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Question: Have you recently discovered new found beauty in something very common!?
New Found Beauty

"Oh beautiful for spacious skies
for amber waves of grain
for purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!."

One doesn't have to be an American
to appreciate the imagery in these words!.
Recently I heard these over-sung lines
with new poet's ears, took note!.
"spacious skies"
"amber waves of grain"
"purple mountain majesty"
"fruited plain"
Such beautiful poetic expression!
"Good pen," I thought, "Good pen,"
Amused I had not seen it before!

Have you made such a discovery in similar familiar words you could share with us!?

PS For a thrilling read, google the REST of the lyrics to "America, the Beautiful!."Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky!.

Some lyrics from the hymn, The Love of God
The Love of God | Frederick M!. Lehman
--------------------------------------!.!.!.
I heard my father say these words fairly often whilst growing up
but recently have "really" gone over the words for what they are truly saying and how they are said!. They are some of the most poetically beautiful expression of words ever written for the heart of God!.
For the entire lyrics to this song, please go to:

http://library!.timelesstruths!.org/music/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

What can be more common than a lady, since females make up over 50% of the population!. In this common thread, I have found beauty in many here on YA, you and others included have inner beauty that does not require physical meeting to see or feel!. And since I love beauty, it stands to reason I have fallen in love with all of you!. Is that a profound statement, or what!? I may have to see what the laws on Mars say about having a very large harem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Living with young international students the word "greeting" can be so different in so many ways!.example!.---
hello,address,how-do-you-do,cordiality!.!.!. hug,smile,nod of recognition,hug,hail,high five,kiss!.
The english language is so diverse,and so difficult to master!.But any one of these words sure makes them feel welcome when they first arrive!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I delight in words, they are my plaything!.!.!.!.before I came out as a poet (here on A!Y) I couldn't use these words!.!.!.they were in my head ready for the day I gained my freedom!. In my 'real' life I don't mix with people who love words as I do - as a child I had secret words that I savoured!.!.!. Peripatetic, Popocatepetl, aurora borealis, jacaranda!.!.!.never got to say them, never got to write them!. With me, it isn't necessarily what the words describe, as the words themselves!.!.!.the sound they make, the rhythm they possess which fascinates me (although using them to create poems does delight me too)Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is what happens when we fall in love with words!. They take on new power, we see what they describe, we hear and feel and smell and taste the words as though they were tangible objects!.

This is what is happening to you!. The ability to communicate in complex language is largely what separates our species from all the other species on Earth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, there is beauty to be found almost everywhere -in almost every thing and everyone!. One must first find the beauty in oneself, and then will find it all over!.

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us or we will find it not"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=KNthqC2fs!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Always and forever"

The title and first line of my favorite song !.

It may sound lame, but that's what I'd say to someone I Liked!.

( "Like" is my code word for Love )Www@QuestionHome@Com

"Air that I Breathe" by the Hollies!.!.!.!.there is a universe of beauty in one blade of grass!. Why go to the mountain to question for an answer!? Beauty is there too, always and forever!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have always loved this song!. When I sing It , I will tear up every time!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

i've always loved the words to that song, and often have thought it would have been a good national anthem!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

As poets and aspiring poets, this is what we do (or ought to do) every day!. Thanks for the reminder!. You made my day!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I found it all
in nature's glades
what I missed
going on with age
now it the calmness
follows me
and lets me be
all i may seeWww@QuestionHome@Com