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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeautiful poetry by the late Leonard Nimoy
LINK: http://www.thehypertexts.com/Leonard%20Nimoy%20Poet%20Poetry%20Photographer%20Photography%20Picture%20Literary%20Bio.htmLeonard Nimoy's seven published poetry collections were You & I (1973), Will I Think of You? (1974), We Are All Children Searching for Love: A Collection of Poems and Photographs (1977), Come Be with Me: A Collection of Poems (1978), These Words are for You (1981), Warmed by Love (1983), and A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life (2002). His first autobiography, I Am Not Spock, came out in 1975. It was followed, somewhat contradictorily, by a second autobiography, I Am Spock, in 1995.
I am an incurable romantic
I believe in hope, dreams and decency
I believe in love,
Tenderness and kindness.
I believe in mankind.
I believe in goodness,
Mercy and charity
I believe in a universal spirit
I believe in casting bread
Upon the waters.
I am awed by the snow-capped mountains
By the vastness of oceans.
I am moved by a couple
Of any age holding hands
As they walk through city streets.
A living creature in pain
Makes me shudder with sorrow
A seagulls cry fills me
With a sense of mystery.
A river or stream
Can move me to tears
A lake nestling in a valley
Can bring me peace.
I wish for all mankind
The sweet simple joy
That we have found together.
I know that it will be.
And we shall celebrate
We shall taste the wine
And the fruit.
Celebrate the sunset and the sunrise
the cold and the warmth
the sounds and the silences
the voices of the children.
Celebrate the dreams and hopes
Which have filled the souls of
All decent men and women.
We shall lift our glasses and toast
With tears of joy.
--Leonard Nimoy
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Beautiful poetry by the late Leonard Nimoy (Original Post)
Triana
Mar 2015
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BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)1. From what I've read of the man, that's the sentiment I would expect.
randome
(34,845 posts)2. I dislike K&R's. But what more could I add?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]
peacebird
(14,195 posts)3. That is one of my favorites. I sent a copy to family and friends when. I heard he had departed us.
Leonard Nimoy and John Lennon, the only two celebrities whose death has brought me tears.
Imagine still tears at my heart....