by Prasanta | May 23, 2018 | Beauty, Poetry, Spring, Uncategorized
“Besides this May We know There is Another— How fair Our Speculations of the Foreigner! Some know Him whom We knew— Sweet Wonder— A Nature be Where Saints, and our plain going Neighbor Keep May!” – Emily Dickinson, Besides This May, #977,...
by Prasanta | May 17, 2018 | Beauty, Poetry, Quotes, Seasons, Spring, Uncategorized
In the deepening spring of May, I had no choice but to recognize the trembling of my heart. It usually happened as the sun was going down. In the pale evening gloom, when the soft fragrance of magnolias hung in the air, my heart would swell without warning,...
by Prasanta | May 1, 2018 | Beauty, Nature, Poetry, poets, Spring, Uncategorized
May Day by Sara Teasdale A delicate fabric of bird song Floats in the air, The smell of wet wild earth Is everywhere. Red small leaves of the maple Are clenched like a hand, Like girls at their first communion The pear trees stand. Oh I must pass nothing by...
by Prasanta | Apr 30, 2018 | Beauty, Haiku, Photogrpahy, Poetry, Uncategorized
*** Oh, brilliant moon is it true that even you must fly as if you’re tardy? ― Issa *** tonight I have no time to sleep moon-viewing –Basho *** I took this photo from a plane yesterday evening. The full moon...
by Prasanta | Apr 25, 2018 | Children, Daughter, Growing up the South, Memories, Poetry, Spring, Uncategorized
April is National Poetry Month. As I’ve mentioned here before, however, every month is poetry month for me. 🙂 To celebrate these last few days in April, National Poetry Month, and the first signs of spring, I will post some poetry (some by others, some of...
by Prasanta | Feb 6, 2018 | Diversity, Racial issues, Uncategorized
Diversity. What does it mean? I’ve been learning more recently about what that means, and what I think God is asking from me. I’m being challenged with acknowledging my own misperceptions and biases. I’m being challenged to stand face to face with my...
by Prasanta | Feb 2, 2018 | Poetry, Uncategorized
It’s all I have to bring today It’s all I have to bring today— This, and my heart beside— This, and my heart, and all the fields— And all the meadows wide— Be sure you count—should I forget Some one the sum could tell— This, and my heart, and all the Bees Which in the...
by Prasanta | Feb 1, 2018 | Poetry, Uncategorized
“Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them...
by Prasanta | Dec 14, 2017 | Advent, Jesus, Uncategorized
This song below, called “How Many Kings,” is full of so much meaning. I don’t hear it being played quite as much during the Christmas season, but it’s a lovely one to listen to. Lyrics: Follow the star to a place unexpected Would you believe...
by Prasanta | Nov 29, 2017 | Books, Quotes, reading, Uncategorized
The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life by Frederick Buechner Book Review* I recently finished a newly released title by Frederick Buechner titled The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life. I received two newly...
