Tag Archives: Reading

Don Quixote Reexamined

Posted on May 12, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A hidalgo or minor nobleman gets so lost in his reading that he mistakes folklore regarding chivalry as the path of history that will lead him and through him the world to greater nobility. The intention being good. The … Continue reading →

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Finding the Good

Posted on May 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I had a discussion with someone many years ago about why I wanted two princesses to be familiar with the literary classics from which there were derived the 5′ Shelf of Books aka Harvard Classics. After all, the contention was, … Continue reading →

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Dr. Seuss With No Excuse

Posted on April 14, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Two weeks in aka Day 14 of Na/GloPoWriMo 2020 and the challenge prompt today is: “to think about your own inspirations and forebears (whether literary or otherwise). Specifically, I challenge you today to write a poem that deals with the … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Sit

Posted on July 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Taking a ride on my life’s busy train Tracks rolling through my brain Taking this moment to read and sit Wondering at the miss and the hit Wondering where and why this is leading Lost inside all my want and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Great Book Should Leave You With Many Experiences

Posted on June 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.” – William Styron, novelist (11 Jun 1925-2006)

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Thought For the Day: No Two Persons Have Read the Same Book

Posted on May 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“No two persons ever read the same book.” – Edmund Wilson, critic (8 May 1895-1972)

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Thought For the Day – Weekly Photo Challenge – Windows

Posted on September 27, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

Windows I Don’t Mind (Tentative Title) Sitting by the windows reading A curious sunrise was bleeding All the thoughts for the day Were put on a vivid display Across the pages of thought In the book I had bought The … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Recite

Posted on August 19, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

I live to recite your poetry Knowing you as the best of we In all of our vivid imagery It always gets the very best of me

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Carnivalesque

Posted on June 20, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

There is an on-going celebration tonight in Second Life in honor of it’s 14th Birthday. I was honored in being asked to read an hour of poetry. Who knew that an hour is so long? 😉 As I was getting … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Reading Allows You To More Fully Experience the Other

Posted on June 16, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” – Joyce Carol Oates I do not know that I fully agree with Ms. Oates on this one. But, I do … Continue reading →

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