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Tag Archives: Past
A Set of Octodils
Following 3 years of a poem a day (+ 109 additional days), I am ready to go back to practicing short-form poetry again. We will begin with a form called the Octodil . I will introduce at least one short-form … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauuty, Conflct, Frame, Human Race, Impression, Lesson, Linda Varsell Smith, Nature Preserve, Octodil, Octodils, Past, Peace, Photos, Poetry and Poems, Set, Short-Form Poetry Style, Thought, Viola Berg, Wage
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First Principles: We Are Too Much Engrossed By the Story of the Present To Think of the Character and Anecdotes That Gave Interest To the Past
“How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, Anecdotes, Boast, Character, First Principles, Forgotten, Immortllty, Interest, Name, Pages, Past, Present, Story, Time, Volume, Washington Irving
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Thought For the Day: Change Is the Law of Life. And Those Who Look Only To the Past Or Present Are Certain To Miss the Future
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Certain, Change, Future, John F. Kennedy, Law of Life, Miss, Past, Present, Thought For the Day
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Fully Present In the Past
Fully Present In the Pastby Michael DoyleRage bait and other angry fillsHave long ceased being thrills.No one has asked for my tainted advice,But I think it’s long past time to offer mine.Let’s not be rattled by our every whim.Instead, let’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Angry Fills, Authority, Chaos, Courage, Discourage, Eyes of a Child, Fully Present, Goodness, Inner Strength, Know, Past, Poetry and Poems, Profile, Rage Bait, Reel, Strife, Tainted Adviice, Thrill, Whim
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Thought For the Day: We Are Made Wise Not By the Recollection of Our Past, But By the Responsibility For Our Future
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw
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Tagged Future, George Bernard Shaw, Past, Recollection, Responsibility, Thought For the Day, We, Wise
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Thought For the Day: Let Us Learn From the Past To Profit By the Present, and From the Present, To Live Better In the Future
“Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.” – William Wordsworth
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Tagged Better, Future, Learn, Life, Past, Present, Profit, Thought For the Day, Three Term, Which Is, Which Was, Which Will Be, William Wordsworth
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Verses of the Illuminati, Part IV: Leading From the Past
Verses of the Illuminati, Part IV: Leading From the Pastby Michael DoyleOur ruling elites are leading from the pastBelieving themselves worthy of power that will last.Stalking fear through capitalism for new technology,It’s the sweet path to shaping the future from … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Battle, Big Brother, Branded, Clous Services, Cpitalisim, Cyber-Terrorism, Disease, Freedom, Future, History, Illuminati, Information, Knees, Lead, Maniipulation, New Technology, Past, Path, Reformation, Ruling Eliites, Smart Devices, Staling Fear, Strategic Ransom, Tenatacles, Thuggery, Versse, Virtuaul World, Worth, {Poetry and Poems
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First Principles: For Everything That Was Written In the Past Was Written To Teach Us, So That Through the Endurance Taught In the Scriptures and the Encouragement They Provide We Might Have Hope
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.” – Romans 15:4 NIV
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Tagged Encouragement, Endurance, First Principles, Hope, Past, Romans 15:4, Scriiptures, Teach, Written
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