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In the Daze of My Youth
In the Daze of My Youthby Michael DoyleI found myself recently taking a pause,Reliving the music that brought applause.You see, in the daze of my youth,Led Zeppelin and the like were my truth.Whatever it was, the critics said,They seemed a … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Applause, Classic Rock, Communication Breakdown, Critic, Cross-Fade, Daze, Eternity, History, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Music, Pause, Poetry and Poems, Robert Plant, Rock, Sequence, Skill, Song, Truth, Will, Youth
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First Principles: The Credit Belongs To the Man Who Is Actually In the Arena, Whose Face Is Marred By Dust and Sweat and Blood…Who At Worst, If He Fails, At Least Fails While Daring Greatly
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Credit, Critic, Daring Greatly, Fails, First Principles, High Achievement, In the Arena, Strive, Theodore Roosevelt, Triumph, Worst
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American Dream
In this day and age, so many tear at the foundations of America. They do so with an almost willful ignorance of what came before and what’s happened since. There is an insistence that perfection be from the beginning when … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged American, Children, Confuse, Critic, Crumble, Dream, Dystopia, Family, Foundation, Freedom, Gettysburg, God Given, Hues, Human Condition, Humble Beginning, Ignorance, Judge, Mankind, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Reparations, Revolution, Shoes, Shoulder, Slavery, Tear, Today, Understanding
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Kill Buzz
Life is funny, right? Kill Buzz by Michael Romani I don’t mean to constantly over analyze But, I don’t find it compassionate to criticize Every thing that a person says or does It’s actually kind of a kill-buzz That someone … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Analyze, Big Heart, Blind, Compassion, Critic, Difference, Heart and Soul, Kill Buzz, Kills, Love, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Preference, Recall, See, Shatter, Sight, Taught, Words of Love, World, Wrong
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: What Is a Classic? – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
The French literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve was born December 23, 1804 and passed away on October 13, 1869. His essay What Is A Classic I considered just that… a classic of western thought. What Is A Classic may be read here: … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Critic, Essay, French Literature, Harvard Classics, Sainte-Beuve, What Is A Classic?
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