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Thought For The Day: To Be A Writer, You Must Read and Write A Lot
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.” – Stephen King Personally, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Desire, No Shortcut, Read, Stephen King, Thought For the Day, Write, Writer
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Annihilation of Meaning
Annihilation of Meaning by Michael Romani Woman seeks to question meaning itself As something organic and from a shelf An encroachment consuming some entirely And leaving others grieving, angry and lonely The fixity of womanhood has its own complexity But, … Continue reading
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Tagged Annihiliation, Bontany, Complex, Curious, Disorder, Earth, Fixity, Hearth, Humanity, Meaning, Organic, Original Sin, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Woman
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First Principles: No Government Can Restrain Humanity Set Free By Morality and Religion
“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion.” – John Adams (1798) .. But GQ thinks you should read smutty fiction instead…
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Tagged Contention, First Principles, Government, Human Passion, John Adams, Morality, Power, Religion, Republican, The Bible, Unbridled
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Thought For the Day: It Takes Courage To Grow Into Who You Really Are
“It takes courage to grow up and be who you really are. “ — e.e. cummings
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Tagged Children, Courage, e.e. cummings, Grow Up, Identity, Individuals, Self, Thought For the Day
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Thorny Logic
Thorny Logic by Michael Romani There is a thorny logic of contortion Of how we approach art in its distortion It’s a shell game we call respect As we arbitrarily choose favor or neglect In a world where street creds … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Copeland, Balance, Credibility, Distortion, Legacy, Logic, Perceptions, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Rap, Respect, Shell Game, Thorny
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Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23: In A World Without God
Na/GloPoWriMo Day 23 and the challenge is to write something pertinent to the incorporation of spoken word overheard or part of the fabric of surrounding society. In that all language more or less falls under these broad categories, I selected … Continue reading
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Vague
Feeling a little vague, I lay back in a worn out daze Wondering through life like some kind of maze Wandering through life like I’m lost in the haze Watching the smoke that always follows my blaze Half forgetting the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blaze, Blind, Boundaries, Broken Heart, Daily Prompt, Daze, Dive, Dreams, Ember, Gold, Haze, Illusion, Jim Morrison, Life, Maze, Mosh Pit, Unfold, Vague, Wordpress
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First Principles: The Intended Cure For Unsuitable Elected Officials Is To Replace These
“The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 21
