Let’s Give it a Try
Greetings from Washington DC, Today we have the Moon in early degrees of Scorpio. Over the next approximately 8 hours, the Moon applies a square to its ruler Mars in Leo, then about 3 hours after that, Moon applies a trine to Neptune in Pisces. The Moon is in its fall in Scorpio. Ancient astrologers…
As We Melt, Let’s Make No Noise – Poetry for a Pisces Mercury Sandwich
One of my favorite poems which inspired my favorite band to make the lilting work of somber aural ecstasy linked at the bottom of this post. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning By John Donne As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say The…
Soul-making Practices for the Poetic at heart
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies that apprehend, More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover and the poet Are of imagination all compact: One sees more devils than vast hell can hold, That is, the madman: the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen’s beauty in a brow of…
Sunday, Church
Rejoice, the cleansing of my lips – rejoice, salvation of my soul! But I still have a thousand half-loves mewithoutYou ~ Seven Sisters For when you feel your sins make you a vastly more interesting, multi-dimensional, well rounded person. And you know what? Maybe you like them there, fking you all up. Maybe you didn’t…