Traditions Poems

This institution,
perhaps one should say enterprise
out of respect for which
one says one need not change one's mind
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I.

MAN, being the servant and interpreter of Nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or in thought of the course of nature: beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything.
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The pure products of America
go crazy--
mountain folk from Kentucky
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The Government -- I heard about the Government and
I went out to find it. I said I would look closely at
it when I saw it.
Then I saw a policeman dragging a drunken man to
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I.

You're my friend:
I was the man the Duke spoke to;
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Should you ask me,
whence these stories?
Whence these legends and traditions,
With the odors of the forest
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As one who in his journey bates at noon,
Though bent on speed; so here the Arch-Angel paused
Betwixt the world destroyed and world restored,
If Adam aught perhaps might interpose;
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THE FIRST BOOK

I, WHO erewhile the happy Garden sung
By one man's disobedience lost, now sing
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You're my friend:
I was the man the Duke spoke to;
I helped the Duchess to cast off his yoke, too;
So here's the tale from beginning to end,
My friend!
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PRELUDE.

Pleasant it was, when woods were green,
And winds were soft and low,
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Thus they in lowliest plight repentant stood
Praying, for from the Mercie-seat above
Prevenient Grace descending had remov'd
The stonie from thir hearts, and made new flesh
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ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for
future use, with its shows, architecture, customs, and
traditions;
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WEAPON, shapely, naked, wan!
Head from the mother's bowels drawn!
Wooded flesh and metal bone! limb only one, and lip only one!
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As a sparkling Diamond among the nations
India stands beautifully in shape and size
On the Map of the World attracting all!
For, India, the land of beauty and greatness
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ALL submit to them, where they sit, inner, secure, unapproachable to
analysis, in the Soul;
Not traditions--not the outer authorities are the judges--they are
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Within the body lies the essence which the Vedas and the Puranas are seeking.
Within this body exists the entire Universe, so the sagacious Saints say.
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Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
Discovered in his fraud, thrown from his hope
So oft, and the persuasive rhetoric
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(dedicated to my all poet friend from India at poemhunter)

Jaya, Jaya, Jaya, Jayahe!
Truth Alone Triumph
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In those days said Hiawatha,
"Lo! how all things fade and perish!
From the memory of the old men
Pass away the great traditions,
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Hist, but a word, fair and soft!
Forth and be judged, Master Hugues!
Answer the question I've put you so oft:
What do you mean by your mountainous fugues?<*1>
See, we're alone in the loft,---
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Some things do not become part of folklore, legend or rumour
All things on earth work in turns
Like all the letters of a type-machine do not come on paper at the same time
Like we cannot see all the scenes of a play at once
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Today I'm thankful for traditions and though it may sound strange…
I'm also thankful for the way traditions can grow and change

It was Socrates…a Greek philosopher who said…
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History, Mythology, beliefs, and traditions weaved together for generations create a culture. When fragments of broken present pierce the eyes mind turns toward past, searching for something stable and comforting. A past of rich history bears no malice towards the bankrupt present. Its amicable symbols, sayings and values breath a new life into dying present.
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Culture, religion and quest for Unknown are the foundation of a specific land upon which people build a civic life. Each generation has to work towards keeping the foundation strong and build upon it a life suitable for the time and circumstances.

Rules and traditions are fluid elements but stable must be the foundation to prevent the crumbling of the house.
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When in the mountains at our cabin during our summer stays
we are happy to honor and to celebrate a host of special days.

If we're blessed to be in the mountains enjoying the clouds the sun the sky
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Our Christmas plans are finalized…this year we will celebrate…
our Christmas not on Christmas…but December 28.

Our family has some Christmas traditions that when we blended together we created…
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I love Christmas traditions…from the food to the presents to the tree…how each family has our own traditions…locked into our memory.

I remember Christmases in Ohio…where I was born…where I did my earliest growing…I remember our aluminum Christmas tree with rotating colors…I remember cold…I remember snowing.
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I love family traditions…but with a blended family and only so much time in any holiday…we decided…when we blended…to celebrate our holidays in untraditional ways.

I believe if William Shakespeare was alive today he'd find a way to spin it…he'd say, ‘these traditions of yours be madness…yet there is a method in it.'
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Life to live
Understand backwards;
Or live forward.
Backward is a worry
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Romantic night! !
Only with the traditions!
Under the moonlight! !
Xylophones of Africa playing along.
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