Tag: poetry
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The balance sheet
Imagine if tomorrow morningEvery single person’s bank account defaulted to exactly one million dollars.USD of course.Imagine the outrage, the joy, the despair, the relief.Everyone stay calm!It’s a technical glitch.A very few would say.We just need to adjust some code and everything will go back the way it should be.But it is not a glitch.And almost…
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Juno turns six
Happy birthday little dude! Often, the true giftlay in the wrapping We bought him an expensive dog-proof squeaky green bunny thing.So far it lay ignored on the floorWhilst Juno is having the time of his life transforming the packaging into canine confetti. I snapped this birthday photo during a short pause in the carnage. You’d…
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Fox Sleep by W.S. Merwin.
It has come to our attention that you are simply NOT reading enough poetry. So now you have homework…. Find a quiet time. Make yourself a cup of tea or coffee. Perhaps some cake. Relax. Slowly read through this poem by WS Merwin. It is long…..but stay with it. You have not read stuff like…
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The simple things
The simple things in lifeAre not thingsNor are they simple I have written before about being a coffee snob. And its funny to me how such a simple thing as drinking coffee can get all complicated. My own coffee snob-jectory has followed this convoluted path. At each step I felt I was at the apex…
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