Comments on: Andrew Colliver – Nocturne http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/09/21/andrew-colliver-nocturne/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Sat, 18 May 2013 21:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Kathy Stewart http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/09/21/andrew-colliver-nocturne/#comment-77745 Kathy Stewart Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:42:21 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2216#comment-77745 This poem speaks to me of last night's experience, of being awake for nearly 3 hours and witnessing the vastness of I am. No small self here, but a flowing tranquil out-of-time event in which there was no I that notice that nothing was happening and yet it was so exciting, so exquisite, so precious. Thank you, you always seem to speak directly to my heart. Our heart. One heart. This poem speaks to me of last night’s experience, of being awake for nearly 3 hours and witnessing the vastness of I am. No small self here, but a flowing tranquil out-of-time event in which there was no I that notice that nothing was happening and yet it was so exciting, so exquisite, so precious. Thank you, you always seem to speak directly to my heart. Our heart.
One heart.

]]> By: Peg http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/09/21/andrew-colliver-nocturne/#comment-77494 Peg Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:42:54 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2216#comment-77494 Fall seems to more easily bring me to this place of emptiness as Colliver speaks of. This meta-emptiness where I am within my primal body individuated, sovereign. Within the same instant, I am the one expanded beyond all recognition but not. I know myself intimately, as well as trees, insects, flowers, grass, stars, planets, galaxies. I reach for this wisdom each fall, without fail. I was born on September 2 and I think that autumn is my first experience within this body. I can't help but hoard a special place in my heart for this season where it can breathe and live all year. Thank you all for your comments and Ivan for sharing this poem. Fall seems to more easily bring me to this place of emptiness as Colliver speaks of. This meta-emptiness where I am within my primal body individuated, sovereign. Within the same instant, I am the one expanded beyond all recognition but not. I know myself intimately, as well as trees, insects, flowers, grass, stars, planets, galaxies. I reach for this wisdom each fall, without fail.

I was born on September 2 and I think that autumn is my first experience within this body. I can’t help but hoard a special place in my heart for this season where it can breathe and live all year.

Thank you all for your comments and Ivan for sharing this poem.

]]> By: Priscilla http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/09/21/andrew-colliver-nocturne/#comment-77490 Priscilla Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:24:15 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2216#comment-77490 A beautiful poem to start my day. Thank you A beautiful poem to start my day. Thank you

]]> By: Sylvia http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/09/21/andrew-colliver-nocturne/#comment-77488 Sylvia Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:54:29 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2216#comment-77488 Wow. What a great poem. Thanks for casting your net wide, introducing me to this poet. And thank you Andrew... Wow. What a great poem. Thanks for casting your net wide, introducing me to this poet. And thank you Andrew…

]]> By: Jelena http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/09/21/andrew-colliver-nocturne/#comment-77469 Jelena Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:09:03 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2216#comment-77469 Happy Equinox Night! Happy Equinox Night!

]]> By: maryann moon http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/09/21/andrew-colliver-nocturne/#comment-77440 maryann moon Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:07:46 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2216#comment-77440 Dear Ivan, First let me extend my sincerest wishes for a truly tranquil "Day of International Peace." I read that on the calendar next to my desk this a.m. And I love what Jan from the letter above has to say about the light that you are,... or more truly all of us are. In today's HeavenLetter, God says "your vastness fills the whole sky". We are an extension of God's thoughts, sent to the world to bring more Light and Love to this wondrous planet. We are irresistibly drawn to the poetry that life is. We want our hearts to be more like Mary Oliver's, always noticing somehow that to look into the eyes of any one of our friends or foes is to see ourself. It's then that we realize that anything and anyone is absolutely forgivable. I have, by the way, a new grandson, he's 5 mo. old today, and his eyes tell me he knows joy such as most of us have long forgotten. It's my wish that he and I shall be fast friends for a very long time. (which doesn't exist either). My favorite line in this Andrew Colliiver poem is "Life feeds you up into a sea of stars". That is surely an intoxicatingly exquisite idea. Dear Ivan, First let me extend my sincerest wishes for a truly tranquil “Day of International
Peace.” I read that on the calendar next to my desk this a.m. And I love what Jan from the letter above has to say about the light that you are,… or more truly all of us are. In today’s
HeavenLetter, God says “your vastness fills the whole sky”. We are an extension of God’s thoughts, sent to the world to bring more Light and Love to this wondrous planet. We are
irresistibly drawn to the poetry that life is. We want our hearts to be more like Mary Oliver’s,
always noticing somehow that to look into the eyes of any one of our friends or foes
is to see ourself. It’s then that we realize that anything and anyone is absolutely forgivable.
I have, by the way, a new grandson, he’s 5 mo. old today, and his eyes tell me he knows
joy such as most of us have long forgotten. It’s my wish that he and I shall be fast friends for a very long time. (which doesn’t exist either). My favorite line in this Andrew Colliiver
poem is “Life feeds you up into a sea of stars”. That is surely an intoxicatingly exquisite idea.

]]> By: jan http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2012/09/21/andrew-colliver-nocturne/#comment-77433 jan Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:55:11 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/?p=2216#comment-77433 hello, Ivan! we, (as a small but strong community of folks that believe there is more to this plane of existence than meets the eye, and i think i may say that without equivocation.. i am but one infinitesimal part of that Whole) are so blessed to have you in this world at this time...sometimes it is as if you are a prism, and the light ( or read: thought) which enters you is refracted out into something wonderful and clear, hidden from daily view...thank you for this poem and your commentary today... jan hello, Ivan! we, (as a small but strong community of folks that believe there is more to this plane of existence than meets the eye, and i think i may say that without equivocation.. i am but one infinitesimal part of that Whole) are so blessed to have you in this world at this time…sometimes it is as if you are a prism, and the light ( or read: thought) which enters you is refracted out into something wonderful and clear, hidden from daily view…thank you for this poem and your commentary today…

jan

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