Marc Gilbert-Widmann

Tag: Arts

  • Poetry For My “Hatch Day”, Since 1959 – Bells

    “I Hear the sledges with the bells – Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To…

  • Poetry of the Day 24 November 2013 – Invictus

    “Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and…

  • Keep Your Politics Off of MY Facebook

    “Let’s talk about sex bay-bee… Let’s talk about you and me… Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be.” [Salt ‘N’ Pepa] Let’s talk about cats and dogs… Let’s talk about philosophy… Let’s talk about crime… Let’s talk about sexual predators… Let’s talk about hunger… Let’s talk about homelessness……

  • Quote of the Day 5 November 2013 – Nonsense

    “If we listened to our intellect we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go in business because we’d be cynical: “It’s gonna go wrong.” Or “She’s going to hurt me.” Or,”I’ve had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore . . .” Well, that’s nonsense. You’re going to…

  • Quote of the Day 29 October 2013 – Fear

    “Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” ? Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within Related articles Where Poems Come From, Part V: Discovery through process 21 Books That Will Teach You Something Important Tackling a Big Topic Writing…

  • Poetry Reading of the Day 23 October 2013 – Desiderata

    “Desiderata” Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and…

  • Quote of the Day 17 October 2013 – Traits We Detest

    “It always seemed strange to me… the thing we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they…

  • Quote of the Day 04 October 2013 ~ Peaceful Frame of Mind

      Laughter is a pleasant sound, it spreads joy all around Whether you’re young or old, laughter can be like Magic to our souls, whenever we’re feeling sad Laughter can sustain us so that things don’t seem Quite so bad, if we give into laughter, it can be like A cure for something that seems impossible…

  • Quote of the Day 03 October 2013 – I Am Never Alone

    I am never alone wherever I am. The air itself supplies me with a century of love. When I breathe in, I am breathing in the laughter, tears, victories, passions, thoughts, memories, existence, joys, moments, and the hues of the sunlight on many tones of skin; I am breathing in the same air that was…

  • Quote of the Day 07 September 2013

    “Success comes in a lot of ways, but it doesn’t come with money and it doesn’t come with fame. It comes from having a meaning in your life, doing what you love and being passionate about what you do. That’s having a life of success – when you have the ability to do what you…