ROOM ON THE LEFT: 11-11-11

Friday, November 11, 2011

at the eleventh minute

of the eleventh hour

on the eleventh day

of the eleventh month
.......

we remember
or we should
just to honor them if nothing else.

Jane DelcambreNovember 11, 2011 11:34 AM
LOVE that flower!!!! amen
ReplyDelete
Replies
Tammy@T's Daily TreasuresNovember 11, 2011 2:59 PM
Very pretty poppy, Marilyn. I saw someone else post one today but yours is even more lovely. Hope you're having a good day. Tammy
ReplyDelete
Replies
AnonymousNovember 11, 2011 5:47 PM
A beautiful way to remember. Mia S
ReplyDelete
Replies

I am standing by the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze

and starts for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength,

and I stand and watch

until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud

just where the sun and sky come down to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says, ‘There she goes!

Gone where? Gone from my sight – that is all.

She is just as large in mast and hull and spar

as she was when she left my side

and just as able to bear her load of living freight

to the places of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says,

‘There she goes! ‘ ,

there are other eyes watching her coming,

and other voices ready to take up the glad shout :

‘Here she comes!’

Henry Van Dyke, 19th century