Saturday, April 3, 2010

Growing Old Comments

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In some summers there is so much fruit,
the peasants decide not to reap any more.
Not having reaped you, oh my days,
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Rainer Maria Rilke
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Dr Antony Theodore 08 February 2020

Ich suche, was für dich so gut war. Oh meine lieben, halbtoten Bäume, könnte eine gleiche Süße noch über deine Blätter streicheln, deinen Kelch öffnen? wunderbar. danke tony

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Alexandra Hill 11 February 2018

Wow...it’s so powerful. It makes one feel life ebbing away.

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Glen Kappy 06 February 2018

Not having reaped you, oh my days, my nights, have I let the slow flames of your lovely produce fall into ashes? these lines remind me of the feeling in keats' sonnet when i have fears that i may cease to be. gk

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