Gladwin Emmanuel

~ Day 44~ "Substantial Planes" by A.R. Ammons #PoemADay2026_AM

—¿Qué es? —me dijo. —¿Qué es qué?— le pregunté. —Eso, el ruido ese. —Es el silencio. Juan Rulfo (México, 1918-1986) Luvina (El Llano en llamas, 1953)

Tolstoy

"L'homme naît avec deux yeux, mais il a besoin d'une longue période d'éducation pour apprendre à voir." Walter Gropius

Thank you, Garous Abdolmalekian, for this favorite poem.

Juan Rulfo (México, 1918-1986), fotógrafo.

“Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.” — Gil Scott-Heron

"–¿Ya murió? ¿Y de qué? –No supe de qué. Tal vez de tristeza. Suspiraba mucho. –Eso es malo. Cada suspiro es como un sorbo de vida del que uno se deshace." Juan Rulfo Pedro Páramo (1955)

“Keep awake, alive, new. Perform the paradox of being hard and yet soft. Survive without calcification of the tender membranes. Be a poet. Be alive.” ― Tennessee Williams

What did I know, what did I know of love’s austere and lonely offices? —Robert Hayden

Happy Birthday to Louise Glück, beloved poet & friend, born on Earth Day, gone but never forgotten! 🎂♥️⚘🦋

Mahmoud Darwish recites 'Earth Poem', 1986

Humans are the only creatures that need to be told not to destroy their own home. May every day be Earth Day.

Anthony Quinn, April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001. Zorba the Greek 1964 directed by Michael Cacoyannis With Alan Bates

"So far I have done only one or two poems that give any indication of what I might become. Besides, one must be in possession of the TOTALITY of one's mind, something I have never acheived. -Antonin Artaud to Madame Toulouse Artaud had it hard, and wrote through it.

How do you find peace ✨