Friday, February 4, 2011

Evanescent

I ran across this sentence that my son R. wrote as part of a spelling assignment when he was in 5th grade (the spelling word was "brief"):


We were golden for a brief moment.

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And by Robert Frost:

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

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My advice to you:


Be golden today.
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14 comments:

  1. Melissa GreenFebruary 4, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Lovely post, T. You have a very special boy.

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  2. susan t. landryFebruary 4, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    i think that sentence is ...perfect.
    and so useful!
    (it's *such* a good sentence that i can get almost as excited about it as i would had it been my son's!)

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  3. Susanna PowersFebruary 4, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    I can see why you kept your son's spelling lesson. Does he remember it? thanks, sp

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2011 at 7:37 PM

    I fell short of golden, but I get credit for trying, no?

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  5. T. February 4, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    Thank you Vespersparrow...the "boy" is almost twenty-five! Almost too tender-hearted, alas.

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  6. T. February 4, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    Susan, feel free to use it anytime.
    xo

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  7. T. February 4, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    sussah, I should tell him about it. He doesn't read my blog because he says then he'd know everything that I had to say before I said it. Hrmph. (Dare I say he's wrong!)

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  8. T. February 4, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Melinda, golden and afloat!

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  9. Marylinn KellyFebruary 5, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Not a thought I would have had, without your (and your son's) prompting. To be golden...a worthy goal for any day.

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  10. TaradharmaFebruary 5, 2011 at 9:12 AM

    lovely - all of it - lovely. I will aspire to be golden today. R.'s words from long ago reach far into the future.

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  11. linda anaFebruary 5, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    Insightful, deeply moving, soul-inspiring posts recently, T. Gracias, as always, for sharing out into the world.la

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  12. Mary McCallumFebruary 6, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    I love your son's sentence - I will remember it. And the Frost poem. Wonderful.

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  13. alaine@éclectiqueFebruary 6, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    Oh, to be golden again, if but for a brief moment! A priceless quote; inspiring!

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  14. willFebruary 7, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    "We are stardust.
    We are golden.
    And we've got to ourselves back to the garden."

    from "Woodstock" by Joni Mitchell

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