Tag: God

• * some words from Ram Dass & the friday influence

  This week on the Influence: some words from world renown American spiritual teacher Ram Dass! But first, a confession: there isn’t much that I read – be it novels, essays, cereal boxes, texts, etc. – that doesn’t get filtered through my how-does-can-this-relate-to-poetry filter.  I read everything with eyes looking for a symbol, a metaphor, or simply…

  José Angel Araguz

  February 1, 2013

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• * translation 3/3 on the friday influence

  (from Proverbios y Cantares – Antonio Machado) * XXXII. Oh faith of meditation! Oh faith after deep thought! When a heart returns to earth, the human cup overflows, and the sea swells. *** This week, The Friday Influence presents the work of the great Spanish poet Antonio Machado. I first ran across the above poem…

  José Angel Araguz

  July 6, 2012

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