Gibran Poems - Poems about Gibran

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said: Speak to us of children And he said: Oh multitudes of children Sensually sensitive (1) O piece of my liver - my dewy hair, My day - my tomorrow, The sweetness of knots. “Your children are not your children “ They’re sons & daughters of life longing itself “ (2) We cry...

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I When you have used up nerve, muscle, sinew To be all you dreamed for others and for you Then the soul alone can make you move at all That is how U write like Rumi, Emily, Hawthorne II When death and evil seem greater than good When darkness seems omnipresent, not God Then Scripture within extracts - in pain - a Word That...

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I Think - but don't make THINKING "your aim" - "Don't look too good ... or lose common touch" I learned from past masters, one name Is Kipling. Khalil Gibran. Thanks. Much! II He called defeat his "bold companion," To be understood "is to be leveled," without "Defeat, My Defeat," he owned loss & gain; Life & death. Prepared to dig graves within...

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One focus sees the clear plain truth, Notes of music in mystic planes. Keep true beauty as soul knows proof, Air fond freedom in deeper vein; Hurl and curl art with wholeness bright, Live sad hollow in pleasant feel; Indulge the heart with mind and light, Love bears sorrow as spirit heals. Gain a sure flow in atmosphere, Ink and sketch well as space...

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Lonely as a Source in the desert. Lonely as a Tree in the valley. Lonely as a Darkness in the night. Lonely, who water to the crave gives! Lonely, who rest to the tired brings! Lonely, who glow to the star gifts! Lonely, Lonely You are not! You remained to the World You and Fate You and Poetry You and Truth Lonely, Lonely You are not! Love, Wisdom, Innocence, Friends are...

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