tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post394634828439237099..comments2023-11-02T07:19:21.396-04:00Comments on The Bodhi Tree: A PoemA Concerned Citizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10775285447324189098noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post-72381649745403370162008-09-14T09:37:00.000-04:002008-09-14T09:37:00.000-04:00Willow -- thanks so much for stopping by. I will ...Willow -- thanks so much for stopping by. I will check out your blog today as well. Sounds from your profile as if we have a great deal in common.A Concerned Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775285447324189098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post-73863792427778682692008-09-13T23:12:00.000-04:002008-09-13T23:12:00.000-04:00I love Rilke. And especially the line "they can no...I love Rilke. And especially the line "they can no longer be themselves".<BR/><BR/>Popping in via the black box! :^)Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post-57665547218190531042008-09-13T11:20:00.000-04:002008-09-13T11:20:00.000-04:00Here is another Rilke poem that complements yours ...Here is another Rilke poem that complements yours and I think explains somewhat the underlying dynamic of cities as collections of people:<BR/><BR/>No one lives his life.<BR/><BR/>Disguised since childhood,<BR/>haphazardly assembled<BR/>from voices and fears and little pleasures,<BR/>we come of age as masks.<BR/><BR/>Our true face never speaks.<BR/><BR/>Somewhere there must be storehouses<BR/>where all these lives are laid away<BR/>like suits of armor or old carriages<BR/>or clothes hanging limply on the walls.<BR/><BR/>Maybe all the paths lead there,<BR/>to the repository of unlived things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post-57903272807651682712008-09-13T08:59:00.000-04:002008-09-13T08:59:00.000-04:00Same as it ever was!We humans tend to romanticize ...Same as it ever was!<BR/><BR/>We humans tend to romanticize the "good old days" but my belief is that the way we live, while fancier and with more stuff, isn't that different than the way people have always lived.<BR/><BR/>GREAT poem, btw. Thanks!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Except<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I am such an urban person. I love cities!! Don't tell anyone, especially Mr. Rilke!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post-6828998416452496432008-09-12T18:55:00.000-04:002008-09-12T18:55:00.000-04:00Make that "WHICH are several thousand years old."Make that "WHICH are several thousand years old."Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post-39193058163236818852008-09-12T17:45:00.000-04:002008-09-12T17:45:00.000-04:00Some things obviously don't change with time. Ste...Some things obviously don't change with time. Steve's post today concerns Paul's teachings about material wealth are several thousand years old.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post-77775240014509199492008-09-12T11:49:00.000-04:002008-09-12T11:49:00.000-04:00Wow indeed! I guess that the feeling that progres...Wow indeed! I guess that the feeling that progress takes as much as it gives is timeless.Merle Sneedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228809667893921954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-810405587179305368.post-50526493871974168952008-09-12T10:33:00.000-04:002008-09-12T10:33:00.000-04:00Wow! What a great find! It's amazing how relevant ...Wow! What a great find! It's amazing how relevant something written more than 100 years ago can be today. I especially like the line about "losing all balance and moderation"...so true!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.com