A White Rose To Joy On Our Anniversary — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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An Anniversary Rose 3 comments
The red rose whispers of passion,
But I send you a cream-white rosebud
“Where were you when . . .?” 3 comments
John Lennon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Where were you when . . .?”
I first asked this question ten years ago on the thirty anniversary of John Lennon’s death.
Whether asked the question or thinking to yourself, we often recall years later what we were doing when we first heard of a sad happening. With today being the 40th anniversary of John Lennon’s death, thoughts on time and place are reviewed. I was in my small apartment on a rainy, cold night, just off the campus of Western Kentucky University, where I was teaching. If I had a TV, I don’t recall because I was usually listening to music on the radio. Then, as now, music is a part of my daily existence, and the beauty of Lennon’s music is its ability to make you think and help you answer questions.
In December of 1980, Lennon had only recently turned forty, and I was about to reach the same age. We shared little besides years of life and his music. Now, forty years out, I wonder what John Lennon would be like if he were still a part of our existence. We both would be fifty years into the age Lennon, as a young flower-child rebel, famously labeled, “Never trust anyone over thirty!”
Imagine
Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
May the spirit of John Lennon always be with us.
— kenne
“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky.
I believe that what people call God is something in all of us.
I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right.
It’s just that the translations have gone wrong.”
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Meditation — Image by kenne
ANNIVERSARY
Anniversary —
Life’s change for good and bad,
Facing each with love.
— kenne
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Anniversary Orchid — No Mystery In This Beauty! 1 comment
Anniversary Orchid — Image by kenne
Orchids given you
Always bring a smile to your
Anniversary.
A yellow not black
minis mystery orchid
always glows in dark.
kenne
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Sunday, May 18, 2008 Leave a comment
To Make Soft . . .
Words,
words are nothing
Feelings,
feelings are everything
Struggling,
struggling to share feelings
Placing,
placing petitions of desire
Door,
to the door of your heart
Shut,
shut not the door
love,
love will break the heart
Scorn,
scorn not what we do
Looking,
looking for peace of mind
Truth,
the truth will set us free
Explaining,
explaining not what is real
Complicated,
too complicated to follow
Knowing,
knowing not our time to go
Lifetime,
lifetime is no time at all
— kenne
