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Emerson Was Right

"My giant goes with me wherever I go." Ralph Waldo Emerson


Some believe
they can receive
release from deep woe
if they go 
to an exotic island~~NO!

Categories: emerson, peace, truth,
Form: Verse

Emagi Emerson Concord

R W Emerson 'CONCORD HYMN'

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Categories: emerson, flying, poetry,
Form: Shape

Clerihew Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson
a minister unitarian
When filled with consuming doubt
prosody poured forth..without

Categories: emerson, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Know Thyself--Excerpts--Ralph Waldo Emerson

IV

Give up to thy soul----- 
Let it have its way----- 
It is, I tell thee, God himself, 
The selfsame One that rules the Whole, 
Tho’ he speaks thro’ thee with a stifled voice, 
And looks through thee, shorn of his beams. 
But if thou listen to his voice, 
If thou obey the royal thought, 
It

Categories: emerson, freedom, inspiration,
Form: Blank verse

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Ralph Waldo Emerson

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Ralph Waldo Emerson

They say that these three poets day by day by day
Always are willing to show me what and which way
Certain style to use in my soul that soon is rising
A beautiful sun starting to appear on the horizon.

Color was seen and abounded all around galore
Desire did appear to

Categories: emerson, allegory, analogy, power,
Form: Couplet

Emerson

Etch thought profound in fond insight,
Mould the message to fit the scope;
Embrace the grounds for truth and light,
Reap true passage with faith and hope;
Set the heart straight in joy and cheer,
Observe the fest through inner peace;
Notice wild spread as passion steers.
Intuit fine quest with mental ease,
Niche a clear view of certain poise,
Prime focus sure with

Categories: emerson, blessing,
Form: Sonnet

Rumi's Advice To Emerson

I am the product of Rumi's advice to Emerson and Thoreau,

telling them to consolidate the spirit of compassion and truth in America

wisdom of Persians, layers of Judeo-Christian foundation, civilizing the most barbaric at 

     the heart of the world

America is finally hearing of Rumi's love through Emerson

and is struggling, on many

Categories: emerson, america, freedom, political,
Form: Free verse

Emerson Ekphrasis Recited

EMERSON EKPHRASIS
In words, the sign of natural
facts,far and wide his commentary
did abound.A few statements of
the particular,then a generalisation
profound.Nature,landscape and
Beauty,topics on which he was certain
and sure.A legacy of quotations,
for us to ponder,if not concur.
 
Listen to me recite this Ekphrasis on youtube under pen name ichthyschiro

Categories: emerson, writing,
Form: Ekphrasis

Emerson Phrasis Recited

EMERSON PHRASIS
Tokens of love,for the most
part,cold and lifeless.They
represent not our life.The
only true gift,a portion of
ourself.So just for we,let
the farmer give corn,a miner
a gem,the sailor coral from
the sea.Let the painter unroll a
picture fair,the poet his heart to share
From Emerson Essays

Listen to me read this phrasis on youtube under the pen name ichthyschiro

Categories: emerson, poetry,
Form: Verse

Paraphrasing Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Whatever course you decide upon
there will always be someone to tell you that you're wrong.
There will always be difficulties arising which
will tempt you to believe that your critics are correct.
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end
requires a great deal of courage my friend."

Categories: emerson, dedication,
Form: Rhyme

I Took Emerson Off the Shelf

“For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem--a 
thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of a plant or an 
animal it has an architecture of its own”- Emerson



Your smile is selfish and sensual;
A poet, with Apollo’s privilege,
Dressed in the loneliness of civility
Where is the fire, the flame,
The

Categories: emerson, on writing and words,
Form: Free verse