thebees Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 At Derby Haven in the sweet Manx land, A little girl had written on the sand, This legend ........"God is love" But, when I said, "What means this writing?" thus she answered :- "T'is father that's at say, and I have come here to pray, AND......God is love" my eyes grew dim - Blest child! In heaven above your angel sees the face of him. Whose name is love Not messing around. This is. It just is. 120 years ago a man penned this, he knew. God is you. I've never been one for God and all of that but tonight I found myself telling my son to look within himself for God because that is where he is... One poem. Massive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Not original. "God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him” 1 John 4:16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Oh god.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 In fact, I believe there's even a thread with that quote in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Wonder what he's up to these days...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 I did do a T E Brown search before I posted the topic. What is wrong with what has been said Quilp? You're a bit of a 'head', do you see what I see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Not original. "God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him” 1 John 4:16 That is horse shit puked out by the church, this God is the god within you, not a controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Anyway, I've always found T.E. Brown the literal equivalent of drying paint. I remember saying this when I first encountered his work at Balla and got a slap for it from Ernie Entwistle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 At Derby Haven in the sweet Manx land, A little girl had written on the sand, This legend ........"God is love" But, when I said, "What means this writing?" thus she answered :- "T'is father that's at say, and I have come here to pray, AND......God is love" my eyes grew dim - Blest child! In heaven above your angel sees the face of him. Whose name is love Not messing around. This is. It just is. 120 years ago a man penned this, he knew. God is you. I've never been one for God and all of that but tonight I found myself telling my son to look within himself for God because that is where he is... One poem. Massive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I did do a T E Brown search before I posted the topic. What is wrong with what has been said Quilp? You're a bit of a 'head', do you see what I see? I do, yes but I just find his prose too simplistic and the acclaim he's given, un-deserving. I understand the attraction, him being Manx as the hill's an'that, and he's probably aspired many a young Bart when he was at King Willies but he's just not for me. I'll dig out some poetry that stir's me and see what you think. Maybe even some of my own...! We could start a thread, poetry is not appreciated enough by the masses, IMO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I admit I can be really dense when it comes to poetry, but Bees - where does this Poem say that God is within you? Is it the God is love bit? As Isaac has pointed out there's no reason to see that as being internal to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 You are not the man I thought you were! the bit in Tommy Big Eyes about teenage boys being fien's? timeless (imho). Did any of you see the poem GK wanted on his funeral peaper? In your face! Christians. Totally right and totally in the right place. Not many poems that well placed, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Sorry, is what you've just posted in anyway related to your first post. Teenage boys? fien's? I thought your poem was about a little girl on Derbyhaven beach and some bloke going on about angels seeing God (who is love) in heaven? As I said, I can be rather dense when it comes to poetry! Maybe we should wait until the morning to continue our discussion ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Ha! Ye old bottle of wine fixes everything... agreed I was talking about God is love but then went on to Tommy Big Eyes, I can see where you got confused. I cannot explain anything now - wine wine and more wine - Les Dauphins, as it happens bed bed and a little more bed x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 BUT... God is love will still mean as much to me tomorrow, regardless of wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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