from O at the Edges
My poems “Ramekin” and “Windows: A Theology” have been published in the online anthology Igxante: An Ontology. I am grateful to editor Kate Morgan for taking these two pieces.
Tag: Philosophy
. . . .just to be alive is a grand thing.
from The purple Rays Blog
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly,
acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all
I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
― Agatha Christi
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My Daily Observation: 1/9/18
An observation from Danny at Dream Big, Dream Often
I am amazed at the number of people who listen intently to the views and opinions of celebrities. Just for the record, I do not. I don’t watch any of the celebrity award shows. I don’t read any celebrity tweets. I simply don’t care what they have to say. But apparently someone does or else Yahoo and other media sources wouldn’t be loaded with info about The Golden Globes.
To some degree society has always been influenced by celebrities. After all most advertising campaigns over the last 70 years have centered around a celebrity spokesperson; and they work which means they have influence.
I have always said every person needs to be careful in who they allow in their inner-circle of influence. The right person with influence can steer the ship toward the stars (no pun intended), but the wrong influencer can take it down for a deep dive. I…
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Shake Me Loose…but let me sleep
from The Mind of RD REVILO
- Funny, Some People Think
- War will be different for them
- They see the deadly destruction
- But theirs won’t make them a victim
- They’ll start the fight on Friday
- Night
- Then fight
- Until Sunday
- Back to work on Monday
- And if they get injured or hurt
- The enemy will nurture
- Them back to work
- So they can fight some more
- And even up the score
- No loss of electricity
- Water will flow
- No pain toward victory
- No disappearance of people they know
- It’ll be like a picnic
- Only ants are pests
- We’ll be in and out quick
- Unlike the rest
- Once they knowwe are serious
- Fear will make the enemy delirious
- And sue for peace
- Just beating our chests will scare the beast
- Our thunderous protests
- Will make them confess
- We’ll sing, we’ll cheer
- The brave will bring up the rear
- We’ll snarl, our fists we’ll ball
- We’ll persist, insist…
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