GOGOJILI legit,Claim Your Free 999 Pesos Bonus Today https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/01/simple-gifts/ Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: minhjan https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/01/simple-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:43:08 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=438#comment-1384 Interesting observations! It never occurs to me to think that “patriotism” is an outmoded form of tribalism. This idea is sorted of like Nietzsche’s “On the Genealogy of Morality.” Along side with “Air and Simple Gifts,” I also thought that “Praise Song for the Day” by Elizabeth Alexander was beautiful. Here are some lines:

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All about us is noise. All about us is
noise and bramble, thorn and din, each
one of our ancestors on our tongues.

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Say it plain: that many have died for this day.
Sing the names of the dead who brought us here,
who laid the train tracks, raised the bridges,

picked the cotton and the lettuce, built
brick by brick the glittering edifices
they would then keep clean and work inside of.

Praise song for struggle, praise song for the day.
Praise song for every hand-lettered sign,
the figuring-it-out at kitchen tables.

Some live by love thy neighbor as thyself,
others by first do no harm or take no more
than you need. What if the mightiest word is love?

Love beyond marital, filial, national,
love that casts a widening pool of light,
love with no need to pre-empt grievance.

In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,
any thing can be made, any sentence begun.
On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp,

praise song for walking forward in that light.

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By: Quentin Kirk https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/01/simple-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:12:41 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=438#comment-1373 Wonderful answer………….brought tears to my eyes………..Quentin

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By: Nathan https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/01/simple-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:15:22 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=438#comment-1370 Interesting that you mention it—I was hoping that someone would pick up on that. Patriotism has been much on my mind lately. I’ve been wondering about whether a commitment to nonviolence can cleanse ideologies like patriotism of some of their evils (see a theoretical speculation on this here).

My reason for thinking this might be possible is, of all things, a song: “Finlandia Hymn“:

This is my song, O God of all the nations,
A song of peace for lands afar and mine.
This is my home, the country where my heart is;
Here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine;
But other hearts in other lands are beating
With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean,
And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine;
But other lands have sunlight too, and clover,
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine.
O hear my song, thou God of all the nations,
A song of peace for their land and for mine.

The hope is that one can be allowed to love one’s own land in a special way so long as one recognizes the rights of others to do so as well.

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By: Quentin Kirk https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/01/simple-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:48:05 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=438#comment-1369 please put an “is” after virtue and a “s” on feel………..there, up too late last night.

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By: Quentin Kirk https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/01/simple-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:41:36 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=438#comment-1368 Much as I love Obama this list of virtues are not enough. “values upon which our success depends – hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism”. Patriotism feel like an outmoted form of tribalism.
For me vision is everything. A loving, green, joyful, earth-wide vision is everything….Quentin in San Cris

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By: Emily Underwood https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/01/simple-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-1342 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:46:00 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=438#comment-1342 Thanks for this, Nathan.

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