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The Better Together Forever Gallery and Cultural Center
Announcing our new location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Iokina/71/80/20 Come enjoy the art gallery, live music, poetry readings, digital art and a film study of the best movies of the last 100 years.
Ghost Story
Ghost Storyby Michael DoyleRemember Remember meMy death Was cold miseryThere is no record At least officiallyBut my lynching Is part of historyI’m cold and alone Without a name on the stonePlease talk to me I need a sort of legacyI … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Built, Care, Cold and Alone, Connection, Death, Desperation, Division, End, Fate, Forget, Forgotten, Ghost Story, Glory, Heal, Hiding Place, History, Imaginary Friend, Laugh, Legacy, Longing, Lynching, Misery, Official, Pain, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Reach Out, Record, Regret, Remember, Right, Sacred, Sane, Scare, Sedate, Space, Spirituality, Survival, Talk
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First Principles: Systems of Education Should Be Adopted…Which…Implant…the Principles of Virtue and of Liberty
“It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the sciences but may implant in the minds of the American youth the principles of virtue … Continue reading
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Tagged Adopted, American Youth, Atachment, Country, Diffuse, First Principles, Government, Inspire, Just and Liberal Ideas, Liberty, Minds, Noah Webster, Object, Principles, Sciences, Systems of Education, Virtue
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Time Is A One Way Glass
Time Is A One Way Glassby Michael DoyleSometimes time is a one way glassLooking in to take that passIt might be that you’re better than meI guess we’ll just have to wait and seeBut ain’t it sad to feel this … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Bad, Better, Better Times, Devil Woman, Glass, Inaccuracy, Necromancy, One Way, Pass, Play, Poetry and Poems, Remember, Sad, See, Time, Truth, Wait, Where
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First Principles: Enlightened Statesmen Will Not Always Be At the Helm
“Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.” – James Madison (1787)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Adjust, Always, Enlightened, First Principles, Helm, Interests, James Madison, Statesmen
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Thought For the Day: People Who Demand Neutrality In Any Situation Are Usually Not Neutral But In Favor of the Status Quo
“People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.” -Max Eastman, journalist and poet (4 Jan 1883-1969)
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Tagged Any Situation, Deman, Favor, Max Eastman, Neutrality, Not Neutral, People, Status Quo, Thought For the Day
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One By One
One By Oneby Michael DoyleWe work the problemsOne by oneOne at a timeThat’s how it’s doneWe face the worldOne step at a timeRemaining undefeatedWe struggle for primeThe point of no returnComes fast as we learnThere’s no turning backFrom the life … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged All We Got, Blood, Done, Down and Dirty, Earn, Face, Fast, Fight, Forgot, Give, Good, Hard, Hit, Hurt, Laugh, Learn, Life, Mud, Never Mind, No Turning Back, One By One, Poetry and Poems, Point of No Return, Prime, Problem, Right, Roll, Step, Struggle, Swing, Time, Undefeated, Understood, Win Or Lose, Work, World
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For the Win
For the Winby Michael DoyleNever give upNever give inWhen you fall downGet up againRun through the valleysKeep your head lowRun through the alleysYou didn’t even knowDodge the punchesWhenever you canThis is the rumbleThat makes you a manHold your head highAs … Continue reading
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Tagged Alleys, Battle, Die, Dodge Punches, Fall, Fall Down, Fight, Found, Get Up, Give In, Give Up, Good Reasons, Head, Head high, Keep You Down, Know, Man, Never, Poetry and Poems, Rattle, Rise Again, Rumble, Run, Soul, Stumble, Twice As Hard, Unafraid, Valley, Whenever, Win
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First Principles: Without Freedom of Thought There Can Be No Such Thing As Wisdom; and No Such Thing As Public Liberty, Without Freedom of Speech
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech; which is the Right of every Man, as far as by it, he does not hurt or … Continue reading
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