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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>I am Poet, Author and Inspirational Speaker

 I thrive on exploring the interior and exterior world. I am constantly on the lookout for for examples of beauty and truth. Here are a few of the visual images I have found.</description><title>Life in Poetry</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @life-in-poetry)</generator><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>vanth:

(by 無口阿松Amatsu)
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b53d0b7cbdd2b6be4f522a0e794e132b/tumblr_mlon9aVaLL1rd7mifo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vanth.tumblr.com/post/48654294746/by-amatsu"&gt;vanth&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hikio85/8644977059/in/faves-abbyclaussen/"&gt;無口阿松Amatsu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197295248</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197295248</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:42:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>myriadsofmyriads:

Jemma Birrell’s books (via Hello Bookcase).
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/23922dae860d6cdd027996ee63be87e0/tumblr_mn5ow2jrZ81qkgnyvo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; http://myriadsofmyriads.tumblr.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c1de014dbf4054cedc3a5237d68ba83b/tumblr_mn5ow2jrZ81qkgnyvo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; http://myriadsofmyriads.tumblr.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6abde6f20c2da84d3fc35f30561c9b7d/tumblr_mn5ow2jrZ81qkgnyvo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; http://myriadsofmyriads.tumblr.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ac7d4ab26622c94fcdc36c904acc87ec/tumblr_mn5ow2jrZ81qkgnyvo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; http://myriadsofmyriads.tumblr.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/925b5d1c3fac8b6a900344dba1f8f4b4/tumblr_mn5ow2jrZ81qkgnyvo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; http://myriadsofmyriads.tumblr.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myriadsofmyriads.tumblr.com/post/50995212090/jemma-birrells-books-via-hello-bookcase"&gt;myriadsofmyriads&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Jemma Birrell’s books (via &lt;a href="http://www.hellobookcase.org/interview-jemma-birrell/"&gt;Hello Bookcase&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197284406</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197284406</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:42:05 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>profoundmeanings:

Brings back memories of Lit classes. 
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5c38ebfdc502558ab049e234bddb6b93/tumblr_mn7jricDrC1qzu5s0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://profoundmeanings.tumblr.com/post/51177455593/brings-back-memories-of-lit-classes"&gt;profoundmeanings&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brings back memories of Lit classes. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197269224</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197269224</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:41:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>artemisdreaming:

It is over
Mihail Korubin HERE</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/066570ba27e856cb2d9feda37c1f1155/tumblr_mn8aow1w2K1qc6wuio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://artemisdreaming.tumblr.com/post/51180040095/it-is-over-mihail-korubin-here" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;artemisdreaming&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is over&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mihail Korubin &lt;a href="http://www.saatchionline.com/art-collection/Painting/2011-2012-My-new-series-Mihail-Korubin/96320/31214/view"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197160825</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197160825</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:40:27 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>bohemea:

Cate Blanchett - 032c #24 by Sean &amp; Seng, Summer...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/83bb5012ccb3ae3832525f58beb23919/tumblr_mn8cgkxe0z1qzoaqio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bohemea.tumblr.com/post/51119677052"&gt;bohemea&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cate Blanchett - 032c #24 by Sean &amp; Seng, Summer 2013&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197134507</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197134507</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:40:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"I want you to crave me. From my lips, up to my words."</title><description>“I want you to crave me. From my lips, up to my words.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;J.E. (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://creatingaquietmind.tumblr.com/"&gt;creatingaquietmind&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197121251</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197121251</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:39:57 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>teachingliteracy:

xoline</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a39877bb93a8b798400b72188ea68e35/tumblr_mm6oqgQtHY1r9gz7zo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://teachingliteracy.tumblr.com/post/51181647173/xoline" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;teachingliteracy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://xoline.tumblr.com/post/49449696450/old-looking-book"&gt;xoline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197096812</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197096812</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:39:37 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>anabundanceof:

unknown source, anyone?</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f63923183cc253b447c71fc7982c2ff/tumblr_mn751pWClJ1qzr04eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://anabundanceof.tumblr.com/post/51181822024/unknown-source-anyone" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;anabundanceof&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;unknown source, anyone?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197086973</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197086973</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:39:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fbfac44ac31733094f1eeeb9ecc02eb2/tumblr_mmvjwerCYM1rj05e4o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197048729</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197048729</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:39:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8b89515db9144c98e827f1c09ed84a97/tumblr_mn64ib3enD1rtxj3eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197037568</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197037568</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:38:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>
Yayoi Kusama in her New York studio, 1960.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hwy7augn1rsbjfio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yayoi Kusama in her New York studio, 1960.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197026855</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51197026855</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:38:43 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>nevver:

Circling the Sun
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_megwv38MCD1qz6f9yo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_megwv38MCD1qz6f9yo2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/37122750588/circling-the-sun"&gt;nevver&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://myvintagebookcollectioninblogform.blogspot.com/2012/12/in-shop-sun-power-illustrated-by-don.html"&gt;Circling the Sun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196977961</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196977961</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:38:04 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>rhetthammersmithhorror:

The Night Walker . ‘64
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3364b13ec065f7d21bc7d32bbb4e8805/tumblr_mn856sEVUm1s01qkyo1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rhetthammersmithhorror.tumblr.com/post/51107234152/the-night-walker-64"&gt;rhetthammersmithhorror&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Night Walker&lt;/em&gt; . ‘64&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196880179</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196880179</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:36:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sbsv8shN1qzmxzao1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196840043</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196840043</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:36:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cf11ce305d2fa16e2e5e0ed4589b2df6/tumblr_mn8lt82rZe1rnvzfwo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196796150</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196796150</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:35:43 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>
Fine Art Prints by modulem.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e571bdb046c88686f934b1a26e88bc47/tumblr_mmt06dJZuj1qzrqbao1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d1a0651af8c4a829bd154de4e02ea38c/tumblr_mmt06dJZuj1qzrqbao2_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/72d86ccdc5f3b17ca5afc11df4e543a5/tumblr_mmt06dJZuj1qzrqbao3_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/110205588/pique-nique-doctobre-fine-art-print?utm_source=Tumblr&amp;utm_medium=Internal&amp;utm_campaign=Merch"&gt;Fine Art Prints by modulem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196777939</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196777939</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:35:29 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude."</title><description>“My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Warsan Shire (via &lt;a href="http://greaterthanexpected.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;greaterthanexpected&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196666676</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196666676</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:34:02 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>gaptoothbitch:

ALEXIS MABILLE FW 2013
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6fad9e8da4ffa60565c0c50da50e5d7c/tumblr_mj2byoGNvV1qm86p7o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gaptoothbitch.tumblr.com/post/51186291225/alexis-mabille-fw-2013"&gt;gaptoothbitch&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ALEXIS MABILLE FW 2013&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196643129</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196643129</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:33:43 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f86d792aeeec6eafbcfcc28015dedef5/tumblr_mmglfhJ94U1rcs52qo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196581701</link><guid>http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196581701</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:32:55 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>literaryjukebox:


One who tries to stand on tiptoe cannot stand...</title><description>&lt;iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_51196575595" src="http://life-in-poetry.tumblr.com/post/51196575595/audio_player_iframe/life-in-poetry/tumblr_mna5hhCHbP1rci7b1?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Flife-in-poetry%2F51196575595%2Ftumblr_mna5hhCHbP1rci7b1" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://literaryjukebox.brainpickings.org/post/51193912135" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;literaryjukebox&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One who tries to stand on tiptoe cannot stand still. One who stretches his legs too far cannot walk. One who advertises himself too much is ignored. One who advertises himself too much is ignored. One who is too insistent on his own view finds few to agree with him. One who claims too much credit does not get even what he deserves. One who is too proud is soon humiliated. These are condemned as extremes of greediness and self-destructive activity. Therefore, one who acts naturally avoids such extremes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Those who know do not speak;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Those who speak do not know.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stop your senses: Let sharp things be blunted,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tangles resolved, The light tempered&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And turmoil subdued;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For this mystic unity in which the wise man is moved&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Neither by affection,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nor yet be estrangement&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or profit or loss&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or honor or shame.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Accordingly, by all the world,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He is held highest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;div class="info"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lao Tzu&lt;/strong&gt; in &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Way-Life-Translation-Classics/dp/0451527941/?tag=ljbox-20"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Way of Life: Tao Te Ching&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="info"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Song:&lt;/strong&gt; “I Wasn’t Born to Follow” by &lt;strong&gt;Beth Orton&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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