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Commentary on the commentary --
My observations on these poems should not be read as the single, absolute meaning. A poem, like a dream, has layers of meaning -- and that meaning can shift over time and from differing perspectives. My commentary is offered in order to suggest a starting point for you to begin your own exploration into the poem's meaning. Even if my explanation feels right on the mark, please don't stop there. We must discover each poem's meaning for ourselves; otherwise the poem and its explanation remain largely trapped in the intellect. Sacred poetry is transformative poetry. Until we feel a poem working its alchemy on our own awareness, we haven't discovered its heart... -- Ivan
| Teresa of Avila You are Christ's Hands |
| Thomas, R. S. But the silence in the mind |
| Thomas, R. S. The Moor |
| Tolkien, J. R. R. All That is Gold Does Not Glitter (Gandalf's Song of Aragorn) |
| Tolkien, J. R. R. Elbereth |
| Tolkien, J. R. R. Frodo's Lament for Gandalf |
| Tolkien, J. R. R. Gandalf's Song of Lórien |
| Tolkien, J. R. R. One Ring |
| Tolkien, J. R. R. The Song of Beren and Lúthien |
| Tolkien, J. R. R. Upon the hearth the fire is red |
| Traherne, Thomas Love |
| Trungpa, Chogyam Sutra |
| Tsogyel, Yeshe The Supreme Being is the Dakini Queen of the Lake of Awareness! |
| Tsvetaeva, Marina I know the truth |
| Tsvetaeva, Marina The gold that was my hair has turned |
| Tukaram All men to me are god-like Gods! |
| Tulsi Sahib Sound Celestial |
| Tulsi Sahib Within This Body |
| Valad, Sultan The Soul That Does not Live in God is not Alive |
| Vaughan, Henry The Morning Watch |
| Vaughan, Henry The Night |
| Vaughan, Henry Vanity of Spirit |
| Vidyapati All my inhibition left me in a flash |
| Vidyapati As the mirror to my hand |
| Vivekananda In dense darkness, O Mother |
| Walters, Dorothy Preparing to Greet the Goddess |
| Walters, Dorothy The Moment |
| Walters, Dorothy Waiting |
| Wei, Wang Cooling Off |
| Whitman, Walt [1] I celebrate myself, and sing myself (from Song of Myself) |
| Whitman, Walt [17] These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me (from Song of Myself) |
| Whitman, Walt [3] I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end (from Song of Myself) |
| Whitman, Walt [4] Trippers and askers surround me (from Song of Myself) |
| Whitman, Walt [44] It is time to explain myself -- let us stand up (from Song of Myself) |
| Whitman, Walt [5] I believe in you my soul, the other I am must not abase itself to you (from Song of Myself) |
| Whyte, David All the True Vows |
| Wordsworth, William Such was the Boy--but for the growing Youth (from The Excursion, Book 1) |
| Wu Men (Hui-k'ai) One instant is eternity; |
| Wu Men (Hui-k'ai) Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn |
| Yakut (Anonymous) Yakut Prayer |
| Yamei In one shrill cry |
| Yannai The Celestial Fire |
| Yeats, William Butler The Lake Isle of Innisfree |
| Yen-shou, Yung-ming Immovable Mind |
| Yitzchak of Berditchov, Levi Where I wander -- You! |
| Yogananda, Paramahansa O Spirit, reveal Thyself as Thou art |
| Yogananda, Paramahansa OM |
| Yogananda, Paramahansa Samadhi |
| Yogananda, Paramahansa What bliss at the sight of Thy light! |
| Yun-k'an Tzu by willow's shade |
| Yun, Hsu An Exquisite Truth |
| Yun, Hsu Heart of the Buddha |
| Yun, Hsu Mirror Pond on Mount Taibo in Shanxi |
| Yun, Hsu Searching for the Dharma |
| Zohar (Leon, Moses de) Inside the hidden nexus (from Jacob's Journey) |
| Zohar (Leon, Moses de) The Gates (from Openings) |
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Ivan
M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright ©
2002 - 2011 by Ivan M. Granger.
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