[New-Poetry] Re: optimistic poems

[Anny Ballardini]

Thanks to Suzanne, I thought of Thomas Merton:
Thought to Remember:

"The most wonderful moment of the day is when creation in its innocence asks permission to "be" once again, as it did on the first morning that ever was."

Conjectures of A Guilty Bystander: 131


http://www.mertoninstitute.org/weekly_reflections.php



From: "Suzanne Baran" <screwzbaran at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 9:03 PM


> Hi Barry,
> 
> Yes, my mentor, Daisaku Ikeda has books filled with poetry on changing
> as human beings to welcome peace.
> 
> He's the president of a lay Buddhist organization called SGI. He
> writes peace proposals for the United Nations, annually, too -- and
> his books can be found here:
> 
> http://www.ikedabooks.org/poetry/fight4peace.html
> http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=64841914
> 
> On 5/8/07, Barry Spacks <barry.spacks at verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> Had the following post from a local sculptor today --
>> any suggestions available for him in his search for
>> optimistic poems?
>>
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>>
>>   I am working on a project and would love some references for poetry
>> on shaping
>> the future.  It is important that the poetry or prose focuses on our
>> ability to change
>> things for the better. Any help or recommendations would be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks for anything you can supply (optimism lately in short supply),
>>
>> optimistically,
>>
>> Barry
>>
> 
> 
> -- 
> "To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for
> a few timeless hours the outer and inner world, not as they appear to
> an animal obsessed with survival or to a human being obsessed with
> words and notions, but as they are apprehended, directly and
> unconditionally, by Mind at Large— this is an experience of
> inestimable value to everyone and especially to the intellectual."  -
> Aldous Huxley
> 
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