by Robin Bloor | Jan 28, 2025 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Challenge of Being The Cost of Being In the quiet of the morning, When the dew weeps unseen, The soul whispers its longing: “Will you rise, or will you dream?” Cheap are the songs sung in comfort, The hands that labor not the clay. But costly is the fire that...
by Robin Bloor | Dec 28, 2024 | Readings, The Lost Herald
Cheery Blossoms as a Japanese Image of Beauty A tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry with a specific structure – like a Haiku but with two added lines. Such poems often explore themes of nature, love, longing, sadness, or spiritual reflection. The first...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 26, 2024 | Readings, The Lost Herald
Queen Mab What follows is Mercutio’s remarkable description of Queen Mab from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Act 1, Scene 4) O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comesIn shape no bigger than an agate...
by Robin Bloor | Oct 28, 2024 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Buddha The Four Noble Truths The Four Noble Truths describe the nature of suffering, its cause, its cessation, and the path leading to its cessation. The First Noble Truth: The Truth of Suffering (Dukkha) Suffering is an inherent part of human existence. It arises...
by Robin Bloor | Sep 29, 2024 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Troubadour Carel de Amor So through the eyes love attains the heart:For the eyes are the scouts of the heart,And the eyes go reconnoiteringFor what it would please the heart to possess.And when they are in full accordAnd firm, all three, in the one resolve,At that...
by Robin Bloor | Aug 30, 2024 | Readings, The Lost Herald
The Banquet One day the Supreme Being took it into his head to give a great banquet in his palace of azure. All the virtues were invited. Only the virtues … men he did not ask … only ladies. There were a great many of them, great and small. The lesser...