Immortality

[NovaSpace888]

You have a beautiful mind. Such winsome poetry. I would love to hear some more of your original poems Jennifer. : )

[chrisnatti]

Beautiful. I want to watch this over again now. Just faved this.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

@chrisnatti thank you! :)

[DramaDon83]

Oh how nice is the drama of your mind..and I am so happy it is yours that I find..

[TheRavenOfPoe]

@DramaDon83 Thank you :)

[horizon3600]

Thine utterance is comparable to a harmonious melody sung by the wisest of all feathered winged creatures gliding upon a starlighted heaven. Rare, beautiful and breathtaking. Welldone!

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you for so beautiful a comment! :)

[sleedolfine15]

Beautiful poem,a beauty born of contrast. Beauty,like life is given it's greatest value by its vulnerability which is its brevity. We value it because ironically the very thing which destroys is what makes it valuable. I lost a loved one recently and amid all of the sadness is the odd reality that it is the lost itself which reveals the beauty of what is now gone. Thankyou for the sentiment. It helps to deal with a painful time.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

It takes great strength of character to see the value of our mortality when you have so recently lost someone dear to you. I know I will think of your strength and this poem when I am next tested by the turns of life. Thank you :)

[SuperBluehaze]

A very finely crafted poem. This work reminds me of Sir P. Sidney' s poems. I think the comparison tells you how much I like your poem.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

A wonderful compliment, thank you! :)

[ThePaigeTurner]

Its just so beautiful :]. Youre poems make me think. And I like to think :p

[jackkerouac28]

ahhh,just enough beauty,and just enough darkness=perfect poem:)

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you! =)

[HailRasec]

<333

[HailRasec]

This reminds me of the scene where Achilles explains the beauty of mortality, and the envy of the immortal gods.

[Nyhee7]

excellent poem, beautifully spoken, and well written.

As for the thoughts expressed, I think many would agree with you, but I can not. A star breathes fire ten billion years, then shudders into darkness, but it's flower is missed in the skies of worlds we have never seen.

A rose, a star, a soul, wish them not extinguished so soon. Let the flower be petrified into stone, I will bend down to touch it every day. Stars live in me, I will not die.

[utw888]

I wonder which rose is more beautiful. The one being held or the one doing the holding?

[Regusername]

Gosh you are good.

[GeneralNazort]

So true.

"I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you very much! =)

CS Lewis and Tolkien are two of my favourite authors, there is such richness in the way they used languages and the ideas they put forward. Beautiful quotes =)

[VisionGhostPoet]

Beautifully poignant if not truthfully morbid but factually prosed. I enjoyed the depth of this and read so clearly as well. Made this very comfortable on the ears.

[Fennias]

U move me ...

El Bog

[busywave]

enjoyed this..

[MirageCult]

Very nice poem and very poignant too. Its good that we have changing seasons too cos it would be boring if it was spring/summer all the time. I would like to live forever though :)

[PerthPete1]

Hi Jennifer,

Really stylishly produced, magnificently read.

[ravens1001]

I love the way your mind works, looking forward to hearing more!

[NextLifeDK]

Your thing with Yak made me come and see.

So glad I did.

[1GOD1JESUS]

wow, its amazing, i can see everything you say, nice ;)

[Nichan1994]

my english is very bad... i didnt understand it...

but i liked it

you are very pretty...

[chuuxorz]

I like how english persons pronounce "th"

i liked the video and the message i didnt understand everything because im french. i just subscribed to your channel because i like your videos and favorites.

[mh605]

"It is not growing like a tree

In bulk, doth make man better be;

Nor standing like an oak, three hundred year

To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sere.

A lily of a day

Is fairer far in May.

Although it fall and die that night,

It was the plant and flower of light.

In small proportions we just beauties see,

And in short measure, life may perfect be." --Ben Jonson

[kayleefriend]

great orator you are!!!

[kippoe]

Do they fear the pain of Death of the joy of Life?

[goth1agw1omw]

i like very much so

[sistaspooky1013]

interesting point of view, rich language!

:)

[Rutle]

beautiful poem, very meaningful.

[dmio2]

same reason I like snowmen & sand castles.

[Lost0Poet]

Please tell me you will NEVER stop sharing this wonderful poetic journey your on with us who can only attempt to mimic the faint shadows cast by your depth and endless perception of life as we know it, and your ability to form it into such elequent words. in summary, you ROCK! ;)

[taliajazel]

i second that! =D

[taliajazel]

As the earth's bright pendulum

Tracks and swings across the sky

Unaware of the world it warms

Far far far away.

I've always found this sort of statement to be very comforting for some reason.

[Shriekspear]

Blows me away, Such a wonderful powerful set of words that really come forth in such a atmosphere all on it's own. I have always been intruiged with life and death, I guess death was always a mascott of mine :-). Just love this and the way you created it. And to read it on camera. I wish someday to be able to do that but I am so camera shy and etc, Keep them coming!!

[frumpyframpton]

At least one geneticist is claiming that the first person to live to 1000 might be alive today, due to advances in technology.  Maybe we could do the same for roses? =P

[Android369]

how beautiful, the contrasts between the white rose and the black background is awesome, though it stress even more its beauty. I love it 5/5 rated and faved. Wonderful poem.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you again for posting one of your videos as a response! =)

[quello158]

It seems to be a product of our education that we tend to think in pairs, like black versus white.

We think of time as a linear form that ends somewhere, like a road, while it may as well be shaped like the infinity sign.

Thinking in the past or future terms alienates us from the present moment.

If one can find the present instant connection, there is no need to think about time at all and being here and now becomes equal to be there and then.

I think that's where immortality lies.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

an interesting line of thought! I like that idea very much - the present is what we should truly be concerned with although there is value in remembering the past and considering the future :)

[wytherwings]

oh my god. that's amazing.

[cookiebutt789]

i love your voice

[PalmOliveSoap]

thank you for returning into other lifes again hunny, i bought a wild rose bush today to hide the smell of the pigs next doors who bake in the sun every summer

[Nessysnape]

Though I really enjoyed all your poems, I have found my favorite in this one.

[Foret777]

A great video ~.o

[OldDude25]

Awesome Poem. Thanks!

[Hellishcrusade]

"Each person on Earth is a facet of thyself"

....dunno what made me think of that just then!

Thanks Jen.

[djplazma]

You are an incredible talent, Jen. Such class and elegance are in short supply these days, and you embody both.

[insanekid15]

beautiful poem!

[SynxVII]

Beautiful

[megatwingo]

5*****!

[StevenErnest]

This is amazing. Very touching.

[13lackfir3]

Omg i have not see you in forevers loved the poem

[MelaniePortrip]

Gaaah! So disgustingly pretensions... Gonna go unsubscribe now.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Hi Melanie, it can be a fine line between being pretentious and being impressive. Having re-watched the video now I don't at all find what is being expressed pretentious as there is a quite interesting question being posed and discussed. Perhaps it was the delivery that you found pretentious? My accent may not assist with that, lol, but that is out of my hands.

I am sad to lose you as a subscriber and hope a future video of mine might once again have what first interested you in my channel =)

[mh605]

Well, I enjoy your videos. They're always thoughtful, intelligent, and interesting.  And I like the accent. ;-)

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you mh605 :)

[TheRealGentleman]

Absolutely beautiful. I can't say I'm sure I agree with the idea, to be honest, at least removed from the Tithonus scenario which is naturally unappealing. Nonetheless, this was a wonderful poem and a wonderful reading as usual, quite hypnotic from start to finish. I do wonder if you manage these great readings in one take, or do you have outtakes?

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you! =)

The number of takes varies, sometimes it is the first take that is posted and other times it takes a few attempts (although often due to a phone or alarm going off during the reading, hehe). This particular piece poem is the third take ;)

[MrNiceHk]

Hey Raven another eloquent poem, felt the music did not suit your haunting words ... suggest you listen to "The Captain" by The Knife ...

Your poetry there music marriage made in cyberspace

[TheRavenOfPoe]

I hadn't head of that song before but listened to it when I first read your comment and loved the atmosphere they created with their music! Thank you! =)

[tinysstupidstunts25]

Your accept just pulls me into the video and makes me listen to you!

[proff1999]

nice use of music accompaniment.

[BigPrairieDude]

Excellent poem.

[MARSHOMEWORLD]

Another wonderful poem. Well done.

[robby63]

You have such a gift for writing as well as reciting in the most creative and poignant way. It's a joy to watch and listen!

faved and playlisted

Robby;)

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you very much Robby!

[janfrie1988]

This is wonderful. Very atmospheric and interesting. Plus some very interesting thoughts. Keep it up and I'll keep watching!

[czmma]

soo beautiful, this.

and I agree, just as I love wrinkles, decay, flaws.

A memory: "what is your favorite flower?"

he said, "dead roses."

[TheRavenOfPoe]

hehe, wonderful quote!

[LoveMattersMost]

Jen, earlier I said this was your best work. After careful review, I place it above "Freedom of mind", and equal with "The Stranger." It certainly should win a "Featured Video" slot, at least in (Aus.) But, alas, it is poetry, and poetry these days does not have as big a following as it deserves. I'll be curious to see how well it is received. It's already won acclaim from your near and dear ones. So, I'm sure you are content already. : ) Hmm..several great poems here.. Maybe a book? : )

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you Brian! Your encouragement is a great source of energy for me with my writing =) A book, hm, those tend to have lots of pages don't they? hehe! Could be fun, one day, maybe, mm ;)

[wdciii]

Stunning! -Dennis

[harleynanda]

This is such an excellent write, Lady Raven; a beautiful piece eloquent in all respects from creation to execution. Its concept derived from keen interpretation and beautifully expressed. Your joy of words and delivery as fair as the lady presenting them. Another of yours for my favorites, Jennifer. A beautiful piece.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you very much, Michael =) You are a master of poetry and I have already been back to re-listen to your recently posted piece and know I will be back again ^^

[mithiaur]

just beautiful ;)

[stars1861]

Great job, again, but I've never been a fan of roses anyway. Could never get the hang of growing them, they stab you when your trying to prune them and they always remind me of funerals.

[longhairred]

Wise. You are my favorite YouTube poet.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

That is a great honour, thank you =) The poetic community here is ever growing and expanding and it never ceases to impress me!

[dagocleo]

spellbound by your voice and eyes

a few minutes alas so short in time

[dashpoet]

A simple question, beautifully explored, and answered.

[ASAngelo]

Severely enchanted Miss Raven...

A.S.Angelo

[WorkingClassHero6474]

that was brilliant

looking forward to the next one !

your poems are beautiful, i generally dont like poetry but your poems are... different =)

[fuzzycabin]

A lovely poem. :) I think our love for all things beautiful in this world is a result of our own mortality. So many beautiful things in the world and not enough time in our short lives to see them all.

[LoveMattersMost]

Your best work yet..in my humble opinion. You are on your way to joining the greats..like

( W.B. Yeats):

"..and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face."

You have the soul of a Poet, Jen! : )

[sweetblood329]

Very beautiful Raven, your poems are always so moving. <3  -Claire

[xpoc]

another awesome video. Well done. Keep them coming.

[LoveMattersMost]

Amazing! Simply Amazing! And if I may say so, your own beauty and talent are waxing mightily! The content was deep and intriguing. The meter, rythm, and rhyme kept even pace, and the music beat out in time perfectly.. I believe it is the contrasts, like Winter to Spring, that give life it's eternal beauty. Every flower must fade, and in it's decline, highlight it's own once great beauty. Sad but true.. a think is never appreciated or valued until it is lost. But in so doing, becomes immortal.

[twish1999]

Oh i loved this poem

:-)

Favourited so i can savour it again

[Barklord]

Excellent poem! However, I think I disagree somewhat because I also love those things which endure 100s (or more) of generations of people. We may only see a fraction of their change and it lends an awesomeness to them unlike a rose which, to me, is only pretty. If the brevity was what made something more appreciable, then moths would be intrinsically better than oaks and redwoods.

Just my 2cents. Like I said though, awesome poem!

[mozartiikodesu]

Oh, what a brilliant poem!!

Indeed, we have mortal doom.

Flowers and us, they are sharing a same fate "Immortality".

Moreover it will bloom again more beautifully.

People die and revive forever beautifully in people's mind.

Many Japanese people are believing a cycle of rebirth in Buddhist view of life.

It is the same as the lifetime of a star of the universe.

[obi1isdabestubet]

so true. i was very excited to see this vid im sure i speak for alot of people in saying i have missed your vids .

[phoeniximperator]

Beautiful, I take my hat off and bow down

[LordLargo37]

So which period would you say this poem represents best. I am going to go, offhandedly, with the Restoration period.

[EdEditz]

That was beautiful Jenny!!

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you Eddy! =)

[rosashanaa]

Great, beautiful... I like how u linked it to our own mortality.... I it in my page if it's OK (on FB) .... and link it in my blog....

:)

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you, rosashanaa! =)

[EasyRaoul]

Nice

5 *****

[janeczka]

A good point very well made.

[blueastcoast]

You're completely correct.. Life does give any object value and beauty, but it definitely is a paradox since everything that lives eventually has to die..

Amazing poem Jen, you're brilliant.

[michaelispan]

Indeed

[michaelispan]

Who Wants to Live Forever ?

[zebidee55]

Beautiful.

I'll choose to focus on "Our growing and our changing

That we are made more fair."

Seems appropriate. :)

[RowanFortuneWood]

I am reminded by this piece of the Japanese aesthetic wabi-sabi. The idea of ephemeral beauty makes powerful poetic subject matter. Thanks for uploading, 5* and favourite.

[ThreeofThree]

I agree.

[wildwyckedknight]

Beautiful poem. I like the way you likened the Rose, to our own mortality.

[ouREvilone]

Great observation. I agree as well.

[osirisra]

Schön!

to embrace death is to know life

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Yeah Jen! Great poem... 5*/fave

[solverh]

"So it is that the point of life is given paradoxically by that thing of dread."

Just beautiful and thoughtful, ... as always! :)

[Yakovich]

Yeah great thanks... That cheered me up... I've been doing the old contemplating my own mortality bit recently.

Actually I have a rose bush in my yard that won't die. Over the years I have, I thought, dug it up on several occasions but yet it returns. I even laid pavers over where it once was but it has still managed push through the cracks. You have to give it credit.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

That rose bush deserves a poem of its own with that kind of determination, hehe!

[mh605]

Yes, you sure do. Why not let it live, since it wants to so much? If you don't like where it is, dig it up and move it to a different spot. Improve the soil first.

Roses are beautiful. If you're nice to this one, you'll be rewarded with lovely flowers.

[DanishPoet]

Beautiful :D

[didixdeux]

nice, very nice poem thank you!