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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – One’s-Self I Sing
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass. ~ ❦ ~ Inscriptions One’s-Self I Sing One’s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I … Continue reading
Posted in Leaves of Grass, poem, Poetry, Walt Whitman
Tagged Inscriptions, One's-Self I Sing
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Word Cloud: SYNTHESIS
by Nona Blyth Cloud The United States is a nation of borrowers. What we borrow is stuff from other cultures: words, food, music, clothing – whatever catches our eyes and ears. Then we put our own spin on it, or combine … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Gulf War, Naomi Shihab Nye, Palestine, Religious Tolerance, SYNTHESIS, US Borders
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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Title-page epigraph
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass ~ ❦ ~ [Title page epigraph] Come, said my soul, Such verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,) That should I after return, Or, long, … Continue reading
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “Success is counted sweetest” (Life, 1)
Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag to-day Can tell the definition, So clear, of victory, As he, defeated, dying, … Continue reading
The Coffee Shop – Willie Dixon
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. Sharing some favorite Willie Dixon songs…. More Willie Dixon over the jump.
The Coffee Shop – A Modern Day Warrior: Mastering Mounted Archery
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Great Big Story: To call Lukas Novotny an expert horseback rider paints an incomplete picture. Novotny is one of the world’s leading horseback archers. … Continue reading
Posted in Short Video
Tagged archer, archery, bow making, bowyer, Great Big Story, Lukas Novotny, mounted archery, Open Thread, The Coffee Shop, warrior
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A historic moment revealing a Pyhrric defeat for Trump
By ann summers Even as Trump tried to make canceling a Sanders-Trump debate this week in Caifornia into a positive meme (“I don’t debate second-place candidates”), he lost because his ditching a debate in the Iowa GOP primary using the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Celebrity, CIA, Conservatives, Corruption, Economics, England, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Financial, Foreign Policy, Fraud, Government Propaganda, History, Imperialism, Islam, Law Enforcement, Libertarians, Media, Movies, Murder, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Oligarchy, Organized Crime, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, Racism, Society, Television, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, BBC, Bernie Sanders, California, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, primary election, Republicans
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The Coffee Shop – Bullsh*t!
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Think Nice: Harry Frankfurt is an American philosopher and author of the New York Times Best Seller “On Bullshit”. Although first conceived as … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Short Video
Tagged Harry Frankfurt, lies, On Bullshit, Open Thread, The Coffee Shop, truth
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