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Monthly Archives: April 2018
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 20: Petri Dish
The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 20 is to write a poem pertinent to rebellion. Rebellion against tyranny being my second nature I have had to contend with the notion that perhaps I should just write a poem contending that we should … Continue reading
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Tagged Agitation, America's Tale, Appearance, Division, Evidence, Experts, Fascism, Fear, Finger Pointing, Illusions, Masses, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, Partisan Hacks, Pessimism, Petri Dish, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Rebellion, Rectify, Sophistry, Substance, Totalitarianism, Vilify, Word Games
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 19: Plastic Wrappings Of Earth Day
The Na/GloPoWriMo Day 19 challenge reads as: “Today we challenge you to write a paragraph that briefly recounts a story, describes the scene outside your window, or even gives directions from your house to the grocery store. Now try erasing … Continue reading
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Tagged Age of Unreason, Apocalypse, Distortion, Earth Day, Evidence, Falsity, Hyperbole, Hysteria, Liars, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photography, Poem, Poetry, Psuedo Science, Responsibility, Society, Stewardship, Treason
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Mallet
With our mental battle flags unfurled We debate what makes a better world What might it take to develop it? More than socialism’s empty mallet No matter what pretty and fanciful lies they drape They can never change mankind’s mindscape … Continue reading
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Tagged Better World, Capitalism, Daily Prompt, Deception, Details, Economy, Empty, Functionalism, Jealousy, Mallet, Mentality, Mindscape, Socialism, Void, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: Nature Has Given Man Into Woman’s Hands
“Man is the one who desires, woman the one who is desired. This is woman’s entire but decisive advantage. Through man’s passions, nature has given man into woman’s hands…” – Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch Nevermind how this guy meant this. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Advantage, Balance, Desire, Desired, Healthy, Inspiration, Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, Love, Man, Motivation, Nature, Passions, Perspective, Support, Thought For the Day, Tony A Gaskins Jr, Unhealthy, Woman
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First Principles: The Constitution Forbids the Federal Government From Meddling In the Free Exercise of Faith
“I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results not only from the provision that no law shall be made respecting the establishment or … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Authentic
It’s a daily sort of hectic struggle In the midst of this half mast jungle Trying to keep our world true and real In a place that devalues the think of our feel At the risk of sounding a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Authentic, Daily, Daily Prompt, Eccentric, Feel, Half Mast, Hollywood, Integrity, Jungle, Morality, Struggle, Think, Wordpress
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First Principles: A Government Should Be Constituted To Control Its Citizens But Also Itself
“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Governance, Governed, James Madison, Popular Government, Restraint, Self Policing
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Thought For the Day: This Is No Dress Rehearsal – Enjoy Life!
“Enjoy Life. This is not a dress rehearsal.” –– Author Unknown I am so stealing that “little wags of wisdom” in some form for part of a future poem….
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Tagged Dress Rehearsal, Enjoy, Happiness, Journey, Life, Main Event, Thought For the Day, Wags, Wisdom
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 18: Love Revealed
Yesterday’s poetry challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 18 was to take a poem from someone else, flip it upside down in responsive lines and then make it your own. I don’t spend a lot of time in revision. But, okay. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed, Completely, Deeply, Eternal, Felt, Heart, Known, Love, Love Revealed, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rooftop
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Parallel
Winnifred is a friend who loves to dance It is her own brand of rarified romance There alone in her own parallel universe That moves like a poet’s words of verse A coupling of magic and normality That sparks its … Continue reading
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Tagged Ballet, Daily Prompt, Dance, Emotion, Language, Parallel, Poetry In Motion, Recall, Response, Universality, Universe, Wordpress
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 