Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/01/11/let-this-darkness-be-a-bell-tower-rilke

Music: Bach Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, performed by Colin Carr

Art: Arthur Rackham, 1926

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

"Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower" by Rainer Maria Rilke (read by Maria Popova)

Whil e chaos exists there is a spiritual vastness within that is available for meditative calm.  Peace is always ready to be friended.  But we have to be prepared with a conscious awareness. 

The mystery and me

The Rose Has Risen
Ken Richard © 2020

The Rose has risen from the earth
she stands upon the emerald lawn.
Singing is the courage that she feels
as her lips kiss the cup of Dawn.

In the short time that Roses bloom
May you never be without love.
Wine and song and Bliss remain
for only as long as a bird song,

The Heavens and the Earth
compete for our eye:
See gardens of flowers
see stars in the sky
We are tulip flames
unquenched by these showers
living our lives
in precious few hours.

Lovers of leaving, our garden is set
with the fragrance of flowers and the wine, that we cherish.
Mark with scent
on sweetened breath;
pilgrims, who’ve long-since departed.

In the short time that Roses bloom
May you never be without love.
Wine and song and the Bliss remain
for only as long as a bird song,

The Rose has risen from the earth
she stands upon the emerald lawn.

The mystery and me

Al

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