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The Planets – Mars, Bringer of War
My hope is a quick succession of short poems based on Holst’s The Planets, Opus 32. This idea came to me by way of an artistic installation on Second Life in the Linden Endowment of the Arts. The exhibit is … Continue reading
Thought of the Day: Dogma Versus Curiosity
History may be read as the story of the magnificent rearguard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. -Robert Lynd, writer (20 Apr 1879-1949) To read the source of this quote and gain a fuller understanding of … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Dogma, History, Robert Lynd, The Most Curios Animal
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First Principles: The Importance of the Right to Bear Arms
“The ultimate authority … resides in the people alone. … [T]he advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation … forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any…”. … Continue reading
First Principles – On Pride
“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will … Continue reading
Thought of the Day: Beauty Is In Discovery
There is a beauty in discovery. There is mathematics in music, a kinship of science and poetry in the description of nature, and exquisite form in a molecule. Attempts to place different disciplines in different camps are revealed as artificial … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Discovery, Knowledge, Literate, Mathematics, Music, Unity
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Garden Into Gateway
It is the 19th day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo. New day, new challenge. This one is to write a poem of any kind with any perspective pertinent to a ‘creation’ story. Many who know me would assume that I would ease over … Continue reading
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Tagged Calligraphy, Caravan, Creation, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Rumi, Stranger, The Divine, Womb
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Wakcup Call
The eighteenth day of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo brings a challenge that only Lewis Carroll’s mother would like. To quote: “to write a poem that incorporates neologisms. What’s that? Well, it’s a made-up word! Your neologisms could be portmanteaus (basically, a word … Continue reading
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Tagged Jabberwocky, NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo, Neoligisms, Portmanteaus, Sinatra
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Night Falls Hard (The Wave Waltz)
As is my usual custom at the short form poetry class I attempt to write at least two sometimes three poems in the form being taught. In this case, my second poem is dedicated to the Veteran that I assisted … Continue reading
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Tagged Combat, Courage, Night, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, The Wave Waltzz, Veterans
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The Waltz Wave: The Waltz Wave
Tonight at the short form poetry workshop, we learned about a form called The Wave Waltz. After a life time of surfing, of course wave dancing came to mind. So, what are the rules? Accepting the format as presented in … Continue reading
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Tagged Malts, Margaret Carlisle, Slow Dance, Sol Waltz, Stanza, The Wave Waltz
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First Principles: Excessive Taxation
“Excessive taxation … will carry reason and reflection to every man’s door, and particularly in the hour of election.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)
