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Thought For the Day: I Believe A Leaf of Grass Is No Less Than the Journey-Work of the Stars
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” – Walt Whitman
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Thought For the Day: Now I See the Secret of the Making of the Best Persons. It Is To Grow In the Open Air and to Eat and Sleep With the Earth
“Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” – Walt Whitman, poet (31 May 1819-1892)
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Thought For the Day: I Believe A Leaf of Grass Is No Less Than the Journey-Work of the Stars
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” – Walt Whitman, poet (1819-1892)
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First Principles: Keep Your Face Always Toward the Sunshine – and Shadows Will Fall Behind You
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine — and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman (1819-1892) For something a little different in this month edging up on that day of Thanksgiving and gratitude…is a poetic thought that used … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Always Keep Your Face Toward the Sunshine – and Shadows Will Fall Behind You
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: One’s Self I Sing and Other Poetry by Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist Walter “Walt” Whitman was born on May 31, 1819. He passed away on March 26, 1892. Often called the father of free verse, he was a humanist who marked the transition between and incorporated both … Continue reading
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Tagged Controversy, Free Verse, Harvard Classics, Leaves of Grass, One's Self I Sing, Poetry, Walt Whitman
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Focused
Playing out this wonderful life with you It’s the best thing that I could ever do Keeping focused on you and my bliss It’s the best of love, peace and happiness Some may say this is California Dreamin’ If it … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Focus, Focused, Happiness, I Met A Girl, Love, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Walt Whitman, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: It Is Okay To Contradict Oneself
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large — I contain multitudes.” – Walt Whitman Whitman’s ‘Song of Oneself’ can be found here to read in its entirety: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/s_z/whitman/song.htm Human beings are complex. Even the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Complexity, Contradictions, Multitudes, Oneself, Poet, Poetry, Song of Oneself, Walt Whitman
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Rumi’s Secret
Day 13 of the month long challenge was to write a ghazal. It’s a nice traditional Persian form that has lent itself to the English literary world. I wrote a poem or two off topic and now am coming … Continue reading
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Tagged Compulsion, Rumi, Secret Love, Shakespeare, Souk, Umayyad Mosque, Walt Whitman
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