The inspiration for these poems comes through in your words...and as I read them I can feel the emotions you felt while writing them. You give us a glimpse into your heart and soul. These are very personal, indeed. I really love the one about your house. And just think of all the people who said "hello" and "goodbye" to that house and it's occupants over the years...and I'm sure they found peace there. How wonderful to have a place that is home...a place you feel a connection to and long for. How wonderful that a part of your heart resides there...and when you go to visit you feel whole. Beautiful poems, T.!Thank you for sharing them! HUGS!
I like Ellas. It's lovely when you bare a bit of your soul this way.
@BoureeMusique - Thank you. It's something I do puzzle about.
@adamswomanlost - I can only write poetry when I'm musing over stirred-up emotions. It was a very moving visit for me, and I'll be processing it for a long time.
Medellin~ I know that feeling. These are wonderful, Tim. I'm sure your soul is still taking it all in~ even though your flesh has already left its presence.
@WildWomanOfTheWest - I think I'll be processing it for quite some time. I'd like to go back there at least once a year. It had been 16 years, and I had no idea how much I'd missed it until I got there.
Thanks for the update. They keep getting better, sir.
These are great. I especially love the last one. It reminds me of my son's eyes.
These are beautiful. I love the first one best.
Oh, I can so relate to the last one as well. Are you able to do the translations yourself?
@WildWomanOfTheWest - Sometimes it seems like the translations are more poetic than the originals. I translate for a living.
@Finity - Thank you. It's high praise coming from you.
@BoureeMusique - Thank you. I suspect there will be more in the near future. My trip stirred up a lot of emotions.
@WildWomanOfTheWest - I'm not surprised that you can identify with the last one. And your home has been a Casa Shalom as well.
The one you added is SO beautiful! Ah...those dark eyes! Yes, poetry often comes deep from the poets heart, soul, feelings. I don't know if people who've never written a poem can truly understand. They can read and relate to the poems, but I don't know if they understand at what "price" the poem was written. Often a poem is born out of a time of great emotion. I always say "born" because I feel like my poetry comes after a time of labor...and they just seems to burst forth.
@adamswomanlost - Thank you. I wrote it in English, but I like the Spanish version better because the words are more elegant. I know people who are constantly kicking words around and pumping out the poems, but I never bother writing poetry unless there's something I'm working through. I never make stuff up for my poetry, it's always more honest than anything else I write. Fiction is more likely to be just for fun.
@BingleBot - Thank you. I'm glad you saw it that way; I didn't want it to be just romantic.
I understand. I don't write much poetry...because for some reason, with me, I can only "get" a poem when I'm in a very emotional place. Oh, I've written a few silly poems for friends...but most of my poetry comes as the result of an emotion I'm feeling. And as you might have noticed, if I post a poem on Xanga, I often take it down within a day or two, because they are so personal, I feel vulnerable. That's a problem I have. I wish I could leave them up.
@peacefulmeadow - Thank you. That's the one I'm happiest with of these. That and the end of the first one.
I can see these poems come from your heart. I like them a lot.
These are so wonderful, Tim. I loved each and every one of them. <3
Oh, these are beautiful . . . I'm so pleased that your trip inspired these . . . and that you found that piece of your heart . . . they're so nostaligic and sweet and romantic . . .
<p It was especially nice to get back to our old house and find it well cared for and put to very good use. My dad would be delighted to see the garden planted again.
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed them. The concepts and feelings have been tumbling through my head and heart ever since I got to Colombia, and this morning they started to turn into poems.
@Roadkill_Spatula - (SMILES) Funny how that works. Were your heart and head "tumbled" more often.
I can't really read/read speak spanish western or european but! I do have a few tendrils of construction and I saw RHYME! both the soft insidental and the obvious. yay! i like the place poem where you say it...never could say that columbian city well... is a surprise how it steals your heart that meaning of place. I can not deny it that i am of where I live, never mind that I'm not orinally manufactured here. I am not the decadent city in humidity detroit with is mile roads to indicate place instead of this or that forgotten hero. (northwest area or just northern really) but the yellow grass against the blue to purple distances of mountains. oddly the lack of hick comparitively speaking....the inner city rot not withstanding.
@I_once_was - I didn't attempt any rhymes in either the English or Spanish, but there are serendipitous patterns of sound that I'm happy with. Medellín has been a lovely city in the past and has many lovely features now, especially in its culture. I lived there for ten years (ages 7-17) so it was a huge chunk of my childhood. It is definitely under my skin.
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The inspiration for these poems comes through in your words...and as I read them I can feel the emotions you felt while writing them. You give us a glimpse into your heart and soul. These are very personal, indeed. I really love the one about your house. And just think of all the people who said "hello" and "goodbye" to that house and it's occupants over the years...and I'm sure they found peace there.
How wonderful to have a place that is home...a place you feel a connection to and long for. How wonderful that a part of your heart resides there...and when you go to visit you feel whole.
Beautiful poems, T.!Thank you for sharing them!
HUGS!
I like Ellas.
It's lovely when you bare a bit of your soul this way.
@BoureeMusique - Thank you. It's something I do puzzle about.
@adamswomanlost - I can only write poetry when I'm musing over stirred-up emotions. It was a very moving visit for me, and I'll be processing it for a long time.
Medellin~ I know that feeling. These are wonderful, Tim. I'm sure your soul is still taking it all in~ even though your flesh has already left its presence.
@WildWomanOfTheWest - I think I'll be processing it for quite some time. I'd like to go back there at least once a year. It had been 16 years, and I had no idea how much I'd missed it until I got there.
@adamswomanlost - @WildWomanOfTheWest - @BoureeMusique - I just added another poem to this post.
Thanks for the update. They keep getting better, sir.
These are great. I especially love the last one. It reminds me of my son's eyes.
These are beautiful. I love the first one best.
Oh, I can so relate to the last one as well. Are you able to do the translations yourself?
@WildWomanOfTheWest - Sometimes it seems like the translations are more poetic than the originals. I translate for a living.
@Finity - Thank you. It's high praise coming from you.
@BoureeMusique - Thank you. I suspect there will be more in the near future. My trip stirred up a lot of emotions.
@WildWomanOfTheWest - I'm not surprised that you can identify with the last one. And your home has been a Casa Shalom as well.
The one you added is SO beautiful! Ah...those dark eyes!
Yes, poetry often comes deep from the poets heart, soul, feelings. I don't know if people who've never written a poem can truly understand. They can read and relate to the poems, but I don't know if they understand at what "price" the poem was written. Often a poem is born out of a time of great emotion. I always say "born" because I feel like my poetry comes after a time of labor...and they just seems to burst forth.
@adamswomanlost - Thank you. I wrote it in English, but I like the Spanish version better because the words are more elegant. I know people who are constantly kicking words around and pumping out the poems, but I never bother writing poetry unless there's something I'm working through. I never make stuff up for my poetry, it's always more honest than anything else I write. Fiction is more likely to be just for fun.
@BingleBot - Thank you. I'm glad you saw it that way; I didn't want it to be just romantic.
@Roadkill_Spatula -
I understand. I don't write much poetry...because for some reason, with me, I can only "get" a poem when I'm in a very emotional place. Oh, I've written a few silly poems for friends...but most of my poetry comes as the result of an emotion I'm feeling. And as you might have noticed, if I post a poem on Xanga, I often take it down within a day or two, because they are so personal, I feel vulnerable. That's a problem I have. I wish I could leave them up.
@adamswomanlost - A couple of these are that way for me.
@Roadkill_Spatula - LOL~ somehow, I forgot that you translate for a living. I amaze myself.
Nice. I like the last two the best.
@anvilsandedelweiss - Thank you. I like those better myself.
Lovely, especially the one about the eyes.
@peacefulmeadow - Thank you. That's the one I'm happiest with of these. That and the end of the first one.
I can see these poems come from your heart. I like them a lot.
These are so wonderful, Tim. I loved each and every one of them. <3
Oh, these are beautiful . . . I'm so pleased that your trip inspired these . . . and that you found that piece of your heart . . . they're so nostaligic and sweet and romantic . . .
i loved these! especially casa shalom..
@awoolham -
Thank you. I'm delighted that you like them. I only write poetry when I'm processing strong emotions like those stirred up by last week's trip.
@ThePrince -
<p It was especially nice to get back to our old house and find it well cared for and put to very good use. My dad would be delighted to see the garden planted again.
@jacksoncroons -
Thank you. It was a wonderful, wonderful visit, and stirred up so many things. These are a few.
@Harpos_Mark -
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed them. The concepts and feelings have been tumbling through my head and heart ever since I got to Colombia, and this morning they started to turn into poems.
@Roadkill_Spatula - (SMILES) Funny how that works. Were your heart and head "tumbled" more often.
I can't really read/read speak spanish western or european but! I do have a few tendrils of construction and I saw RHYME! both the soft insidental and the obvious. yay! i like the place poem where you say it...never could say that columbian city well... is a surprise how it steals your heart
that meaning of place. I can not deny it that i am of where I live, never mind that I'm not orinally manufactured here. I am not the decadent city in humidity detroit with is mile roads to indicate place instead of this or that forgotten hero. (northwest area or just northern really) but the yellow grass against the blue to purple distances of mountains. oddly the lack of hick comparitively speaking....the inner city rot not withstanding.
@I_once_was - I didn't attempt any rhymes in either the English or Spanish, but there are serendipitous patterns of sound that I'm happy with. Medellín has been a lovely city in the past and has many lovely features now, especially in its culture. I lived there for ten years (ages 7-17) so it was a huge chunk of my childhood. It is definitely under my skin.
@Roadkill_Spatula -
I can only imagine.
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