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A lover’s question: a débat
He says, “I cannot find the words.” She says, “Well, you just did; and furthermore, it’s very clear what’s been done and been hid. There is no sense in acting like you’d sooner up and die; it is not poison, … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, daily poems, débat, debate, dialog, love, poetic forms, relationships
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Speech Between the Fallen – a cywyyd deuair hyrion
Must I explain it once more? Try hard to fight the boredom that most likely will ensue the moment you think useless any viewpoint but your own, and on your cragged and stony field, let germinate a seed of mine. … Continue reading
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Tagged argument, communication, cywydd deuair hyrion, daily poems, debate, nonsense, Welsh verse forms
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With an Unarmed Foe
You call those claws? Withdraw those nubs, and come back when your talons grow; I have no time to make retort against the feeble likes of you. You say the world agrees with you? Well, that just proves the world … Continue reading
The Camel in the Room
Tonight, I answered questions from a survey-taking girl who wished to know where I weighed in on God’s place in the world. The purpose for the questions seemed to me a bit unclear; more fodder for pro-Christian ranting or control, … Continue reading
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Tagged absurdity, Christianity, conversations, debate, ecumenics, proselytizing, religion, spirituality, surveys
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On Writing
Why is that writers — and it doesn’t matter which writer you choose — at some point in their chosen vocation end up writing about writing? And why do non-writers see that as so unusual, so self-centered and ultimately circular? … Continue reading
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Tagged creation, creativity, debate, influences, inspiration, purpose, saints, sources, writers, writing
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