Originally posted on Troubador of Verse:
***** Recorded Reading (3:33): https://www.dropbox.com/s/ss6bjqfe6x1d7yw/Senior%20Activities.txt?dl=0 ***** Senior Activities Remember youth?We were so wiredSo naturally full of pepWe bounced with every single step Each dayAdventure with inspired âMy lease on thatSure has expired! Now, although whenI get the chanceYou will see meRise up to dance And get right onAll the…
Originally posted on e-Quips:
From a forwarded email. Some of these are repeats and I found that some of them are new. These insults are from an era before the English language got boileddown to 4-letter words: “I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you becausesomeone has printed gibberish all over it and…
Originally posted on Troubador of Verse:
***** a modern american love letter dear one i missignoringhumiliatingand intimidating you please come home ***** This poet is physically disabled. Public housing being insufficient to her medical and creative needs, she is presently living, in order to continue working, in her minivan, publishing all of her works using one thumb…
At Christmas âthere is no room for the indifference which reigns in the hearts of those unable to love for fear of losing something.â Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis- Midnight Mass -24 December 2015 A Natale ânon câè spazio per lâindifferenza, che domina nel cuore di chi non riesce a voler bene, perchĂŠ ha… Read More Indifference
German author Michael Ende was born on 12 November 1929 and died in 1995 He is a writer of fantasy and fiction for children, best known for his fantasy novel âDie Unendliche Geschichteâ (1979) which was translated into English by Ralph Manheim as âThe Neverending Storyâ (1983). The book follows the adventures of a boy… Read More Michael EndeÂ
Originally posted on allenrizzi:
Many things make us feel older including the daily look into the mirror. I have tried to compile a short list that goes something like this: You feel old whenâŚ. You spend more time at the doctor than you did dating when you were twenty. One pair of glasses just wonât…
Yesterday I got this message from WordPress: You’ve posted 600 days in a row on words and music and stories! Keep up the good work. In total I have published over 2000 articles so far, but this was a kind of challenge that I made with myself. At first I promised myself to reach 500… Read More Posts
Originally posted on View from the Back:
The French Riviera has attracted not just artists but also writers. In particular, Saint-Paul de Vence became a destination of choice for French culturati soon after Cannes hosted its inaugural film festival in 1946; it was a tranquil haven for the celebrity overspill. Following the lead of previous…
Groping back to bed after a pissI part thick curtains, and am startled byThe rapid clouds, the moonâs cleanliness. Four oâclock: wedge-shadowed gardens lieUnder a cavernous, a wind-picked sky.Thereâs something laughable about this, The way the moon dashes through clouds that blowLoosely as cannon-smoke to stand apart(Stone-coloured light sharpening the roofs below) High and preposterous… Read More P. Larkinâs Moon: “Sad Steps”
Readers can read a story, a poem and try to understand the symbols, even though Oscar Wilde warned us about those depths.âThose who read the symbol do so at their peril.âWill we like what we see down there?Will we be like the American poet Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) in her great poem âDiving Into the Wreck.â?… Read More Diving into the Wreck/1
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