Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@CarlMcColman Also recall a saying of the Prophet Mohammed (Sal.): "God hath treasures beneath the Throne, the keys whereof are the tongues of poets." And various characters in Gibran's peculiarly overlooked, 'Jesus, Son of Man' referring to Him repeatedly as a poet. world3.scribble.com/world3/meme1/space3/miracle.html

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Quoted by@johnmilbank3 Hmm. Curious if you've encountered the American master, N.O. Brown? "Mysteries display themselves in words only if they can remain concealed; this is poetry, isn't it?" Erudite, with it. Your photography, magical, by the by. Consistently has me softhearted for the old country. 🙏Quoted by@stewartdantec Beautiful. You’re sounding positively poetic, these days.Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @SophiaCycles “I sometimes think I see that civilizations originate in the disclosure of some mystery, some secret; and expand with the progressive publication of their secret; & end in exhaustion when there is no longer any secret, when the mystery has been divulged, that is, profaned.”Quoted by@SophiaCycles “I sometimes think I see that civilizations originate in the disclosure of some mystery, some secret; and expand with the progressive publication of their secret; & end in exhaustion when there is no longer any secret, when the mystery has been divulged, that is, profaned.”