“Do you see, Pooh?…”

#wednesdaywisdom #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #authentic #quote #aamilnequote #aamilne “Do you see, Pooh? Do you see, Piglet? Brains first and then Hard Work. Look at it! That’s the way to build a house,” said Eeyore proudly. Source: Milne, A.A. (2016), The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh (Reprint, Original work published 1926) (p. 183). New York: Dutton Children’s Books. > Used in #The COMPLETE TALES of WINNIE the POOH. [Bibliography]  

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A reading of a lamenting poem about dreams: “Sleep” from “Endymion” written by John Keats

#poem #poetryreading #sleep #endymion #dreams #duluth #motivationmonday #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #sleependymion #johnkeats O MAGIC sleep! O comfortable bird, That broodest o’er the troubled sea of the mind Till it is hush’d and smooth! O unconfined Restraint! imprisoned liberty! great key To golden palaces, strange minstrelsy, Fountains grotesque, new trees, bespangled caves, Echoing grottos, full of tumbling waves And moonlight; ay, to all the mazy world Of silvery enchantment! — who, upfurled Beneath thy drowsy wing a triple hour, But renovates […]

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“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best…”

#wednesdaywisdom #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #authentic #quote #aamilnequote #aamilne “Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best-” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called. Source: Milne, A.A. (2016), The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh (Reprint, Original work published 1926) (p. 336). New York: Dutton Children’s […]

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A reading of a simple poem about self-control: “A Japanese Print” written by Ruth Mason Rice

Watch this video on Youtube: https://youtu.be/L7U5Xz_Z3Yc #poem #poetryreading #japan #motivationmonday #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #ajapaneseprint #ruthmasonrice A CURVE for the shore, A line for the lea, A tint for the sky Where the sunrise will be. A stroke for a gull, a sweep for the main; The skill to do more — With the will to refrain. Reading Selection: A Japanese Print by Ruth Mason Rice. (1955). In E. Markham (Ed.), Anthology of the World’s Best Poems (Memorial Ed., Vol. I, […]

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“And I know it seems easy…”

#wednesdaywisdom #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #authentic #quote #aamilnequote #aamilne “And I know it seems easy,” said Piglet to himself, “but it isn’t every one who could do it.” Source: Milne, A.A. (2016), The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh (Reprint, Original work published 1926) (p. 184). New York: Dutton Children’s Books. > Used in #The COMPLETE TALES of WINNIE the POOH. [Bibliography]  

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A reading of an uneasy poem about newfound freedom: “Shadow” written by William Griffith

#poem #poetryreading #motivationmonday # lawrenceville #love #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #shadow #williamgriffith I WAS happy Under a stone, Never once minded Being alone. Dark though it was And cramped and hushed, I never minded Being crushed. I never minded Being me, Till the stone shuddered, And set me free. Reading Selection: Shadow by William Griffith. (1955). In E. Markham (Ed.), Anthology of the World’s Best Poems (Memorial Ed., Vol. II, p. 501). New York: Wm.H. Wise & Co. Location: Lawrenceville, GA, […]

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“…Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get…”

#wednesdaywisdom #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #authentic #quote #aamilnequote #aamilne “Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you.” [easy-tweet tweet=””Poetry and Hums aren’t things which you get, they’re things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you.” – Milne, A.A., The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh > ” user=”AutumnRennie” hashtags=” authentic, quote, aamilne” url=”https://wp.me/p6jrdc-HN” template=”dark” image=”pic.twitter.com/ta8obooFx1″] Source: Milne, A.A. […]

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A reading of a cryptic poem about a timeless question: “What Is Time?” written by William Marsden

 #poem #poetryreading #time #endoftime #motivationmonday #duluth #asmr #asmrreading #asmrvideo #whatistime #williammarsden I ASKED an aged man, with hoary hairs, Wrinkled and curved with worldly cares: “Time is the warp of life,” said he; “O tell The young, the fair, the gay, to weave it well!” I asked the ancient, venerable dead, Sages who wrote, and warriors who bled: From the cold grave a hollow murmur flowed, “Time sowed the seed we reap in this abode!” I asked a dying […]

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