2013.06.27 19:00 - Paradisian Poetry, Purple as Well as Golden

eliza posted this session from the auto-listener database...

[19:05] Paradise Tennant: The Quiet World

In an effort to get people to look into each other's eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided to allot each person
exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day.

When the phone rings, I put it to my ear without saying hello.

In the restaurant I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.

Late at night, I call my long distance lover,
proudly say I only used fifty-nine today. I saved the rest for you.

When she doesn't respond, I know she's used up all her words,
so I slowly whisper I love you thirty-two and a third times.

After that, we just sit on the line and listen to each other breathe. Jeffrey McDaniel

[19:05] Paradise Tennant: it is quiet tonight so I am posting poems about quiet :)

[19:06] Paradise Tennant:
Poetry By Pablo Neruda

Keeping Quiet

Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
This one time upon the earth,
let's not speak any language,
let's stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.

It would be a delicious moment,
without hurry,
without locomotives,
all of us would be together
in a sudden uneasiness.

The fishermen in the cold sea
would do no harm to the whales
and the peasant gathering salt
would look at his torn hands.

Those who prepare green wars,
wars of gas, wars of fire,
victories without survivors,
would put on clean clothing
and would walk alongside
their brothers in the shade,
without doing a thing.

What I want shouldn't be confused
with final inactivity:
life alone is what matters,
I want nothing to do with death.

If we weren't unanimous
about keeping our lives
so much in motion,
if we could do nothing for once,
perhaps a great silence
would interrupt this sadness,
this never understanding ourselves
and threatening ourselves with death,
perhaps the earth is teaching us
when everything seems to be dead
and then everything is alive.

Now I will count to twelve
and you keep quiet and I'll go.

-from Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon Translated by Stephen Mitchell
[19:07] Paradise Tennant: by Pablo Neruda

[19:07] Paradise Tennant: hiya malinson how are you
[19:08] Paradise Tennant: you are a biped :)

[19:12] Paradise Tennant:

Quiet Night Thoughts
by Li Bai

The moonlight glistens in front of my bed.
I thought it was the frost on the ground.
I lift my gaze to view the shimmering moon,
Then lower my head, and miss my homeland.

About the Poet Li Bai (701 - 762 AD) is one of China’s most famous poets. He lived during China’s golden age of poetry. He traveled widely and met many scholars and even briefly became an official poet for the emperor.

[19:15] Paradise Tennant:
The Lovely Night

Now I leave this little hut,
Where my beloved lives,
Walking now with veiled steps
Through the shadowy leaves.

Luna shines through bush and oak,
Zephyr proclaims her path,
And the birch trees bowing low
Shed incense on her track.

How beautiful the coolness
Of this lovely summer night!
How the soul fills with happiness
In this true place of quiet!

I can scarcely grasp the bliss!
Yet, Heaven, I would shun
A thousand nights like this,
If my darling granted one.

- Goethe


[19:20] Paradise Tennant:

quiet places...... open up your wings, and fly to me, you better watch the currents, and all the trash that love can bring.

open up heart and give it one last try, theres a river on this land, and plenty of air to breath.

open up your arms, and take hold of me, ill be the bed that you lay on, and the food that you eat.

open up your eyes, and dry those tears, ill be the lover who stays, and you my queen.

- DAVID GERARDINO

[19:21] Paradise Tennant:

I often seek a quiet place where weeping willows nod,
Where I can leave the world behind and seek the voice of God.

I dare not speak while I am there for this is holy ground,
And yet God hears my silent prayer and there’s no need for sound.

I feel the sun upon my face, the wind upon my hair,
And He who holds the stars in place renews my spirit there.

I hear the trickle of the stream, the buzzing of the bee,
And I’m awake throughout the dream that He reveals to me.

My senses let me know He’s there, unseen — yet face to face,

Bound by faith and love and prayer in my holy, quiet place.

~ Clay Harrison

[19:22] Paradise Tennant:

Quiet Place

I wish to escape the noisy world,
to go to a quiet place,
instead of hearing this electric whirled,
where we can talk face to face.

Whoever you are, be daring and bold,
the same goes for me let's agree,
to explore the street of old,
for that quiet place to flee.

Can't wait to meet whoever you are,
Until then I'll keep wishing on God's shining star.

By Annie Laurie Gray


[19:28] Paradise Tennant:

A Quiet Place by Lovely

Whispering winds that echo's in my mind
Stalking sea breezes Trees,
tall trees towering above me
Manipulating my soul to be still very still

In a Quiet place
I light two candles, one at a time
Standing between them both hoping to find
A quiet place
Where I can indulge into complete style shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
A Quiet place, where there is no laughter
No pain, no smoke, no hard rain
A quiet place, I'll sustain
A quiet place, I'll proclaim
A quiet place, just for me
A quiet place for eternity!

[19:46] Lucinda Lavender: Hi Paradise! Nice to see you!
[19:47] Lucinda Lavender: Hope you are well...
[19:47] Lucinda Lavender: and your hair is lovely
[19:49] Lucinda Lavender: you must be away for a moment

[19:50] Paradise Tennant: oh hiya luci
[19:50] Lucinda Lavender: :))
[19:50] Paradise Tennant: sorry was away
[19:51] Paradise Tennant: making tea
[19:51] Paradise Tennant: can hear you but it is very staticky
[19:51] Lucinda Lavender: can you hear me?
[19:51] Paradise Tennant: not very well
[19:51] Paradise Tennant: maybe every 3rd word
[19:51] Paradise Tennant: very staticky
[19:52] Paradise Tennant: clearly or not clearly ?
[19:52] Lucinda Lavender: yes staticky!
[19:52] Lucinda Lavender: not clear...

[19:53] Paradise Tennant: i am going to try you on skype one xec
[19:53] Lucinda Lavender: just nice to sort of hear your voice
[19:53] Lucinda Lavender: but sort of there
[19:53] Lucinda Lavender: :))
[19:54] Paradise Tennant: now you are all clear
[19:55] Paradise Tennant: lol i did not get a word of it
[19:55] Paradise Tennant: how are you
[19:55] Lucinda Lavender: :))
[19:55] Lucinda Lavender: no white dot by skype
[19:56] Paradise Tennant: hmm yes does not seem to connect with you
[19:56] Lucinda Lavender: I am fine with a bit of ankle pain:)
[19:56] Paradise Tennant: oh no what is going on?
[19:56] Lucinda Lavender: now skype is on

[19:57] Lucinda Lavender: just been prepping and painting my walls...
[19:57] Lucinda Lavender: I have been working on painting the walls of my house
[19:57] Paradise Tennant: does not seem to call through
[19:57] Paradise Tennant: ooooo what colour ?
[19:58] Lucinda Lavender: just an antique white
[19:58] Lucinda Lavender: it takes about 15 seconds to see my words appear
[19:58] Paradise Tennant: laggy
[19:59] Lucinda Lavender: going up and down ladders and moving furniture is not good I guess for the ankle

[19:59] Paradise Tennant: you are on holiday !!!!
[19:59] Paradise Tennant: yay !!!
[19:59] Lucinda Lavender: yes...laggy
[19:59] Lucinda Lavender: How are you?
[19:59] Lucinda Lavender: yes!
[19:59] Paradise Tennant: well been bery busy ..
[19:59] Paradise Tennant: feel a little add :)
[19:59] Paradise Tennant: spacey

[20:00] Paradise Tennant: was rebellious last night did not want to go to bed stayed up .. till 4 am
[20:00] Paradise Tennant: lol
[20:00] Lucinda Lavender: yes ...can understand that
[20:00] Paradise Tennant: sometimes I just resent the routine
[20:00] Lucinda Lavender: :)))

[20:00] Paradise Tennant: smiles at you .. living on the while side .. sl gardening and shopping :)
[20:00] Lucinda Lavender: hmmm understand that...
[20:01] Lucinda Lavender: we ate our first artichoke tonight:)
[20:01] stevenaia Michinaga: waves
[20:01] Paradise Tennant: first o f the season .. or were they from your garden
[20:01] Paradise Tennant: hiya stev
[20:02] Lucinda Lavender: hi steve:) only one we have ever grown
[20:02] Lucinda Lavender: first year it has created a choke
[20:02] Paradise Tennant: lol
[20:02] Paradise Tennant: wow must have been a momentus moment
[20:02] Paradise Tennant: a bit like artcihoke aniliation :)

[20:03] Lucinda Lavender: happy little thing to eat
[20:03] Lucinda Lavender: :) haha...with fingerling potatoes, (purple as well as golden)

[20:04] Lucinda Lavender: stevenaia...i looked up the distance between you and a musician we thought is good:)
[20:04] Paradise Tennant: will buy some this weekend have not made hem in along time .. like them drenched in butter lemon stuffecd with breadcrumbs and cheese :)
[20:04] Paradise Tennant: getting hungry
[20:04] Lucinda Lavender: yum!
[20:05] stevenaia Michinaga: the distance? how far are they?
[20:05] Lucinda Lavender: The musician is Eric Talor...from Texas and he is coming to a place in PA...Called Harmony....313 miles tho from you:)
[20:06] stevenaia Michinaga: very far
[20:06] Lucinda Lavender: Eric Taylor will play in Harmony
[20:06] Paradise Tennant: smiles hannah loves music .. and you like road tirps :)
[20:06] Lucinda Lavender: yes...
[20:06] Paradise Tennant: wow
[20:06] Lucinda Lavender: he sings and sort of dramatises his music...in a slow drawly way
[20:07] Lucinda Lavender: it is really interesting tho...very dreamy

[20:07] Lucinda Lavender: Today I got to meet a photographer
[20:07] stevenaia Michinaga: dreamy, is he on youtube?
[20:08] Lucinda Lavender: I bet so...
[20:08] Lucinda Lavender: I will look
[20:08] Paradise Tennant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBp7vzUNtiY
[20:09] stevenaia Michinaga: they you tube is from about 20 miles from here
[20:09] Lucinda Lavender: We heard him recently in Seattle
[20:09] Lucinda Lavender: wow!
[20:11] Lucinda Lavender: may take me a long time
[20:11] Paradise Tennant: is this the right eric taylor ?
[20:11] Lucinda Lavender: so slow here...
[20:11] Lucinda Lavender: mine is not opening
[20:12] stevenaia Michinaga: sounds kinda bluesy
[20:12] Lucinda Lavender: very much so
[20:12] Paradise Tennant: really gravelly voice nice
[20:12] Lucinda Lavender: and he creates a kind of dark mood
[20:13] Lucinda Lavender: how are you steve?
[20:13] stevenaia Michinaga: I am very happily busy
[20:14] Lucinda Lavender: :))
[20:14] stevenaia Michinaga: and busilly happy
[20:15] stevenaia Michinaga: if that's a word
[20:15] Paradise Tennant: it is :)
[20:15] Paradise Tennant: and such a good way to be
[20:15] Paradise Tennant: really like this guitarist :))
[20:16] Lucinda Lavender: what song is he playing
[20:16] Lucinda Lavender: ?
[20:17] Paradise Tennant: mission door
[20:17] Paradise Tennant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRnzf...C935FFC6806F63
[20:20] Lucinda Lavender: something wrong with my settings i guess
[20:20] stevenaia Michinaga: :(

[20:20] Lucinda Lavender: it is the kind of music you sit really still for

[20:20] Paradise Tennant: smiles
[20:20] Paradise Tennant: and sits still
[20:21] Lucinda Lavender: :))
[20:21] Lucinda Lavender: beautiful hair Pardise
[20:22] Lucinda Lavender: I will need to go shopping for hair someday
[20:22] Paradise Tennant: oh let me give you the land mark
[20:22] Lucinda Lavender: thanks
[20:22] Paradise Tennant: I like it a lot but I have always liked the pebbles look :)
[20:23] stevenaia Michinaga: endless hair in SL
[20:23] Lucinda Lavender: nodds
[20:23] Lucinda Lavender: I can nod but not spell
[20:24] Paradise Tennant: spelling is over rated not really as important as people think :)
[20:24] Lucinda Lavender: ok:)
[20:24] Lucinda Lavender: So I met a photographer/relative today...
[20:25] Lucinda Lavender: his name is Les Wollam
[20:25] Lucinda Lavender: told him about going to NYC
[20:26] stevenaia Michinaga: http://leswollamphoto.com
[20:26] Paradise Tennant: are you going to NYC luci ?
[20:27] Lucinda Lavender: no...but I enjoyed thinking about my trip there...before
[20:27] stevenaia Michinaga: :)
[20:27] Paradise Tennant: smiles lovely to enjoy memories
[20:27] stevenaia Michinaga: happy to host you again
[20:28] Lucinda Lavender: the photography museum I went to
[20:28] Lucinda Lavender: aw thanks...
[20:28] Lucinda Lavender: big life trip
[20:29] Paradise Tennant: like that phrase big life trip
[20:29] Lucinda Lavender: I am just getting ready for summer activities here
[20:29] Lucinda Lavender: and practicing not spraining my ankle
[20:30] Lucinda Lavender: seems concise...
[20:30] stevenaia Michinaga: you travel well
[20:31] Lucinda Lavender: nods with deep appreciation:)

[20:32] Lucinda Lavender: anyone have a dream egg in process?
[20:32] Paradise Tennant: a dream egg ?
[20:32] Lucinda Lavender: for over at the dome?
[20:32] stevenaia Michinaga: I thinkI might be too busy
[20:32] Lucinda Lavender: people have been dreaming up stuff to put in their eggs there
[20:33] Paradise Tennant: hmm so it is a t exture you apply to th e dome shape ?
[20:33] Lucinda Lavender: ah...can imagine...
[20:33] stevenaia Michinaga: perhaps I will find a helper
[20:33] Lucinda Lavender: yes..
[20:33] Lucinda Lavender: and perhaps build something to put in with a notecard
[20:34] Lucinda Lavender: I am having the hardest time figuring out what to do...
[20:34] stevenaia Michinaga: pick a dream, build the impossible
[20:34] Paradise Tennant: hmm could do the barbie dream ?
[20:35] Lucinda Lavender: and...I missed a dream circle from last thursday...I am really a bit unfocussed...! Barbie ...yes!
[20:35] Lucinda Lavender: that is a good one
[20:35] Paradise Tennant: lol easy to do here :)
[20:35] Lucinda Lavender: you do not hink it would cause consternation to have the meaning of PaB be...I am God?
[20:35] stevenaia Michinaga: bedtime for me, long day tomorrow
[20:35] stevenaia Michinaga: night my friends
[20:35] Paradise Tennant: nite nite stev
[20:36] Paradise Tennant: sweet dreams
[20:36] Paradise Tennant: scritch to fubu
[20:36] Lucinda Lavender: bye for now steve
[20:36] Paradise Tennant: still debating that dream seminar
[20:36] Paradise Tennant: july 1st is the first day
[20:36] Lucinda Lavender: i read the dream recently and found that I asked the ipad a question in that dream and its answer was I am God
[20:37] Paradise Tennant: yes that was a complelling one
[20:37] Lucinda Lavender: it was...
[20:37] Lucinda Lavender: what are the pros and cons of doing it?
[20:37] Lucinda Lavender: your class...
[20:39] Paradise Tennant: hmm likely I would miss a few sessions
[20:39] Paradise Tennant: one is on my brother's birthday .. he and his wife arrive on monday for a 21 day visit
[20:40] Paradise Tennant: would find it a lot more fun if somehow we could figure out a way for me include via skype say .
[20:40] Lucinda Lavender: ah...
[20:41] Lucinda Lavender: can you send me the info one more time?
[20:41] Lucinda Lavender: I am not sure where I put it...
[20:41] Lucinda Lavender: it looks good I did not fucus on the dates tho
[20:41] Lucinda Lavender: focus
[20:41] Lucinda Lavender: :)

[20:42] Paradise Tennant: http://evolverlearninglab.com/collec...al-realization
[20:42] Lucinda Lavender: such a great name
[20:44] Paradise Tennant: aawful sound quality
[20:44] Paradise Tennant: too bad we are not more tecky
[20:44] Paradise Tennant: going to try to get through to you on skype
[20:45] Paradise Tennant: geez cannot make out one word
[20:45] Lucinda Lavender: ok
[20:45] Lucinda Lavender: how about we go out of SL...
[20:45] Lucinda Lavender: and try only skype
[20:45] Paradise Tennant: maybe I could broacast the sessions on my speakers and tape them somohow and drop you the sessions in a drop box ?
[20:46] Lucinda Lavender: sure! that sounds interesting
[20:46] Lucinda Lavender: to chat about?

[20:47] Paradise Tennant: yes classes are much more fun if you have someone to chat too about the stuff
[20:47] Paradise Tennant: let me poonder it
[20:47] Lucinda Lavender: I would be honored
[20:47] Lucinda Lavender: yes!
[20:48] Lucinda Lavender: you could pick the parts that really interest you...
[20:48] Paradise Tennant: when you go through the sessions they all sound pretty interesting
[20:48] Lucinda Lavender: ok
[20:49] Lucinda Lavender: I have been offered a color class for 15 monthes with Connie Kaplan...
[20:49] Paradise Tennant: well my friend i was very bad yesterday .. a little rebel and i am going to have to go to bed tonight reasonably early . got all of 3 hours of sleep last night
[20:49] Lucinda Lavender: thinking about it....it is on skype too
[20:49] Lucinda Lavender: ok...that is fine!
[20:49] Paradise Tennant: so sweet dreams .. hon :))
[20:49] Lucinda Lavender: we can talk soon then...i will be sitting artound alot
[20:50] Lucinda Lavender: resting my foot
[20:50] Paradise Tennant: ok are yoiu doing your session tomorrow nite ?
[20:50] Lucinda Lavender: sweet dreams to you:)