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  • mermaid7
    Aug 22 10:10 PM 2006
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    I find myself revisiting these lines from The Pillow Book of Tenth-Century Japan. Author of the following, Sei Shonagon.

    Elegant things:
    A white coat worn over a violet waistcoat.
    Duck eggs.
    Shaved ice mixed with liana syrup and put in a new silver bowl.
    A rosary of rock crystal.
    Snow on wisteria or plum blossoms.
    A pretty child eating strawberries.
    Just wondering, anyone, what do you find or define as elegant things? I'll share mine later.

  • Old Poetry
    August 27, 2006
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    elegant things:

    to begin
    a single flower
    small gold chain worn around the neck
    a slow smile.............
    Von

  • mermaid7
    August 29, 2006
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    the sound of crickets in the meadow
    the flight of butterflies
    the sound of rain
    a night sky showcasing stars
    the sound of the ocean
    the sway of the willow branches...

  • rufina caraid
    August 29, 2006
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    first sight of a new baby
    a kiss on the cheek
    a handwritten message....

    • twimc
      October 23, 2006
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      contact from my son
      fresh flowers on an autumn day
      wearing something new for the first time - and feeling good about myself.

  • rufina caraid
    October 8, 2006
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    The above is deleted and IM sent to author. Von

  • mermaid7
    October 16, 2006
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    The following beautiful lines are from Spanish poet Ruben Dario:
    stanza 1 from "Blazon"
    The snow-white Olympic swan,
    with beak of rose-red agate,
    preens his eucharistic wing,
    which he opens to the sun like a fan.

    last line from "Symphony in Gray Major:
    "...and the cricket begins a monotonous solo on the only string of its fiddle."

  • mermaid7
    October 18, 2006
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    Thanks for posting "Symphony in Gray Major". Dario brought "Spain" and the Spanish zest into his works. Just finished reading a collection of his poetry and am left breathless by the sheer magic of his work!

    • I-Like-Rhymes
      October 19, 2006
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      Your tastes are usually in synch with my own so should you have other recommendations for adding to the site I'll look into them.
      Jim
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