--Description: 19th C, Thoreau H.D., Nature--
Low-anchored cloud,
Newfoundland air,
Fountain-head and source of rivers,
Dew-cloth, dream-drapery,
And napkin spread by fays;
Drifting meadow of the air,
Where bloom the daisied banks and violets,
And in whose fenny labyrinth
The bittern booms and heron wades;
Spirit of lakes and seas and rivers,
Bear only perfumes and the scent
Of healing herbs to just men's fields!
Henry David Thoreau
--Did You Know: (July 12, 1817– May 6, 1862) Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore; while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time imploring one to abandon waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs. He was a lifelong abolitionist. Read more at: Henry David Thoreau
--Word of the Day: bonanza \buh-NAN-zuh\, noun:
1. A source of great and sudden wealth or luck.
2. A rich mass of ore, as found in mining.
Example:
The writers' strike a couple years ago was a bonanza for reality TV shows new and old.
-- Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery
--Quote of the Day: Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
- Jim Rohn
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--Word of the Day: bonanza \buh-NAN-zuh\, noun:
1. A source of great and sudden wealth or luck.
2. A rich mass of ore, as found in mining.
Example:
The writers' strike a couple years ago was a bonanza for reality TV shows new and old.
-- Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery
--Quote of the Day: Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
- Jim Rohn
Coffee Table Poetry for Tea Drinkers is updated often. Subscribe by selecting E-mail or RSS Reader. Also, come follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Poets and Advertisers-please contact us to post your press releases, new book info, graphics and more at: coffeetablepoet@gmail.com
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