#locus - Hello Poetry

Charles Webb died today at the age of 81. He was the author of THE GRADUATE, which, in turn, was made into the eponymous movie in the late 1960s. The movie was a huge financial success (the soundtrack contained Simon and Garfunkel's most famous songs). But Charles, who had attended an expensive prep school and had graduated from Williams, eschewed money in general and wealth overall. I have written "Wealth is not worth;" Charles and his wife personified my sentiment. They gave away everything of worth they had--and they had tons of things of great worth. They lived their long lives in what others called extreme poverty, but they knew early on that financial wealth was, indeed, not spiritual worth. If Earth is to survive, those who call Earth their home will necessarily have to learn and practice, to an appreciable degree, what Charles and his wife learned and practived their entire adult lives. Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks

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Jun 29, 2020

Jun 29, 2020 at 8:26 PM UTC

tod-howard-hawks

CHARLES WEBB DIED TODAY

Charles Webb died today at the age of 81. He was the author of THE GRADUATE, which, in turn, was made into the eponymous movie in the late 1960s. The movie was a huge financial success (the soundtrack contained Simon and Garfunkel's most famous songs). But Charles, who had attended an expensive prep school and had graduated from Williams, eschewed money in general and wealth overall. I have written "Wealth is not worth;" Charles and his wife personified my sentiment. They gave away everything of worth they had--and they had tons of things of great worth. They lived their long lives in what others called extreme poverty, but they knew early on that financial wealth was, indeed, not spiritual worth. If Earth is to survive, those who call Earth their home will necessarily have to learn and practice, to an appreciable degree, what Charles and his wife learned and practived their entire adult lives. Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks

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#*Disperse and drift Hail the wind And sail Buoyant The force of the sea Mysterious Unmoved Take root If you must And Be*#

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Jun 5, 2020

Jun 5, 2020 at 2:50 PM UTC

sarita-aditya-verma

Locus

#*Disperse and drift Hail the wind And sail Buoyant The force of the sea Mysterious Unmoved Take root If you must And Be*#

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Blades of deadly green grass Flowing through the mountain pass Cut by streams like flowing glass Icy cold to the touch Reflecting luminous golden rays Gifted from heavens above A modest man tends his cattle Watching closely with one eye The other capturing a picture so sublime A life of duty he would never decline Tree's sway to the breath of the wind Testing the strength of their limbs Birds dance , singing hyms's Flowers stretch their petals high Towards the light so bright All the while a man tends his cattle In a mountain pass Full of beautiful green grass.

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Aug 16, 2018

Aug 16, 2018 at 1:46 AM UTC

BrokenLilac

Locus Amoenus

Blades of deadly green grass Flowing through the mountain pass Cut by streams like flowing glass Icy cold to the touch Reflecting luminous golden rays Gifted from heavens above A modest man tends his cattle Watching closely with one eye The other capturing a picture so sublime A life of duty he would never decline Tree's sway to the breath of the wind Testing the strength of their limbs Birds dance , singing hyms's Flowers stretch their petals high Towards the light so bright All the while a man tends his cattle In a mountain pass Full of beautiful green grass.

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