let go
please don't fight it
stop thrashing around so
just lie back upon the water
and float
let go
please don't fight it
stop thrashing around so
just lie back upon the water
and float
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
and float
like a dead corpse
in the Dead Sea of Life
Or keep on moving your hands and
feet. Swim!
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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Hmmm...you made a tough one mazHur.
feet. Swim!
hands. Kick! breathe in
breathe out, without a doubt
tread this water lightly, just come
closer
I'm in love with The Vinegar Man and Mr. Tanner, but be careful, it could just as easily be you.
"If you're going to write you better have somewhere to come from." Flannery O'Connor
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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love-bound
in your deep pools
my ankles tied to the
bottom....cannot rise....no breathing
allowed
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
allowed
to serve your heart
I will decorate it
with the roses of my deep love
in bloom
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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in bloom
rosy cheeks shine
a smile as wide as the
Mississippi....eyes glinting with
mischief
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
mischief
is it not than
what? Your smile is so big
bigger than a sky asunder
My God!
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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My God
has swords and spears
to defeat enemies.
Wouldn't it be better to just
play chess?
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
play chess
the game of the
kings. Pawns,rooks,baron and the
queen die one after another;
King smiles
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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king smiles
library burns
nothing but blackened beams
timbers crashing down around us
books lost
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
books lost
in cyberspace
hard to read on the screen
hard to scribble notes with your pen
no ink
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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no ink
can ever change
the way history is
written by the victors and the
strongest
*
"Courage is not the absence of fear but the judgment that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon
CR: Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
JF: Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. My review is here.
strongest
will never learn
from history and in their
whims try to alter history
by force
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When asked how World War III would be fought, Einstein replied that he didn't know. But he knew how World War IV would be fought: With sticks and stones.
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by force
perchance by hest
luminous quality
imprinted oh the very soul
supplants
"It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows with wisdom how to use the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland."
- Horace