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- Dead Poets Society (perhaps the best film on poetry) and the quote that inspired all of this! β
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- Dead Poets Society (perhaps the best film on poetry) and the quote that inspired all of this! β
And that orange π it made me so happy, as ordinary things often do...π (The Orange by Wendy Cope)
A love note π to "The Orange" -- one of my favourite 'love' poems of all time :)
The Orange
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange-
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave-
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. Itβs new.
The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. Iβm glad I exist.
- Wendy Cope
#literature #booktok #livinglifethroughpoetry #poetry #poetryappreciation #appreciatingpoetry #lovepoetry #romancebooks #insightsandinspiration #
The Orange
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange-
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave-
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. Itβs new.
The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. Iβm glad I exist.
- Wendy Cope
#literature #booktok #livinglifethroughpoetry #poetry #poetryappreciation #appreciatingpoetry #lovepoetry #romancebooks #insightsandinspiration #
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"If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, donβt hesitate...joy is not made to be a crumb" π
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A warm, cosy poem to brighten up a rainy July day :) 𧣠Here is the poem: 'Don't Hesitate' by Mary Oliver If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, donβt hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting ba...
Wild Geese π¦ by Mary Oliver π· (ft a very special guest!!) πΆ
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Hello!! Hope you had a lovely week π· Whenever I am feeling anxious or get into a space of over-thinking and spiral - I always come back to this poem, and it never fails to ease my heart and make my heart feel a little less heavier! It reminds that sometimes life isn't as complicated as we make it out to be (in our heads)... So here it is! I hope you like it :) You do not have to be good. You do...
... when headlong might save a life, even, possibly, your own (Moments By Mary Oliver) π
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Happy Friday everyone!! Here is one of my favourite poems in the universe :)) so of course I rambled on quite a lot afterwards!! Anyway I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and I hope it lightens your heart π Moments There are moments that cry out to be fulfilled. Like, telling someone you love them. Or giving your money away, all of it. Your heart is beating, isnβt it? Youβre not in chains, are...
And we loved again this world π (In the Meantime by Tom Hirons)
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A short sweet poem for a cold winter day! Hope you love it as much as I do :) In The Meantime by Tom Hirons Meanwhile, flowers still bloom. The moon rises, and the sun. Babies smile and somewhere, Against all the odds, Two people are falling in love. Strangers share cigarettes and jokes. Light plays on the surface of water. Grace occurs on unlikely streets And we hold each other fast| Against e...
What the living do (Maria Howe) π
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This poem reading was inspired by a wonderful person I met today who reminded me just how precious life is even when it gets 'ordinary' and becomes full of 'boring', mundane life - like grocery shopping or commuting to work- even then - it's really no small feat that we are HERE! And it reminded me of how much we want to live even if at moments it feels so difficult still there is something dee...
Small Kindnesses by Danusha LamΓ©ris π΅ πβ¨
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There are poems that make you feel as if you've just sipped on a warm cup of hot chocolate π - this is one of them :) Iβve been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs to let you by. Or how strangers still say βbless youβ when someone sneezes, a leftover from the Bubonic plague. βDonβt die,β we are saying. And sometimes, when you spill lemons from y...
To love life ... (even when you have no stomach for it)
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Hello everyone - this poem is called "The Thing is" by Ellen Bass and it has helped me get through many a cold day :) I hope you find some comfort and light in it! Happy Sunday :) #poetry #literature #readings #dailymotivation
I have more than 300 poems to read to you, in red and green eyes. All of them made for certain days and certain lunchs. If you just gave me a chance, you could feel a rod of lightning and not a voice of lies.
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One of the best things about love for anything is how it feels like it overflows, spilling over into everything in life. Whether it's self-, romantic, platonic, or familial, strong feelings of love make everything else in life better. "Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park. This is peace and contentment. Itβs new." I especially like these two lines. It's written in the same short, almost terse way I'd list off the aspects of something I love. When you're in love with something, even everyday things like that are worth loving, too.
This one was particularly lovely! Thank you I really need to hear that π
aww i'm so glad it helped you! that poem has made my day many a time too!! :)
UA-cam suggested this video to me. good luck to your channel.
thank you! Iβm glad it found you somehow! π₯°hope you enjoyed the poem!π¦
@@nimsilva27 poem is good. it reminded me of sadhguru ua-cam.com/video/EjQqxd6miRs/v-deo.html
Lovely.I hope u put this out on X.
thank youπ
"don't be afraid of its plenty" is evocative in the other direction, too; not only may we fear the scarcity of joy, and avoid relishing it because we fear our single crumb being taken from us, we may fear an abundance of joy because relishing it is a commitment to happiness. Happiness can be a higher standard, and it is easier, in a way, to persist in the standards we are accustomed to.
"A crumb I can manage, but a whole loaf?" Even if it's joy, it can be easy to question whether we are ready, or whether we are deserving - even if it will not and cannot be failed or taken away.
yes i think so too i think a lot of our lives we are inherently afraid itβs almost this default state and this fear (although sometimes it is only imagined and only exists in our minds) it stops us from enjoying so much of life i mean it makes us so anxious sometimes for no good reason! and i think to kind of be happy or be content or enjoy small moments of life - is kind of an act of rebellion in a way itβs almost an act of defiance - because you are accepting that the world is kind of cold at times but still choosing to see the good in it too of course it is a practice in itself and some days are harder than others!
yes this is another thing too i get that that guilt kind of feeling like βdo i deserve to be happy when so many other people are deprived of it?β but then i think of how temporary it is and how most people have access to this joy i donβt think happiness exists in grand forms or gestures but in really simple acts but most people think you have to be extremely privileged or successful to find it but sometimes even those people are unhappy (at their core) sometimes the more βstuff you have the more problems you tend to face too
funnily enough this reminds me of a roald dahl quote i read ages ago (he was a childrenβs writer): βAnd above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.β I donβt know how it fits into this discussion exactly but i feel that joy is somehow like that it is sometimes hidden and goes unnoticed i feel at times we go through the world not really βseeingβ it we are often busy and sometimes we miss to capture this small moments of beauty β¦ anyway thank you for that insight i really like hearing what people think about these things:))π¦
β@@nimsilva27 You're very welcome! And thank you for the videos - I don't read much poetry on my own, so I'm grateful UA-cam has been suggesting you. I can see how that feeling fits in. The first metaphor that comes to mind is driving on a highway by a forest: when we are driving far from a forest, we can see its whole and want to come closer, but when we begin to drive within the forest, it is difficult to look out the window and focus on anything but individual trees or spots on the ground, instead of taking in the whole of the forest around us - in the same way, when we are surrounded by joy, the best way to take in more than a crumb is to slow down, come to a stop, and get out of our "vehicles" of constant progress. I think? Hopefully that makes sense LOL Love the vids :D
love this nim! it's so beautiful
thank you!! i am so glad you enjoyed it πππ€
Unfulfilled
Okay, but why are you staring into my soul?
there is a sound issue in the video, the volume is very low. The poem is good though π
thank you! and yes i will definitely work on the sound quality for my next poem reading :)
Good poem .. Your accent is American, but you look like Indian ππβ€β€
Absolutely love this!! Was so comforting to listen to!
aww thank you :))
Beautifully read Nim! I love the idea of fleeting interactions with strangers turning into moments of happiness or respite from the chaos of the everyday. LOVE
aww thank you - that means so much to me :) and I'm so glad you liked the ideas behind this poem <3
really inspiring Nim, makes me want to read more poetry..
aww thank you so much!! and yess poetry is always the answer :))
i love this poem!!!
this made my day π»π
and this made mine :)
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this is highly educational.