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Tag Archives: courage
It Is Their Flag: roundelay
Almost in spite, some fools seem to keep trying. They seek a balance where mad chaos reigns; they fight for life, despite death’s constant sighing, giving their all for sake of what remains. It is their flag that in the … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, courage, English verse forms, John Dryden, perseverance, poetic forms, roundelay, sacrifice, struggle, war
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You and Me Against the World
You and me against the world? Well, damn them folks to hell who think that they’re the passioned ones and we’ve nothing to sell, nor anything worth sharing except grand ideas and talk; I say, let’s keep believing in ourselves … Continue reading
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Tagged battles, courage, partnership, relationships, Starlight Dances, union
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What Remains is Greater
It matters not how much the wind may blow, nor if the seas should rise up through the floor; the anchor of my craft is sunk below, and I am to this spot moored evermore. Should this fierce season flail … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, daily poems, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, storms, stubbornness, weather
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Cast my stars as void of course
Cast my future stars as void of course; reduce to ash these ragged charts and maps, and let the sails take from the restless wind what strength they will. I will not feign I care to know what line the … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, daily poems, destiny, fate, resolution, self-determinism
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Set my stars as void of course
Set my stars as void of course; reduce to ash these charts and maps, and let the sails take from the wind what strength they will. I do not care to know what line the sextant proves, nor where the … Continue reading