Reply to: scattered thoughts

[TwoWolves]

I thought the sign of good Perl was that it was totally abstruse?

Philosophy has run its course, only beauty and function have meaning.

Perl has both.

[SandyDown]

Hmm, and your english is more readable than my perl.

not mine threaded, its Khalil Gibran's ... my english could never be more readable that your perl

[threaded]

Hmm, and your english is more readable than my perl.

[SandyDown]

Sandy, you're in profound mood today.

Yes I am

[voron]

Sandy, you're in profound mood today.

[SandyDown]

You are free before the sun of the day, and free before the stars of the night;
And you are free when there is no sun and no moon and no star.
You are even free when you close your eyes upon all there is.
But you are a slave to him whom you love because you love him,
And a slave to him who loves you because he loves you.

We are all beggars at the gate of the temple, and each one of us receives his share of the bounty of the King when he enters the temple, and when he goes out.
But we are all jealous of one another, which is another way of belittling the King.

You cannot consume beyond your appetite. The other half of the loaf belongs to the other person, and there should remain a little bread for the chance guest.

If it were not for your guests all houses would be graves.

Said a gracious wolf to a simple sheep, "Will you not honor our house with a visit?"
And the sheep answered, "We would have been honored to visit your house if it were not in your stomach."

[SandyDown]

sorry guys, I got pulled into an urgent meeting, yes its Khalil's work,

here is some more...

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A POET IS a dethroned king sitting among the ashes of his palace trying to fashion an image out of the ashes.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

In vain shall a poet seek the mother of the songs of his heart.

Once I said to a poet, "We shall not know your worth until you die."
And he answered saying, "Yes, death is always the revealer. And if indeed you would know my worth it is that I have more in my heart than upon my tongue, and more in my desire than in my hand."

If you sing of beauty though alone in the heart of the desert you will have an audience.

Poetry is wisdom that enchants the heart.
Wisdom is poetry that sings in the mind.
If we could enchant man's heart and at the same time sing in his mind,
Then in truth he would live in the shadow of God.

Inspiration will always sing; inspiration will never explain.

We often sing lullabies to our children that we ourselves may sleep.

All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.

Thinking is always the stumbling stone to poetry.

A great singer is he who sings our silences.

How can you sing if your mouth be filled with food?
How shall your hand be raised in blessing if it is filled with gold?

They say the nightingale pierces his bosom with a thorn when he sings his love song.
So do we all. How else should we sing?

Genius is but a robin's song at the beginning of a slow spring.

Even the most winged spirit cannot escape physical necessity.

A madman is not less a musician than you or myself; only the instrument on which he plays is a little out of tune.

The song that lies silent in the heart of a mother sings upon the lips of her child.

No longing remains unfulfilled.

I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.

[steve'O]

lysergic acid diethylamide...whats that then?

[n5gooner]

LSD does it every time...........

[white-anglo-reactionary]

sand and foam

Poem is "Sand and Foam" by Kahlil Gibran. Top U.S. intelligence analysts tell me that its hidden message is

"Your Jihad against the Crusaders is defense of Islam, whose enemies are aiming to remove it from the hearts and lives of the Muslims. In this crime of democracy, the ones aiding them [coalition forces] are members of our people and those who speak in their name, who call their apostasy and corruption 'reform.' Democracy [in Iraq] is a victory for the Crusaders, even if they retreat from Iraq and leave their agents to guard the idol of democracy that has become the god worshipped besides Allah."

[voron]

You know when you take someone else’s work and present it as your own. What’s the word for it?

I hope that bastard who stole my models is reading this

[The Late, Great JC]

Sandy,
You know when you take someone else’s work and present it as your own. What’s the word for it?

Plagiarism

[ratewhore]

I don't understand a fecking word of it!! But then, hey, I do read the Sun so maybe I'm already going to Hell!!!

[planetit]

Sandy,
You know when you take someone else’s work and present it as your own. What’s the word for it?

[wendigo100]

Very good Andrew.

Are you the new messiah?