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Thought For the Day: Poetry Began With An Awe That Surpassed the Wisdom of Words

“I think that were beginning to remember that the first poets didn’t come out of a classroom, that poetry began when somebody walked off of a savanna or out of a cave and looked up at the sky with wonder … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Genuine Poetry Communicates Before It Is Understood

“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” – T.S. Eliot    

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Thought For the Day: Sometimes Sorry Is Not Enough and You Actually Have To Change

“I have learned that sometimes “sorry” is not enough. Sometimes you actually have to change.” – Claire London      

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Thought For the Day: Worry Less That Children Never Listen; Worry More That They Are Always Watching

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” -Robert Fulghum    

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Thought For the Day: Stoop Low To Rise High

“There are no persons capable of stooping so low as those who desire to rise in the world.” – Lady Marguerite Blessington, writer (4 Apr 1789-1849)    

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Thought of the Day: If You Can’t Be the Poet Be the Poem

“If you can’t be a poet, be the poem.” – David Carradine      

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Thought For the Day: Poetry Is the Evidence of Life

“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” – Leonard Cohen    

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Thought For the Day: Hang A Question Mark On All Things Long Taken For Granted

“In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”  – Bertrand Russell    

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Thought For the Day: If You Laugh A Lot, When You’re Older Your Wrinkles Will Be In the Right Places

“If you laugh a lot, when you get older your wrinkles will be in the right places.” – Andrew Mason    

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Thought For the Day: Kindness Is Always Fashionable

“Kindness is always fashionable.” – Amelia Barr, novelist (29 Mar 1831-1919)    

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