“Red Leaf Suspended” | Anthony Satori
“There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.”
– William Cullen Bryant
The Essential Witness
poetry
A Quiet Life
“Tennis on a Sunny Day” | Anthony Satori
“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.”
– Bertrand Russell
Love Has No Ending
“Wonderful Incarnation” | Anthony Satori
“As I walked out one evening, I heard a lover sing, under an arch of the railway: ‘Love has no ending.’”
– W. H. Auden
Angel in Blue
“Angel in Blue” | Anthony Satori
“Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.”
– William Blake
Tea in the Afternoon
“Tea in the Afternoon” | Anthony Satori
“Love is infinite. There is no beginning and no end. There is no starting point and no finishing line. Love just is.”
– Mia Asher
A Thing of Beauty
“White Rose” | Anthony Satori
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.”
– John Keats
Butterfly
“Butterfly” | Anthony Satori
“Though loved ones be lost, love shall not.”
– Dylan Thomas
Tenderly, Yet Sadly
“Mellow Rays” | Anthony Satori
“Sweet are the memories. Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, they fall tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.”
– Washington Irving
Like a Kite
“Little Cloud” | Anthony Satori
“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back: a new life, a new friend, a new country.”
– Anais Nin
That is Prayer
“Hawk on a Lamp Post” | Anthony Satori
“Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they’re thirsty. That’s prayer. They don’t live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along.”
– Mary Oliver
