I´m right now at home bacause, as you know, I have angina!! I´m tired of being in bed!!! I take my lap-top to bed and share this link with you...
You know winter´s about to finish in this hemisphere so before it ends let´s think of winter as a time for introspection...
In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, actress Mary Louise Parker recites the poem, "Lines for Winter" by Mark Strand, exploring themes of isolation and self-discovery.
I hope you enjoy it dear all!!
Lines For Winter by Mark Strand
Tell yourselfas it gets cold and gray falls from the air
that you will go on
walking, hearing
the same tune no matter where
you find yourself --inside the dome of dark
or under the cracking white
of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow.
Tonight as it gets cold
tell yourself
what you know which is nothing
but the tune your bones play
as you keep going. And you will be able
for once to lie down under the small fire
of winter stars.
And if it happens that you cannot
go on or turn back and you find yourself
where you will be at the end,
tell yourself
in that final flowing of cold through your limbs
that you love what you are.
