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Thought For the Day: The Walls of Books Around Me, Dense With the Past, Formed A Kind of Insulation Against the Present World and Its Disasters

“The walls of books around me, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.” – Ross Macdonald, novelist (13 Dec 1915-1983)

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Thought For the Day: Stacks of Books From the Past Provide Guidance and Perspective When Viewing the Present World

“The walls of books around me, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.”  – Ross Macdonald, novelist (13 Dec 1915-1983)      

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All the Beauty Heaven Bears

Probably one of the single most sad moments possible in a parent’s life is surviving the death of a child. All the Beauty Heaven Bears by Michael Romani Against all sense In a world grown dense A child’s life has … Continue reading

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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

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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

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