Monthly Archives: October 2024

TCS: “I Labour by Singing Light – Not for Ambition or Bread”

  Good Morning! _______________________________ “Be the change you wish  to see in the world.” ― Mahatma Gandhi ________________ “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and … Continue reading

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TCS: Time Done is Dark – Scars and Tasting Sunshine

     Good Morning! _______________________________ “Be fond of the man who jests at hisscars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.”– Pamela Hansford Johnson, English novelist – author of The Unspeakable Skipton ________________ Children … Continue reading

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TCS: Suppose You Do Change Your Life – Floating Free – Nothing But Alive

Good Morning! _______________________________ “Nothing endures but change.” — Heraclitus ________________ “who will join this standing up …we are the ones we have been waiting for”— June Jordan, from “Poemfor South African Women” ________________ Because things are the way they are, … Continue reading

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TCS: To Be a Poet – Listen Unceasingly, Practice Silence, Resound of Possibilities

     Good Morning! _____________________________ The poet is on the side of undeceiving the world. – Seamus Heaney ________________ Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges. – Amanda Gorman ________________ “Poetry and beauty … Continue reading

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