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Monthly Archives: August 2018
Daily Prompt – Distant
The end of a long day fishing has finally arrived As the captain thinks on how he has survived Always eking a humble living from the sea Respecting the ocean with all of its majesty Spotting the distant lighthouse on … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessed, Daily Prompt, Distant, Family, Fishing, Gratitude, Home, Lighthouse, Love, Majesty, Safe, Sea, Shore, Shown, Unspoken, Wife
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Ghost Towns of Russia
600 million miles of history, quite a lot of it tragically beautiful: Ghost Towns of Russia by Michael Romani The provocative label of ghost town Once chased around Tells the story of another dead town Across 600 million Russian miles … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Artic, Audible Silence, Citizens, Collapse, Ghost Town, Gone, History, Horizon, Memories, Mercy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Polar Nights, Question, Reason, Red Army, Russia, Soviet Union, Strategy
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Daily Prompt – Belly
In Rumi’s pond, waded a pinkish flamingo Whose presence was as a belly dancer’s shadow The eye of Ra became its own perception of light As a sensuous beat flowed from the palace into the night Fatima dances while warding off … Continue reading
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Tagged Belly, Belly Dancer, Blind, Daily Prompt, Dance, Fables, Flamingo, Jealousy, Light, Lilith, Lotus, Mankind, Phoenix, Pond, Purification, Ra, Rebirth, Rumi, Unification
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Daily Prompt – Thin
Shooting from the far side I feeling it thin Lost my pride Looking in; looking in All those things that I done Got this rabbit on the run Praying from near side Reeling it in Talking ’bout my pride Looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Cost, Daily Prompt, Debt, Far Side, Guilt, Introspection, Loss, Lost, Poetry, Pride, Rabbit, Run, Thin, Wish
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Thought For the Day: Let Kindness, Beauty and Truth Light Your Way
“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth.” – Albert Einstein
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Beauty, Courage, Ideals, Kindness, Life, Light, Path, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Self Respect Is the Armor Keeping Us Safe From Others
“He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (27 Feb 1807-1882)
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Tagged Armor, Defense, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Pierce, Safe, Self Respect, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Our Fight For Liberty Is the Cause of All Mankind
“It is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.” – Benjamin Franklin, letter to Samuel Cooper, 1777
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Cause, Defense, Fight, First Principles, Liberty, Mankind, Observation, Samuel Cooper
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First Principles: We Must Be Careful of the Ability of the Press To Stoke the Fires of Resentment and Revenge
“As unbalanced parties of every description can never tolerate a free inquiry of any kind, when employed against themselves, the license, and even the most temperate freedom of the press, soon excite resentment and revenge.” – John Adams, Discourses on … Continue reading
Remembrance of Books Past
There’s a lot of truth that we learned in the fairytales and other children’s stories of our yester-years isn’t there? When we read these classics again, there is still a lot to learn from them. Remembrance of Books Past by … Continue reading
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Tagged Bookshelf, Children, Children's Books, Fairytales, Fomative Years, Generation, Memory, Mother, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Truth, Values, Words
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 