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Daily Archives: December 11, 2002
Another Volley in the Battle of the Sexes
When I was in Switzerland in 1994, I attended a number of lectures (it was learning abroad thingie through Ohio State University). One of those lectures was from the second in command of the Swiss Army, who said something very … Continue reading
Mood for a Day
What rough beast…slouches towards Bethlehem, waiting to be born? – W.B. Yeats, from The Second Coming There is a piece of writing sitting inside me now, fermenting and growing. I am pregnant with it – it fills me, making it … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged creativity, The Second Coming, WB Yeats, writer's block, writing
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Paradox Lost
Somewhat of a work in progress, that is based on a idea I had a few weeks ago when I dreamed up the title. For Milton and Dante Quotes from odd and esoteric pamphlets, a sarcastic quip on theology, blurred … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged daily poems, Dante Alighieri, John Milton, Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy
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