“I’m not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward around them, I don’t know what to say. I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder.”-Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye “Why is it we want so badlyContinue reading “Margaret Atwood: Part II”
Category Archives: Poetry
Margaret Atwood:Part I
“The past has become discontinuous, like stones skipped across water, like postcards: I catch an image of myself, a dark blank, an image, a blank.” -Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye (322) “Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doingContinue reading “Margaret Atwood:Part I”
Poetry by Javed Akhtar: Ik baat honton tak hai
By: Javed Akhtar Ik baat honton tak hai jo aayi nahin Bas ankhon say hai jhaankti Tumse kabhi, mujhse kabhi Kuch lafz hain woh maangti Jinko pehanke honton tak aa jaaye woh … Aawaaz ki baahon mein baahein daalke ithlaye woh Lekin jo yeh ik baat hai Ahsas hi ahsas hai Khushboo si hai jaiseContinue reading “Poetry by Javed Akhtar: Ik baat honton tak hai”
Poetry by Javed Akhtar: Dil, Aakhir Tu Kyun Rota Hai?
DIL, AAKHIR TU KYUN ROTA HAI? Jab jab dard ka baadal chaya Jab ghum ka saya lehraya Jab aansoo palkon tak aya Jab yeh tanha dil ghabraya Humne dil ko yeh samjhaya Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai Duniya mein yunhi hota hai Yeh jo gehre sannate hain Waqt ne sabko hi baante hain ThodaContinue reading “Poetry by Javed Akhtar: Dil, Aakhir Tu Kyun Rota Hai?”
I am blessed
By: Gabriela Yareliz I am blessed. No matter what is written; He will walk with me. Whomever He may bring; He chose. No matter what stands as an obstacle; He guides me to live His destiny for me. All works together for good; Fire, flood, darkness– My hand is in His. I am blessed.
Hope in God
By: Gabriela Yareliz Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psalm 43:5 Shall not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart. PsalmContinue reading “Hope in God”
Purely Me: Gabriela
Warning-Ek minute: This is a personal post. If you don’t care, I don’t mind. I just wanted to immortalize the thought by typing it out. Simple. “CERTAIN THINGS CAPTURE THE EYE, PURSUE ONLY THOSE THAT CAPTURE THE HEART-“ANCIENT INDIAN PROVERB By: Gabriela Yareliz You know that love? It’s the love that makes you nervous; the loveContinue reading “Purely Me: Gabriela”
The Hound of Heaven: excerpt
By: FrancisThompson “Ah, fondest, blindest, weakest, I am He Whom thou seekest! Thou dravest love from thee, who dravest Me.”
Il Divo
By: Gabriela Yareliz My favorite music group– yes, Il Divo, releasing a Greatest Hits CD with new songs in November. I am so excited! These men have left me enchanted for 8 years, and I don’t think anything will break that spell. I still remember in high school writing Il Divo lyrics on poor Akash’sContinue reading “Il Divo”
GABRIELA YARELIZ 