Flickr Photos
Monthly Archives: February 2019
First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government and Civil Society Ever Pursued Until Liberty Is Lost
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison (1788) … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Civil Society, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Pursue
Leave a comment
Late Night Nachos Pantoum
Milkwood’s Poem A Day #15 is the Pantoum. The word prompt for this form is ‘swan song’. The Pantoum form is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantoum “The pantoum is a form of poetry similar to a villanelle in that there are repeating lines throughout … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bacon, Bake, Cheese, Clock, Health, Late Night, Meat, Microwave, Milkwood, Nacho, Photograph, Poem, Poem A Day, Poetry, Quatrain, Simmer, Sublime, Swan Song, Three Cheses, Will Power
Leave a comment
Talk Is Cheap Rondel
The Poem A Day form for Day#14 is the Rondel form. The word prompt is ‘sunspot’. Sorry to say. But, I am not going to use the word prompt. It’s only provided here in case there is a reader out … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Blues, Broody, Cheap, Dissonance, E, Everyday, France, Harmony, Jump Beat, Key, Life, Lost, Melody, Milkwood, Misery, Modern, Moody, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Quick Time, Rondel, Talk
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: The Way of Truth and Love Has Always Won
When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Despair, End, Fall, History, Invincible, Love, Mohandas Gandhi, Murderer, Thought For the Day, Time, Truth, Tyrant, Won
Leave a comment
First Principles: Facts Are Stubborn Things
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” – John Adams (1770)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Alter, Dictates, Facts, First Principles, Inclinations, John Adams, Passion, Stubborn Things, Wishes
Leave a comment
Truth Is Coming
A good case might be made that we are possibly living in the end times with the attacks on Christianity, the genocide committed against the unborn, and so many other countless atrocities including groups like ISIS. I was at church … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alter, Bold, Christianity, Coming, Deploy, Die For, End Times, Forgive, Gatitude, Genocide, God, Gospel, Hands, History, Holy, ISIS, Joy, Liturgical Dance, Mercy, Peace, Photograph, Platitude, Poem, Poetry, Power, Praise, Prayer, Preach, Relevation, Rest, Revelations, Rhetoric, Rising, Sermon, Shout, Slavery, Stand, Steady, Strength In the Blood, Strong, Talk, Thought, Truth, Walk, Word of God, World, Written
Leave a comment
Home On Phone, the Homophones Echo
The Poem A Day for Day #13 is to be prepared in the Echo Poem form. The word prompt if needed is ‘dense’. From https://www.britannica.com/art/echo-verse: “Echo verse, a type of verse in which repetition of the end of a line … Continue reading
First Principles: Evils Which Are Not Cured In One Way Tend To Find Another Way To Be Cured
“Evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other.” – Thomas Jefferson (1791)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Cure, Evil, First Principles, One Way, Other, Thomas Jefferson
Leave a comment
Thought For the Day: Things Turn Out the Best For Those Who Make The Best Of How Things Turn out
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Best, John Wooden, Make The Best, People, Things, Thought For the Day, Turn Out
Leave a comment
An Elegy To Common Sense
Poem A Day #11 is to be an elegy. The word prompt is ‘black hole’. Milkwood’s definition of elegy is limited to the following. I would argue that the person who wrote the notecard needs to revisit this. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged America First, American, Attitude, Black Hole, Blindman's Bluff, Border Fence, Borders, Build, Cardinal Rule, Common Sense, Conservative, Country, Death, Defend, Dense, Despotism, Destination, Discrimination, Domestic, Drug Lords, Elegy, Elite, Enemy, Exist, Followers, Foreign, Globalist, Heath, History, Immoral, Legal Immigration, Liberty, Live or Die, Milkwood, MS 13, Nation, National Defense, Oath, Old Hat, Patriot, Patriotic, Platitude, Poem A Day, Poor, Porous Border, Pretense, Primary, Principle, Progressive, Protect, Rule of Law, Secure, Servants, Statesmen, Support, Surrender, Sworn, Terrorist, Thirst, Victimless Crimes
Leave a comment
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 