12/31/2012

Till then ...

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      You Have to Be Careful

  
  You have to be careful telling things.
  Some ears are tunnels.
  Your words will go in and get lost in the dark.
  Some ears are flat pans like the miners used
  looking for gold.
  What you say will be washed out with the stones.
  
  You look for a long time till you find the right ears.
  Till then, there are birds and lamps to be spoken to,
  a patient cloth rubbing shine in circles,
  and the slow, gradually growing possibility
  that when you find such ears
  they already know.


      ~ Naomi Shihab Nye




my very last
for 2012 ...

warmest wishes for a wonderful new year.




9 comments:

  1. Hi Christi, what lovely words, so poignant and a great photo. Happy New Year

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  2. Bonne et heureuse nouvelle année , meilleurs voeux de santé et bonheur pour 2013!
    Bises
    Sacha

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  3. What a beautiful quote. Perhaps that's why I talk to myself so much *smile* - come to think of it I'm not sure that even I, talking to myself, am really listening!

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  4. Thank you so much for sharing the poem. I need to spend more time reading Naomi Shihab Nye's poetry, I always like everything that I've run across. Stay warm and Happy New year Christi!

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  5. Have a wonderful 2013 yourself Christi!

    x C

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  6. I agree, but perhaps also with the Russian poet Tyutchev:

    http://lib.ru/NABOKOW/silent.txt

    Happy New Year, Christi!

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  7. Happy New Year!
    Buster sends greetings too!

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  8. Christi. I have so enjoyed meeting you through your beautiful blog this year. Your photography inspires me. Happy new year
    -sus

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  9. Beautiful photo,beautiful poem!

    I haven't read anything by Nye for a long time... She's one of the best. Thanks for reminding me.

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