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The Renaissance Myth: bref double
If genius is the thing that saves mankind by pulling it along above the mud, and with the rarest spark, inducing flames to warm against the night the coldest souls, then why does the world still seem deaf and lame? … Continue reading
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Tagged #BookofForms, atrophy, balance, beef double, daily poems, evolution, French verse forms, genius, poetic forms
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Happen
If it doesn’t ever happen was it ever gonna change? Do the puzzle pieces ever move or just not look the same? Are the ones that make it happen just the ones we find to blame? Do we pick and … Continue reading
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Tagged absurdity, change, eventuality, evolution, pointlessness, resignation
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Cycling: a lune
When you start things seem a lot easier than they are: you wake up each morning with a smile and positive attitude, a clear goal to accomplish on that day, with known outcomes. In the middle, things get a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged birth, daily poems, death, evolution, life, lune, NaPoWriMo, poetic forms
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Let Loose Your Weapons: a dirge
Let loose your weapons, guns and swords! Forget your sovereign gods and lords! The old ways must be left behind for us to learn how to survive. Forget rigid philosophy that separates your me from thee, those ancient and quite … Continue reading
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Tagged death, dirge, evolution, futility, philosophy, poetic forms, sadness, senseless violence
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How to Save the World
One of the blogs I read pretty regularly is Dave Pollard’s How to Save the World. Occasionally, something he writes strikes a particularly resonant chord with me — like his February 4th gem A Miniature Truth: Becoming Authentically Yourself. I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged change, Dave Pollard, evolution, How to Save the World, responsibility, revolution
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Ayn Rand
So you would change the world and make the roughest edges plain, extend your level down the field, widen and pave each lane, erase what makes a difference between one soul and the next, reward in equal measure with the … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Ayn Rand, change, evolution, Objectivism, objectivity, paradigms
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