tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post3715256718427013730..comments2023-05-14T02:13:31.056-07:00Comments on ein klage-himmel: what we ask for before we know we're askingJames Owenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-59020462349686802372012-06-28T07:54:51.224-07:002012-06-28T07:54:51.224-07:00erin: this is our one conversation that continues...<b>erin:</b> this is our one conversation that continues in words and bodies, god finding the world through us, god seeing and knowing through us ... is that what human beings mean when we say <i>love</i>???James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-82545533451354075022012-06-25T17:29:55.865-07:002012-06-25T17:29:55.865-07:00this poem - i could follow this poem blindly and f...this poem - i could follow this poem blindly and feel very well sighted. it speaks to me as one thing becomes another, transcending form. would it only speak to all of us. would we only all follow.<br /><br />(aren't these mouths, the mouth of the lover and the mouth of god, the same? or rather, don't lovers not have mouths at all but isn't it that god finds his way tunneling into being through the walls of bodies, drawn blindly by the sound of the bell of love? this i never knew before but now believe.)<br /><br />xo<br />erinerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636371927224076866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-50454778935181605522012-06-21T06:55:34.598-07:002012-06-21T06:55:34.598-07:00Roxana: it is both :-)
you understand very well ...<b>Roxana:</b> it is both :-)<br /><br />you understand very well :-)James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-78439967500479153092012-06-20T12:01:52.119-07:002012-06-20T12:01:52.119-07:00and one doesn't know whether the mouth you tur...and one doesn't know whether the mouth you turn to and find waiting and embrace in that all-encompassing prayer - is that of your lover or that of God. i suspect it is both :-)Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744287536426329556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-64497006602184698542012-06-16T08:39:39.983-07:002012-06-16T08:39:39.983-07:00Liz: ah, that is what you are talking about!<b>Liz:</b> ah, <b>that</b> is what you are talking about!James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-5138617488044022202012-06-16T08:38:56.524-07:002012-06-16T08:38:56.524-07:00Marion: thank you for reading as you do :-) the ...<b>Marion:</b> thank you for reading as you do :-) the light touches everything -- sometimes we see, and this is a grace ...James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-65275031013838715602012-06-16T08:36:26.491-07:002012-06-16T08:36:26.491-07:00Lucia: ...but so much falls through the mesh ...<b>Lucia:</b> ...but so much falls through the mesh ...James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-51808679881203036572012-06-16T08:35:38.456-07:002012-06-16T08:35:38.456-07:00Andreas: the world just is -- sometimes we get to ...<b>Andreas:</b> the world just <i><b>is</b></i> -- sometimes we get to see it ...James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-90363985399182347872012-06-16T08:34:19.504-07:002012-06-16T08:34:19.504-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.James Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614935078978354375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-58051539198319278492012-06-15T18:19:12.336-07:002012-06-15T18:19:12.336-07:00Now that is what I'm talking about!!
I hope...Now that is what I'm talking about!! <br /><br />I hope you know what I'm talking about :))<br /><br />but yet I said nothing but I say nothing for you already know :))musicwithinyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14024317988744024838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-68636396613150169632012-06-15T04:50:24.616-07:002012-06-15T04:50:24.616-07:00what a wonderful effect, the light seems almost ho...what a wonderful effect, the light seems almost holy which fits with the first stanza though I love the surrealism of the reversal. the old hammer and the old bell taps directly into mythology and archytypes so while the poem seems so delicate (especially the last two lines) it is tremendously weighty.Marion McCreadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657757253873577465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-39386327268190142022012-06-14T19:12:21.513-07:002012-06-14T19:12:21.513-07:00I wish I could express myself the way you do James...I wish I could express myself the way you do James... ;-)Lúciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461100045405381382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1858454538187432037.post-44511132591364405742012-06-14T12:51:27.851-07:002012-06-14T12:51:27.851-07:00James, this is wonderful - all of it!James, this is wonderful - all of it!Andreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05129547380377962436noreply@blogger.com