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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Keats – Eve of St Agnes
Born on October 31, 1795, the English Romantic poet, John Keats, was among the main poets of the Romantic Era. Initially, during his lifetime his poetry was not well received among critics. But, by the end of the 19th century, … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, John Keats, Martyr, Patron Saint, Poetry, Romantic Era, Rome, Spenser, St Agnes, The Eve of St Agnes, Virgins
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Horizon
In those quiet hours as the sun begins to set I find myself looking out to where my soul’s met With a moment’s rest as darkness creeps into the horizon I smile to myself at the feeling in which I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherish, Daily Prompt, Dreams, Hope, Horizon, Life, Peace, Quiet, Realization, Sunset, Treasure, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Build Must Also Maintain
“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)
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Tagged Build, Flaw, Human Character, Kurt Vonnegut Jr, Maintain, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: A Nation Should Promote the Minds and Morals of Its Children
“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and … Continue reading
Gestures To Hope
Gestures To Hope by Michael Romani A shadow hangs over the dinner table In a manifestation of what we are capable As our fixation on intolerant ideology Marks the vandalization of our history Peace and good will for a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddleia, Dark, Fragile, Gestures, History, Hope, Humanity, Intolerance, Life, Mood, Photograph, Poems, Poetry, Shadow, Urban Decay
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Poe – The Poetic Principle
Aloha Promises Forever has previously discussed the life and legacy of Edgar Allan Poe. Please refer to these posts for further background. For now, suffice it to say that Poe was born on January 19, 1809. He passed away on … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, Essay, Harvard Classics, Literary Criticism, Poetry, The Poetic Principle
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Blink
Somewhere There In a sharpened wink Is time’s blink Somehow Then as now Answers are found When you chase it around Question the illusions held true In the passage back to you Full truth can be illusory Its interest quiet … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Blink, Daily Prompt, History, Illusory, Passage, Questions, Somewhere, Truth, Usury, Wink, Wordpress
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First Principles: The Foundations of Public Policy Must Be Private Morality
“The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Wisdom Goes Beyond Mere Recitation of Memorized Words
We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a … Continue reading
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Tagged Memorization, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Recitation, Rote, Students, Thinking, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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Certain Kind of Magic
Certain Kind of Magic by Michael Romani Love is a certain kind of magic Often cruel and sometimes tragic Yet, we would give everything For one more minute to sing To sing its praises on high Though, other times we … Continue reading
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Tagged Cruel, Dreams, Harmony, Magic, Melody, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Praises, Silence, Sing, Tomorrow, Tragic
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