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Sonntag, 17. Februar 2013
The bridge
Between now and now,
between I am and you are,
the word bridge.
Entering it
you enter yourself:
the world connects
and closes like a ring.
From one bank to another,
there is always
a body stretched:
a rainbow.
I'll sleep beneath its arches.
(Octavio Paz)
Samstag, 16. Februar 2013
Freitag, 15. Februar 2013
Donnerstag, 14. Februar 2013
Die Sesshaften
Oft beunruhigt sie das Glück,
sesshaft geworden zu sein.
Sie planen Umzüge, Reisen,
wechseln das Stammlokal,
wechseln die Stellung,
den Standpunkt, die Frau.
Sie träumen von fremden Ländern
und hoffen, in anderen Räumen
verändert zu erwachen.
Sie suchen den neuen Spiegel
für ihr altes Gesicht
und sehnen sich manchmal
nach Feuersbrünsten,
ohne versichert zu sein.
(Wolfgang Bächler)
Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2013
In many shamanic societies, if you came to a shaman or medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions.
When did you stop dancing?
When did you stop singing?
When did you stop being enchanted by stories?
When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?
(Gabrielle Roth)
When did you stop dancing?
When did you stop singing?
When did you stop being enchanted by stories?
When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?
(Gabrielle Roth)
Dienstag, 12. Februar 2013
landschaft dulde mich
eine menschenzeit
besänftige mein ungestüm
den wellenschlag meiner tage
still werden
nur kurzen schatten werfen
damit das zwiegespräch
nicht abreisst zwischen
berg und see
wiese und baum
morgen- und abendlicht
weben an mir
legen an die tage
saum über meine
spanne hinaus
(Eveline Hasler)
Montag, 11. Februar 2013
she no longer
daydreamed
of sunsets
nor of a man on a
white horse
nor of miracles
nor of dancing till
dawn
nor tantrums
nor true confessions
nor her lover
she only imagined cities
who’s cafes she could write in
a table and chair she could
inhabit
with her pen and paper
scribble her thoughts down
drink a glass of wine
and let the rhymes take
her away
she would live her life
simply
by walking to the café
to her table and back
then walk from her table home
to a solitary life, of her cats
and books and paintings
and poetry
she knew that this
was what she wanted
when she woke in
the morning
after brushing her hair
and feeding her cats
she would put on her shoes
roll down her socks
grab her pen and notebook
and walk down to
the café
she felt a warm feeling
of home
not at home
but within
herself
(L. K. Thayer)
Sonntag, 10. Februar 2013
“There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs down and holds on to the vines. Looking down, she sees that there are tigers below her as well. She then notices that a mouse is gnawing away at the vine to which she is clinging. She also sees a beautiful little bunch of strawberries close to her, growing out of a clump of grass. She looks up and she looks down. She looks at the mouse. Then she just takes a strawberry, puts it in her mouth, and enjoys it thoroughly. Tigers above, tigers below. This is actually the predicament that we are always in, in terms of our birth and death. Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we’ll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.”
(Pema Chödrön: The Wisdom of No Escape)
(Pema Chödrön: The Wisdom of No Escape)
Freitag, 8. Februar 2013
Donnerstag, 7. Februar 2013
Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2013
winterfeuer
heut trage ich
mein kleid aus feuer
will alte häute
brennen sehn
nichts wird geschluckt
nichts eingekellert
dem schritt der zeit
stell ich ein bein
im wörterkleid
aus winterfeuer
werf ich
noch manchen stein
(Heide Floor)
Zuflucht
Manchmal suche ich Zuflucht
bei dir vor dir und vor mir
vor dem Zorn auf dich
vor der Ungeduld
vor der Ermüdung
vor meinem Leben
das Hoffnungen abstreift
wie der Tod.
Ich suche Schutz
bei dir
vor der zu ruhigen Ruhe.
Ich suche bei dir
meine Schwäche.
Die soll mir zu Hilfe kommen
gegen die Kraft
die ich
nicht haben will.
(Erich Fried)
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