Good Advice Poem by Ruth Stone

We should 'seize the moment'(carpe diem) as the renowned Roman poet Horace once memorably stated.

come, understand yourself, make a realization on thinking, eat this fruit and leave all robotic life- Satan said!

Don't let the here and now 'run through your fingers': grasp life while it is there. A thought provoking poem.

All our moods and notions are like falling leaves: as soon as we conceive of them, they blow off somewhere else, giving us a ringside seat at impermanence. From the all-embracing view of eternal BEING this seems like a tragedy, but who told us to posit an eternal viewpoint as the highest one? The Devil told her she should savor the transience. Evidently she considers what the devil says to be good advice. This must be a good devil, who was once an angel.

Just the way it is! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

The poetess got inspired in a special way, only her way. Marvelous!

Enjoyed tremendously this brilliant poem. Before we will be able to understand the late Mrs. Stone's poetry, we ought to know how her poems come to her inside heart. A typical way of creating poems, only Mrs. Ruth Stone's her way

Writer Elizabeth Gilbert said about Ruth Stone's way of being inspired before writing a poem, very important to know.

How poor we are, with all this running through our fingers. 'Here, ' says the Devil, 'Eat. It's Paradise.' a revealing poem. tony

Here is not exactly here because it passed by there...// it's wonderful expression and thought provoking