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    One of my favorite poets is Emily Dickinson.

    “Hope” is the thing with feathers

    “Hope” is the thing with feathers -
    That perches in the soul -
    And sings the tune without the words -
    And never stops - at all -

    And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
    And sore must be the storm -
    That could abash the little Bird
    That kept so many warm -

    I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
    And on the strangest Sea -
    Yet - never - in Extremity,
    It asked a crumb - of me.



    A Light exists in Spring

    A Light exists in Spring
    Not present on the Year
    At any other period —
    When March is scarcely here

    A Color stands abroad
    On Solitary Fields
    That Science cannot overtake
    But Human Nature feels.

    It waits upon the Lawn,
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    Upon the furthest Slope you know
    It almost speaks to you.

    Then as Horizons step
    Or Noons report away
    Without the Formula of sound
    It passes and we stay —

    A quality of loss
    Affecting our Content
    As Trade had suddenly encroached
    Upon a Sacrament.



    Because I could not stop for Death

    Because I could not stop for Death –
    He kindly stopped for me –
    The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
    And Immortality.

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    It’s a bit cliche but one of my favorite poems (since I was a kid) is Nothing gold can stay by Robert Frost.
    What’s done in darkness will come to light

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    3 different poems in 3 different languages I like. (I don´t know if the most I like, but I like them).

    In Spanish.

    It's quite long, so I'll only post the first three verses.

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    In English.

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    In French.

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    Cool my maternal grand-father said — as he handed me my first knife

    en knivlös man är en livlös man



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    These are from my notes of Plutarch’s essay On Contentment, which I read a little while ago. I suppose, from a modern perspective, something of a self-help book (except, it directs you to goodness, not selfishness or manipulation).

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/279462.Essays

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    The importance of activity for contentment

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    The importance of good actions

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    The importance of engendering of rationality within us for satisfaction

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    How to make the best out of a situation

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    Reflect on other men with identical circumstances

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    How to avoid being annoyed or infected by others’ flaws

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    A helpful attitude towards unwelcome events

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    „Am Abend, wenn die Glocken Frieden läuten,
    Folg ich der Vögel wundervollen Flügen,
    Die lang geschart, gleich frommen Pilgerzügen,
    Entschwinden in den herbstlich klaren Weiten.

    Hinwandelnd durch den dämmervollen Garten
    Träum ich nach ihren helleren Geschicken
    Und fühl der Stunden Weiser kaum mehr rücken.
    So folg ich über Wolken ihren Fahrten.

    Da macht ein Hauch mich von Verfall erzittern.
    Die Amsel klagt in den entlaubten Zweigen.
    Es schwankt der rote Wein an rostigen Gittern,

    Indes wie blasser Kinder Todesreigen
    Um dunkle Brunnenränder, die verwittern,
    Im Wind sich fröstelnd blaue Astern neigen.“



    "In the evening, when the bells ring peace,
    If I follow the birds wonderful flights,
    The long-gathered, pious pilgrimages,
    Disappear into the autumnal clear expanses.

    Walking through the dim garden
    Do I dream of their brighter fortunes
    And feel the hours wise hardly move anymore.
    So I follow their journeys above clouds.

    A breath of decay makes me tremble.
    The blackbird complains in the defoliated branches.
    The red wine sways on rusty grids,

    Meanwhile, like pale children death dance
    Around dark well edges that weather,
    In the wind, shivering blue asters tilt."

    Georg Trakl - Verfall (Decay)
    Blue eyed honey in the sun
    Warm, wet and on the run
    On the run, on the run, on the run, on the run,....
    On the run, on the run, on the run, on the run

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    “The sanity of the individual lies in the continuity of his memory; the sanity of a group lies in the continuity of its traditions.”

    -Will Durant, The Pleasures of Philosophy, 1953
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    I torch my soul to show the world that I am pure

    A crown of horns
    An image formed, deformed
    The mark I've borne

    Consume my love, devour my hate
    Soon I'll find myself alone
    To relax and fade away

    I shall be free

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