<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460562" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>0068 The Connoisseur (2)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is there a god<br>sleeping in this room? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">even the doorhandle, gently turned, <br>seems to speak a message<br>before the room entered, the first breath taken<br>of the room’s own air</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and on the table, the grey-green vase seems<br>to be the host; the silent messenger: the furniture<br>somehow eternal in its order; every line and curve<br>within the room speaking of some<br>divine geometry; the shaded sunlight seems <br>to fall on tiptoe, touch in silent praise; <br>the air, to be refined; and the silence –<br>what does the silence say unspoken </div><div style="margin:10px 0">as if it holds some god-smiled word, <br>some solemn laughter, about what<br>is there and is not there, has made<br>of this room, this ordinary room, <br>a shrine where one can worship without form<br>oneself? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the vase too holds itself both<br>open and reserved; its perfect curves<br>the subtle decisions of a history<br>of centuries, of generations<br>of human hands; of things made<br>for oneself, for others, for all else<br>where all else is known; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">silent the vase; the room full of its sound.<br>Is there a god<br>sleeping in this room? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">you; moving forward with respectful quiet step<br>to touch this grey-green<br>Chinese vase</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Shepherd">Michael Shepherd</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=460562" data-title="0068 The Connoisseur (2) de Michael Shepherd" data-description="Is there a god sleeping in this room? even the doorhandle, gently turned, seems to speak a message before the room entered, the first breath taken of the room’s own air and on the table, the grey-green vase seems to be the host; the silent m..."></div> </div> </div>

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