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Suffering

Since wisdom is the art of coping with suffering, it starts with a willingness to tackle it head-on: a) Such is the harshness of our condition that we suffer, sometimes greatly or worse, insuperably. b) Such is the richness of our... (Continue reading)

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Being True To Your Art

My name is Jeffrey Michael Miller and I'm a Publishamerica poet with a new book out entitled " From The Inside Out ". This article deals with a most important subject in my view and that subject is how to... (Continue reading)

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Alice Meynell – Poet And Friend Of Poets

Alice Meynell was born on 11 October 1847 at Barnes, England. She was the younger daughter of Thomas and Christina Thompson. Her father was a widower with a son and daughter when he married Christina. He was educated privately and... (Continue reading)

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Alexander Pope’s Portrayal Of Belinda And Her Society In ‘the Rape Of The Lock’

In ‘The Rape of the Lock’ Alexander Pope (1688-1744) employs a mock-epic style to satirise the ‘beau-monde’ (fashionable world, society of the elite) of eighteenth century England. The richness of the poem, however, reveals more than a straightforward satirical attack.... (Continue reading)

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A Valentine’s Day Sonnet

SOME MIGHT THINK, PERHAPS, THAT I'M NOT PLEASED Some might think, perhaps, that I'm not pleased At how you've trivialized my name and day. In fact, I think romantic love's one way New recruits for paradise are seized. True, the object is the kind that's... (Continue reading)

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A Third Anniversary Poem

HAPPY THIRD ANNIVERSARY Happy third anniversary! A time for celebration and reflection. Praised be those who live as they believe, Pursuing through each act some deep connection. Years refine what none can grasp or see. There is in every love not two but three: Happiness requires consecration, Requires... (Continue reading)

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A Sixth Anniversary Poem

Happy sixth anniversary! As years pass, the coating wears away, Perhaps revealing more than one can see, Perhaps revealing more than one can say. Yet what one feels is more than ecstasy. So is love far more than one can bear -- In grace, in truth,... (Continue reading)

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A Political Poem

UTOPIANS ARE UNREPENTANT MONSTERS Utopians are unrepentant monsters. The perfect is the perfect rationale. O send us serial killers, rapists, gangsters, Preferably to “should” becoming “shall”! In those who seek to make their visions real, A rage becomes the furnace of their zeal; Nor can they love,... (Continue reading)

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Poetry reborn Emerges In Thriller Mystery Novel

Since Mohamed Alithen Cassius Clayannounced that he had written The worlds shortest poem, I have known that I would be a poet. ME? WHEE! His triumphant proclamation evoking shivers within my troubled teenaged identity, for I reasoned in rhyme. Everyday,... (Continue reading)

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A Poem For Yom Kippur

YOU ARE NOT, WILL NOT, DO NOT WHAT YOU DREAM You are not, will not, do not what you dream. One accepts that one cannot be pure. Moreover, there are sins you would redeem, Knowing that your world remains secure. In you there is a... (Continue reading)

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