This summer-sweet night is only one minute upon one minute upon another Beautiful cacophony, sugar upon lips, dancing to exhaustion I thought of you, before this minute upon another minute upon another Until, numb, my lips fell onto the mouth of another, and I was undone. ~from Golden Tongue: The Poems of Steven Slaughter which is a fictional book in Ballad: A gathering of faerie
And did I pass?" The face of the old woman on my right was unreadable in the gathering dusk. On my left the younger woman said, "You don't pass or fail at being a person, dear.
As television beamed the image of this extraordinary gathering across the border oceans, everyone who believed in man's capacity to better himself had a moment of inspiration and confidence in the future of the human race.
This doesn't mean you're getting a discount. " Audrey heaved a mock sigh. "Oh well. I guess I'll have to ply you with sexual favors, then. " Gnome choked on the soup. "I'm old enough to be your grandfather!" Audrey winked at him, gathering the empty bags. "But you're not.
The dusk was performing its customary intransitive operation of "gathering".
Thus, the apostles' adventure began as a gathering of persons who open to one another reciprocally. A direct knowledge of the Teacher began for the disciples.
The clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country. They must not be allowed to bring eternal night.
I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.
I hate people but I love gatherings.
Old wisdom out of the cluster of gathering shadows.
I'm really enjoying learning new ideas because eventually I want to become a manager myself so I'm gathering all this information from managers now and previously.
The owls are gathering; find out why soon.
Community is gathering around a fire and listening to someone tell a story.
Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality; it presents to its students the highest moral teachings of all religions, gathering the most fragrant blossoms from the gardens of the world-faiths.
The bar is the male kingdom. For centuries it was the bastion of male privilege, the gathering place for men away from their women, a place where men could go to freely indulge in The Bull Session.
There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work.
All those statistics that you are gathering about your own experiences and about others are only about how somebody has flowed Energy. It isn't about any hard fast reality.
He took a step toward her, than another, tentatively, gathering all his strength, as though about to throw a heavy switch that would, if his calculations were correct, bring light to a hundred cities and ten thousand darkened rooms. He was going to ask her to dance - that was all.
The gathering of believers should be an opportunity for wonder, anticipation and imagination; not drudgery, duty or routine.
No big league team is having a gathering like this 2 days before the season