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Watching the River Flow By: Selected Poems QUOTES

Watching the River Flow By: Selected Poems QUOTES

1 " Garden’s hush opens up
an abyss at my center, still point.
Someone touches me, mystery, otherness.
No words are spoken, silence
the language of God.
Silence, calm, hushed garden
usher me into a presence,
presence of my beloved.
Let me rest in this quiet
visit, gift that puts a beautiful
end to a hectic day.
Someone is with me—that is all that matters!
-Evening Hush "

― Robert Trabold , Watching the River Flow By: Selected Poems

2 " Is this what I am doing now?
Watching the currents, passages
of life around me.
I am not looking for books to explain
more with their words, but
listening to poets with their imagery, symbols, listening to my own feelings as I
continue my pilgrimage in this life,
pausing, watching, catching glimpses
of deeper down things.
-Deeper Down Things "

― Robert Trabold , Watching the River Flow By: Selected Poems

3 " We are all in the same boat,
boat of life. Does not seem
to be a rudder with oarsman.
Perhaps my words may find a
path, path through currents and water
as we continue our journey on
river of life.
-River of Life "

― Robert Trabold , Watching the River Flow By: Selected Poems

4 " Feet got sore, body was tired,
long day, march down Manhattan.
I felt a fire lit within me.
Hopefully this fire will touch
all of us, will be a long fight.
-Climate Change March 2014 "

― Robert Trabold , Watching the River Flow By: Selected Poems

5 " In the ebb and flow of my life,
in years gone by, in moments now,
in currents, undertows that almost
did me in,
someone was there, never let me go.
I bathe myself in this love.
Because of it I did not get lost
in crossroads, curves of the years gone by.
No dead-end streets,
always an exit!
How lucky I am—someone loves me!
-Inward Journey "

― Robert Trabold , Watching the River Flow By: Selected Poems