Looking for a poem
Looking for a poem
Hello....I am looking for a poem that contains the idea of two people connected by the same "string" ... I can not remember the exact words as to find it ........if someone thinks he knows it please let me know.....
Re: Looking for a poem
"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet,
regardless of time, place, or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle,
but it will never break."
- an ancient Chinese belief
regardless of time, place, or circumstance.
The thread may stretch or tangle,
but it will never break."
- an ancient Chinese belief
Re: Looking for a poem
oh.........that is beautiful....thanks........!!(but it is not the one I am looking for)
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Diane
Re: Looking for a poem
Hello Sandra:-) It's nice when you pop by.
I like L's lines. I don't know of the poem you seek, but just for fun, these lines spring to mind when you mention the word "thread".
Ah the man she wanted all her life was hanging by a thread
"I never even knew how much I wanted you," she said.
(Leonard Cohen)
All afternoon it rained, then
such power came down from the clouds
on a yellow thread,
as authoritative as God is supposed to be.
When it hit the tree, her body
opened forever
(Mary Oliver)
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.
"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed"
(Suzanne Vega)
This has been a day to die for
Now the day is almost done
Up above, a quiet seabird
turns to face the setting sun
Now the evening dove is calling
and all the hills are burning red
And before the night comes falling
clouds are lined with golden thread
(Mark Knopfler)
I am an image you stitch with gold thread
on a tapestry, the least figure,
a playful addition.
But nothing you work on is dull.
I am part of the beauty.
(Rumi)
I like L's lines. I don't know of the poem you seek, but just for fun, these lines spring to mind when you mention the word "thread".
Ah the man she wanted all her life was hanging by a thread
"I never even knew how much I wanted you," she said.
(Leonard Cohen)
All afternoon it rained, then
such power came down from the clouds
on a yellow thread,
as authoritative as God is supposed to be.
When it hit the tree, her body
opened forever
(Mary Oliver)
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.
"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed"
(Suzanne Vega)
This has been a day to die for
Now the day is almost done
Up above, a quiet seabird
turns to face the setting sun
Now the evening dove is calling
and all the hills are burning red
And before the night comes falling
clouds are lined with golden thread
(Mark Knopfler)
I am an image you stitch with gold thread
on a tapestry, the least figure,
a playful addition.
But nothing you work on is dull.
I am part of the beauty.
(Rumi)
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Diane
Re: Looking for a poem
I just googled 'Rabindranath Tagore', and 'thread', and up came this:
One Day in Spring by Rabindranath Tagore
One day in spring, a woman came
In my lonely woods,
In the lovely form of the Beloved.
Came, to give to my songs, melodies,
To give to my dreams, sweetness.
Suddenly a wild wave
Broke over my heart's shores
And drowned all language.
To my lips no name came,
She stood beneath the tree, turned,
Glanced at my face, made sad with pain,
And with quick steps, came and sat by me.
Taking my hands in hers, she said:
'You do not know me, nor I you—
I wonder how this could be?'
I said:
'We two shall build, a bridge for ever
Between two beings, each to the other unknown,
This eager wonder is at the heart of things.'
The cry that is in my heart is also the cry of her heart;
The thread with which she binds me binds her too.
Her have I sought everywhere,
Her have I worshipped within me,
Hidden in that worship she has sought me too.
Crossing the wide oceans, she came to steal my heart.
She forgot to return, having lost her own.
Her own charms play traitor to her,
She spreads her net, knowing not
Whether she will catch or be caught.
One Day in Spring by Rabindranath Tagore
One day in spring, a woman came
In my lonely woods,
In the lovely form of the Beloved.
Came, to give to my songs, melodies,
To give to my dreams, sweetness.
Suddenly a wild wave
Broke over my heart's shores
And drowned all language.
To my lips no name came,
She stood beneath the tree, turned,
Glanced at my face, made sad with pain,
And with quick steps, came and sat by me.
Taking my hands in hers, she said:
'You do not know me, nor I you—
I wonder how this could be?'
I said:
'We two shall build, a bridge for ever
Between two beings, each to the other unknown,
This eager wonder is at the heart of things.'
The cry that is in my heart is also the cry of her heart;
The thread with which she binds me binds her too.
Her have I sought everywhere,
Her have I worshipped within me,
Hidden in that worship she has sought me too.
Crossing the wide oceans, she came to steal my heart.
She forgot to return, having lost her own.
Her own charms play traitor to her,
She spreads her net, knowing not
Whether she will catch or be caught.
Re: Looking for a poem
Silver threads and golden needles (cannot mend this heart of mine).
My favorite version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcCEV5qNfeE
and these are good also!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLoj5qxURw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsT8yHXcjV4&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FiKHaSR ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tNagct4 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHW5a3E ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zUqNF7K30
My favorite version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcCEV5qNfeE
and these are good also!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLoj5qxURw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsT8yHXcjV4&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FiKHaSR ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tNagct4 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHW5a3E ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5zUqNF7K30
"Without light or guide, save that which burned in my heart." San Juan de la Cruz.
Re: Looking for a poem
...thanks so much for all that............those words are beautiful .....thanks for your words Diane...I remember that it was an old poem (old author...) the idea it is that they kind of "play" a melody together but touching the same string...
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Diane
Re: Looking for a poem
It sounds intriguing, Sandra. I want to know now, too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HD6O9patDE
You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am the tune
Play me!
I'll keep thinking . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HD6O9patDE
You are the sun
I am the moon
You are the words
I am the tune
Play me!
I'll keep thinking . . .
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Diane
Re: Looking for a poem
It's not this either, but it was playing in my mind when I awoke:
It's a long dark highway and a thin white line
Connecting baby, your heart to mine
We're runnin' now but darlin' we will stand in time
To face the ties that bind
(Bruce Springsteen)
OK, I'll stop now:-)
It's a long dark highway and a thin white line
Connecting baby, your heart to mine
We're runnin' now but darlin' we will stand in time
To face the ties that bind
(Bruce Springsteen)
OK, I'll stop now:-)
Re: Looking for a poem
What about Kahil Gibran's
Marriage
Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?"
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
Marriage
Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?"
And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
Re: Looking for a poem
Hola...thanks for this...it is beautiful......maybe some universal energy makes people in different times and places use the same metaphors to speak about a common subject....