Hands off
Hand it in
Hand it over
Helping hands
Hand made
Hand me downs
Hands down
Hand is a handy word
32 posts categorized "The Poetry of Hands"
December 09, 2009
The poetry of hands, 32
November 12, 2009
An invisible cloak, The poetry of hands, 31
Uncle Josip, Jelisava & Anton jauntily watching over us / Philadelphia, PA / circa 1940s
“May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak to mind your life.”
~ a blessing from John O’Donohue
Remembering the 54th Anniversary of your most auspicious day. Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad.
August 24, 2009
The poetry of hands, 30
“This small lake was of most value as a neighbor in the intervals of a gentle rain-storm in August, when, both air and water being perfectly still, but the sky overcast, mid-afternoon had all the serenity of evening, and the wood thrush sang around, and was heard from shore to shore. A lake like this is never smoother than at such a time; and the clear portion of the air above it being, shallow and darkened by clouds, the water, full of light and reflections, becomes a lower heaven itself so much the more important.”
~ Thoreau, an excerpt from Walden (Where I Lived and What I Lived for)
August 04, 2009
The poetry of hands, 29
Detail from Minerva by Rembrandt (oil on canvas, 1635) at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art / August 2009
Minerva is known as the Roman goddess of wisdom. I wonder has she read everything in that big book where her left hand rests? Or is that the book of wisdom she has written? She is also known as the goddess of the useful and ornamental arts and craft such as spinning, weaving, and needle-work.
January 30, 2009
The poetry of hands, 28
For Paulo my writer and worker with the sturdy hands / New Jersey / June 2008
Renovating an old house is a lot like writing —
full of pitfalls and revisions and it goes on and on
~ Heard on a TV show about New Orleans on PBS last night
full of pitfalls and revisions and it goes on and on
~ Heard on a TV show about New Orleans on PBS last night
January 20, 2009
The poetry of hands, 27
Inauguration Day / U.S.A. / January 2009
This is what I have today: hope
April 16, 2008
The poetry of hands, 26
Statue at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (the nation's oldest art museum and school of fine arts) / Philadelphia, PA / April 2008
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity,
but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.”
April 10, 2008
The poetry of hands, 25
The hands of a long-time newspaper reader and writer on a long-ago edition of the paper: Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Morning May 12, 1946
The Philadelphia Inquirer is said to be the third oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. It was founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and the first issue promised that the paper would be devoted to the right of a minority to voice their opinion and “the maintenance of the rights and liberties of the people, equally against the abuses as the usurpation of power.” (Wikipedia)
February 20, 2008
The poetry of hands, 24
Mitza fries the traditional Lent "frogs" / Pennsylvania / Feb. 2008
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty
never grows old.
November 26, 2007
The poetry of hands, 23
Hands knitting headbands / New Jersey / Nov. 2007
When I travel back to Thanksgiving just past
I think
Grandma used to say that
you make your own fun
Put some table linens on your head
and you're a pilgrim
Pretend that you're re-enacting the
first Thanksgiving
and suddenly you are there
Hoisting drinks and cheering
laughing and celebrating
losing yourself in the fun
Grandma was right(Evidence here)
