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bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts) Wed Feb 2, 2022, 08:16 AM Feb 2022

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A peaceful moment for you today

Cape May, New Jersey
Photo Taken by BERNIE HAAS
https://www.capemay.com/

A Winter Day on the Sea-beach By Walt Whitman 1876

… That spread of waves and gray-white beach, salt, monotonous, senseless, grim, yet so delicate-looking, so spiritual striking emotional, impalpable depths, subtler than all the poems, paintings, music, I have ever read, seen, heard.

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A peaceful moment for you today (Original Post) bronxiteforever Feb 2022 OP

Lovely! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1

K&R 2naSalit Feb 2022 #2

I love it when peace and beauty comes my way. It's a perfect start to my day. nt abqtommy Feb 2022 #3

The dichotomy of the beach and the snow. Great picture. Fla Dem Feb 2022 #4

Whitman was a long winded SOB, wasn't he? Wounded Bear Feb 2022 #5

I can't argue with Wounded Bear! bronxiteforever Feb 2022 #6

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. Lovely!

Reply to bronxiteforever (Original post)

Wed Feb 2, 2022, 08:20 AM

Feb 2022

Ty, Bronxite! ✌

2naSalit

(86,498 posts)

2. K&R

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Wed Feb 2, 2022, 09:39 AM

Feb 2022

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

3. I love it when peace and beauty comes my way. It's a perfect start to my day. nt

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Wed Feb 2, 2022, 10:01 AM

Feb 2022

Fla Dem

(23,620 posts)

4. The dichotomy of the beach and the snow. Great picture.

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Wed Feb 2, 2022, 10:42 AM

Feb 2022

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)

5. Whitman was a long winded SOB, wasn't he?

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Wed Feb 2, 2022, 10:53 AM

Feb 2022

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)

6. I can't argue with Wounded Bear!

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 2, 2022, 01:00 PM

Feb 2022

Whitman added quite a few a few hyphens too.

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