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Thought For the Day: The Printed Word Prevails Over Bullets
“Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.” – Georg Brandes, critic and scholar (4 Feb 1842-1927) Force is never the preference over persuasion. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bullets, Georg Brandes, Poor, Power, Printing Press, Thought For the Day, Words
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Thought For the Day: Words Are Action
“For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.” – Ingrid Bengis, writer and teacher (b. 1944)
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Tagged Action, Capable, Change, Influence, Ingrid Bengis, Thought For the Day, Words
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Inkling
Walking through the woods one day I happened to spy along the way Up in the trees, an inkling of blackbirds Tossing about a few choice words About the man disturbing their peace They couldn’t have weighed but an ounce … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackbirds, Daily Prompt, Home, Inkling, Mutual Cooperation, Needs, Peace, Solitude, Walking, Woods, Wordpress, Words
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Study
Skipping down a dirt road memory lane So many thoughts slipping through my brain In a mental study of Autumn’s slow breeze As multicolored leaves fall from the trees Seems only a moment ago that I was there My enjoyment … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, Daily Prompt, Dirt Road, Dreamy Eyes, Harvest Festival, Memory Lane, Slow Breeze, Study, Wordpress, Words, Yesterday
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Thought For the Day: To Write Well, Read and Listen Often
“One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. “ – Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932)
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Tagged Familiarity, Hart Crane, Moments, Patterns, Soak, Thought For the Day, Words
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Evoke
There behind all the present faces Were all the solemn traces Each serving to evoke All the words unspoken and those He spoke Memories of this family dinner Evoke deeper layers for this beginner As each year seems to swing … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Daily Prompt, Evoke, Faces, Last Supper, Layers, Spoken, Traces, Unspoken, Wordpress, Words
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By Words Condemned
By Words Condemned by Michael Romani All these playground rhymes Chasing around in uneasy times Too many words are lies And there are no alibis I wish that I was wise But, instead I despise The life I examine now … Continue reading
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Tagged Centered, Condemnation, Courage, Emptiness, Encouragement, Flame, Justice, Kindness, New Year's Eve, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Sacred, Still, Tame, Tongue, Trust, Words
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Thought For the Day: Words Are Actions Are Words
“Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
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Tagged Actions, Louder Than Words, Persuasion, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Statement, Symbolic, Vocalize, Words
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Thought For the Day: Thought Is the Blossom
“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
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Tagged Action, Education, Language, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thinking, Thought, Thought For the Day, Words
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Sludge
It was one of those mornings, a little hectic Words were barely forming, phonetic My mind whirring at a slow mental sludge Truth is that my thoughts would barely budge Still, showing up for our bit of morning poetry Is … Continue reading
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Photo, Plunder, Poem, Poetry, Sludge, Speak Like A Pirate's Day, Wordpress, Words
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 