Marriage Comments

Well articuated and nicely brought forth with conviction. An insightful piece of poetry

Love eachc other but give each other space.so true, good marriage advice.

I regret that Gibran wrote at a time when poetry was being redefined so as to eliminate him from consideration, and in a country that was leading the way into an academic elitism among poets and critics. The New Critics, who grew up among Southern fundamentalists and in the shadow of scriptural poetry and rhetoric, recalled the exegesis and displayed in the their close reading of poems, but they lost the biblical rhythms and the psalmic forms of genuine poetry. Gibran should be respected, indeed honored, for what he did, as Rumi and Hafiz and Rabindranath Tagore are - not expected to conform to another, totally different (and ultimately provincial) definition of poetry. This poem, from The Prophet, is in my opinion one of the best examples of his artistry.

......definitely this write should be posted in every marriage counselor's office....amazing....

And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow. The secret to relationships.

i read this poem and commented before, now iam not sure who is the one posting Gibran poems but i love to see it here...