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Is the poet the philosopher of our time…….
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creator: Sheighle Birdthistle
date: 2021-01-16T00:00:55Z
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description: The Poetry Corner. January 2021 A philosopher is a person who offers views or theories on profound questions. Is today’s poet the philosopher of our time?Use relevant poets and poems to support or disagree with the argument. You are welcome Continue reading Is the poet the philosopher of our time…….→
encoded: The Poetry Corner. January 2021 A philosopher is a person who offers views or theories on profound questions. Is today’s poet the philosopher of our time? Use relevant poets and poems to support or disagree with the argument. You are welcome to send your ideas to me at; sheighle@icloud.com Socrates said: ” I cannot teach anybody anything I can only make them think” Socrates died 399 BC. We do not know his birthdate. Socrates was a Greek Philosopher and the main source of Western thought. It is only through what was recorded by his students that we know about his life. The Socratic Method laid the ground work for Western systems of logic and philosophy. When the political climate of the time changed, Socrates was accused of atheism and of corrupting the youth of Athens with his ideas. Socrates was sentenced to death. He accepted the judgment of death by hemlock poisoning in 399BC rather than fleeing into exile. Socrates was ordered to walk and walk until the hemlock effected him and he died. Plato was born in Athens in 428 BC and died 348BC Plato said: ” Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something “ When Plato met Socrates, he had met his definitive teacher. As Socrates’ desciple, Plato adopted his philosophy and style of debate and directed his studies toward the question of Virtue and the formation of a noble character. Socrates’ execution had a profound effect on Plato and this convinced him to leave Athenian politics forever. He left Athens and travelled and studied and began writing extensively. In 387BC Plato returned to Athens and founded a school called the Academy. Plato’s school is often described as the first European University. He presided over the Academy until his death. Plato’s intention was that the Academy would provide a place where thinkers could work toward better government in the Grecian Cities. In Greek the word philo means friend and the word sophia means wisdom. Hence the the word philosopher, …

The Poetry Corner. November/December 2020
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creator: Sheighle Birdthistle
date: 2020-12-11T13:47:20Z
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description: Welcome readers to The Virtual Poetry Corner. Below you will see a map of Armenia and attached you will find a beautiful piece of music by a talented Armenian artist, singer songwriter, Lilit Bleyan. (Permission courtesy of Lilit Bleyan.) Hopefully Continue reading The Poetry Corner. November/December 2020→
encoded: Welcome readers to The Virtual Poetry Corner. Below you will see a map of Armenia and attached you will find a beautiful piece of music by a talented Armenian artist, singer songwriter, Lilit Bleyan. (Permission courtesy of Lilit Bleyan.) Hopefully this will spark your interest in the war that is happening in Armenia. There is a cease-fire at the moment but it is an unsettled and fearful situation. Bring your attention to Armenia’s geographic position surrounded as it is by powerful nations. Bear in mind the memorial monument in the Rotund in Aix en Provence that commemorates the estimated million Armenians expelled from their country by Turkey. They were then massacred on the expulsion march. The novel, “Anyush” by Irish writer Martine Madden tells about this sad historical event and an impossible love story. Armenia…The songs/poems of Lilit Bleyan. ARMENIA’S GEOGRAPHIC POSITION IN EURASIA. <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-478" src="https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_20201207-125338_Word-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_20201207-125338_Word-300x169.jpg 300w, https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_20201207-125338_Word-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_20201207-125338_Word-768x433.jpg 768w, https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_20201207-125338_Word-1536x867.jpg 1536w, https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_20201207-125338_Word-2048x1155.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> Armenia is landlocked in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Bordered by Turkey to the West,Georgia to the North,Azerbaijan and Artsakh to the East and Iran and Azerbaijan’s enclave to the South. The modern Republic of Armenia became independent in 1991 during th…

Pantheism and Poetry Autumn 2020
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date: 2020-10-30T13:54:34Z
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description: The Poetry Corner. October 2020. Pantheism and Poetry Autumn 2020 The word Pantheism is derived from the Greek roots pan meaning “all ” and ” theos” meaning “God.” Definitions of Pantheism vary from a theological standpoint and a non religious Continue reading Pantheism and Poetry Autumn 2020→
encoded: The Poetry Corner. October 2020. Pantheism and Poetry Autumn 2020 The word Pantheism is derived from the Greek roots pan meaning “all ” and ” theos” meaning “God.” Definitions of Pantheism vary from a theological standpoint and a non religious philosophical position. From the religious viewpoint everything is part of an all encompassing God and therefore all forms of reality are either modes of the Being or identical with it. Those who consider Pantheism as a non religious philosophical position view the Universe and God as identical. The Universe with all its planets, suns and creatures is in fact what people and religions call “God.” John Toland an Irish philosopher of the seventeenth century was the first to use the term Pantheism. He clarified the term ‘pantheism’ in a 1710 letter to philosopher Gottfried Leibniz when he referred to “the pantheistic opinion of those who believe in no other eternal being but the universe”. Toland described the doctrine of Pantheism: “The power and energy of All, which has created all and which governs all…is God, which you may call Spirit and Soul of the Universe.” Although the term Pantheism did not exist before the seventeenth century various pre- Christian religions and philosophies can be regarded as pantheistic. The Catholic Church regarded Pantheism as heresy and in 1600 an Italian monk, Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for his pantheistic beliefs. Seventy five years later the philosopher Baruch Spinoza completed his major work Ethics in 1675 and this work influenced the spread of Pantheism. Spinoza Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy ” God is not some goal-oriented planner who then judges things by how well they conform to his purposes. Things happen only because of Nature and its laws. “Nature has no end set before it … All things proceed by a certain eternal necessity of nature.” To believe otherwise is to fall prey to the same superstitions that lie at the heart of the organised religions.” Albert Einstein concur…

Rumi
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creator: Sheighle Birdthistle
date: 2020-09-16T13:12:29Z
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subject: Sufism
description: o RUMI FAMOUS QUOTES FROM THE WORK OF RUMI. ‘Silence gives answers’ Sufism. Sufi is the name given to a practitioner of Sufism. Sufism is a branch of Islam. Sufism is the mystical, inner dimension of Islam. Sufi’s form congregations Continue reading Rumi→
encoded: o<img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-455" src="https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mevlana_Statue_Buca-220x300.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="300" srcset="https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mevlana_Statue_Buca-220x300.jpg 220w, https://sheighlebirdthistle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mevlana_Statue_Buca.jpg 656w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" /> RUMI FAMOUS QUOTES FROM THE WORK OF RUMI. ‘Silence gives answers’ Sufism. Sufi is the name given to a practitioner of Sufism. Sufism is a branch of Islam. Sufism is the mystical, inner dimension of Islam. Sufi’s form congregations around a master for spiritual meetings. They believe that they are practicing perfection of worship in the truest original form of Islam. There are some differing definitions of Sufism within and without Islam, for example, it may be considered a science or a philosophy universal in nature predating the rise of Islam and Christianity. Some meanings of the word Sufi are; (1) from the Arabic word ” safa” which means purity (2) Suf “wool” which refers to the simple wool cloak worn by the early Muslim ascetics and (3) the word Sufi is derived from the Greek word sofia meaning wisdom. The basic ideal of the Mystic Sufi is to quell the ego, the self, and through loving ardor for God it is possible to maintain a union with the divine in which the human self melts away. Jalal-al-Din is the Moslem name of the mystic known as Muhammad Rumi or as he is known in the West, Rumi. He was born 1207 in a small village in what is now Tajikistan, to native Persian speaking parents. In the East Rumi is known as Mevlana which means Master. So revered is this master of words of inspiration, whose quotations and verses have come to us through many centuries that The United Nations declared 2007 The Year of Rumi and celebrations were held worldwide. Rumi’s father was a brilliant Islamic scholar and fearing a Mongol invasion the family move…

James Joyce
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creator: Sheighle Birdthistle
date: 2020-06-16T21:13:22Z
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description: James-joyce-music.com http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-lyric-poetry.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce The Art of Poetry Birdthistle, Sheighle .Thesis M.A. 2003 James Joyce and the Construction of Self. “Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and Continue reading James Joyce→
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The Art of Reading and Writing Poetry
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creator: Sheighle Birdthistle
date: 2020-05-17T13:48:16Z
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description: The Poetry Corner. May 2020 Poetry is for everyone. Not everyone chooses to be a poet and some consider poets to be pretentious and suspiciously obscure and yet in times of great joy or great grief or danger poetry becomes Continue reading The Art of Reading and Writing Poetry→
encoded: The Poetry Corner. May 2020 Poetry is for everyone. Not everyone chooses to be a poet and some consider poets to be pretentious and suspiciously obscure and yet in times of great joy or great grief or danger poetry becomes for many a secure haven. Poetry was being composed long before the written text existed and the fact that we are reading, listening, watching and performing poetry in the twenty first century surely makes a statement. Poems are always there, whether understood or not, but they are there to be enjoyed and given life. This life is conceived and birthed when the reader chooses to read the poem and ingest it with a personal understanding. A poet is a maker; the word poet comes from ‘ poiein,’ the Greek word for maker. The poet makes something from language; he chooses words, shapes them, pours emotion all over them and forms them into a poem. Michael Longley, an Irish poet contemporary of Seamus Heaney, wrote, ” If I knew where poems came from, I’d go there.” I suggest that it is possible to find that place, it is within everyone of us, as the song sings we are all ” poetry in motion.” All we need to do is write it down and actually write it out of the conscious or subconscious. Then we awake to the people that we meet through friendship or accidentally and we become more aware of their voices and needs. Heeding the needs of others often soothes our own hunger. In this poetic mode, streets buildings and sounds have a life of their own and of course nature’s colours are more vivid and startling. The beauty of love, the hurt of grief, the ache of stress are part of this concrete life that we all live. We can try to deal with all these issues through poetry and learn about ourselves through writing down our thoughts. Naturally, we hope that all our thoughts are happy ones full of fun and laughter and peace. Peace; Inner Peace, Family Peace, World Peace and finally, the kind of peace that settles us human beings, with a sense of calm and happiness. Award …

Poems
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creator: Sheighle Birdthistle
date: 2020-04-25T16:57:11Z
subject: Poetry
description: I Am a Whisper in the Wind Who am I….what am I? So unlike the others That I have become The other….that one Who does not agree With the words voiced Or thoughts unveiled The idea of being Matter in Continue reading Poems→
encoded: I Am a Whisper in the Wind Who am I….what am I? So unlike the others That I have become The other….that one Who does not agree With the words voiced Or thoughts unveiled The idea of being Matter in existence Relenting my essence Of spiritual thinking Existing in the mundane No more I; who am I? I am a whisper in the wind. Sheighle Birdthistle.

The Poetry Corner April 2020 William Wordsworth
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creator: Sheighle Birdthistle
date: 2020-04-21T20:14:42Z
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description: The Poetry Corner. April. William Wordsworth. (1770-1850) William Wordsworth was born on 7th. April 1770 Cockermouth, Cumberland. Cockermouth is a little town in the north west of England, in the region known as the Lake District. He was the second Continue reading The Poetry Corner April 2020 William Wordsworth→
encoded: The Poetry Corner. April. William Wordsworth. (1770-1850) William Wordsworth was born on 7th. April 1770 Cockermouth, Cumberland. Cockermouth is a little town in the north west of England, in the region known as the Lake District. He was the second of five children born to his parents, John and Ann. There were four boys and one girl, Richard, William, Dorothy, John and Christopher. William had a wild and free, happy childhood. He played on the banks of the river Derwent which bordered the garden of the family home. William’s happy childhood is beautifully told by the twenty nine years old Wordsworth in The Prelude. I, a four year’s child, A naked boy, among the silent pools Made one long bathing of a summer’s day, Basked in the sun, or plunged into thy streams, Alternate, all a summer’s day, or coursed Over the sandy fields, and dashed the flowers Of yellow grunsel: or, when the crag and hill, Were bronzed with a deep radiance, stood alone A naked savage in the thunder-shower… The family home was an impressive building in the main street of the little town and its garden was bordered by the river Derwent. Wordsworth’s father John worked as a law agent to Sir James Lowther, the most powerful man in the district. Sir James later became the first Earl of Lonsdale; he was a prominent politician and was also considered to be one of the most hated tyrants in England at the time. John and Ann Wordsworth and their family lived rent free in this house owned by Sir James. William and Dorothy spent long periods of time with their maternal grandparents and the children received only a little formal education. William attended an infant school while with his grandparents and Mary Hutchinson was also an infant pupil. Wordsworth married Mary many years later. Back in Cockermouth, he attended Reverend Gilbank’s grammar school. William’s father introduced him to the important and best works of English poetry. At a very young age William could recite by heart, large portions of Shake…

Irish Culture and Poetry.
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creator: Sheighle Birdthistle
date: 2020-03-26T21:30:25Z
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description: This my granddaughter Daisy who was invited to sing at the opening of St. Patrick’s Day Concert in the U.K. Daisy is singing here. She is singing an old Irish Song, Poem, Prayer. ‘ Céad Míle Fáilte.’ These words in Continue reading Irish Culture and Poetry.→
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Happy Ten Years at The Poetry Corner!
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date: 2018-02-06T16:42:15Z
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description: Hello Poetry Friends, Happy New Year to you all! My resolution for 2018 is to regularly update my website. Please feel free to visit and leave comments. We celebrated ten years of poetry at The Poetry Corner at the December Continue reading Happy Ten Years at The Poetry Corner!→
encoded: Hello Poetry Friends, Happy New Year to you all! My resolution for 2018 is to regularly update my website. Please feel free to visit and leave comments. We celebrated ten years of poetry at The Poetry Corner at the December meeting. It was a lovely evening of poetry and it was wonderful that so many members wrote a ten line poem to celebrate the occasion. Congratulations to Liz Chevalier whose poem was the lucky recipient of a gift from The Poetry Corner. Thank you Liz for your poem…Sandy and I appreciate your kind words. Sheighle From Ireland she comes and one word does she speak and Ah! the brogue that you hear, is ever so sweet. A decade has passed and we’ve come to inter-act, It’s Friday evening, Book in Bar, with tea and expat. S is shared with Sheighle and Sandy, who’ve given ten years Presenting their best, we treasure them all, at your bequest. H is for harmony that springs from their act, choosing their poets With flair and with tact. E is the energy, the presenters propose, Each session a challenge that keeps us on our toes. I is the ideas that each of us brings, Sheighle masterfully turns into poetical things. G is golden moments, a sonnet, a verse for poem’s fair measure, It’s never rehearsed. H’s happiness found in a poetic treasure, a Shelley, a Plath And Keat’s lines, make our pleasure. Leprechauns, we’ve become so vocal and quick! It’s easy to imagine, not always to say, we appreciate Your love that you’ve shared every way. This poem spells Sheighle and hopefully more. Accept my attempt, I’ll not ask an encore. Liz Chevalier.