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This we Have Now

Rumi

This we have now
is not imagination.
This is not
grief or joy.
Not a judging state,
or an elation,
or sadness.
Those come and go.
This is the presence that doesn't.




Quotes of the Day

I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.
• David Lee Roth


Poems of the Day
  • Amy Lowell
    La Ronde Du Diable
    by Amy Lowell
    "Here we go round the ivy-bush," And that's a tune we all dance to. Little poet people snatching ivy, Trying to prevent one another from snatching ivy. If you get a leaf, there's ...