Tag: poem
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What’s Shocking?
When I was a kid We shocked adults By talking about the weather Saying, “It’s colder than a witch’s tit.” Now, as adults We can’t shock our kids By talking about the weather Even when we say, “The glaciers are melting.” Media Credit: This video shows a time series of five-year global temperature averages, mapped […]
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Strike Forward to Let Go
I LOVE THE PHILOSOPHIES OF response-ability. learning by exploration. I SAY THAT I strike forward with optimistic expectations. do all that I can do. I AIM TO BE A high achiever. model of kindness. I AM INSPIRED TO reach further. dream bigger. I WANT MY LIFE PATH TO BE cohesive. shared. Do I really live […]
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Mark Twain’s Challenge
Rough Sea With Wreckage, J. M. W. Turner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Let’s take Mark Twain’s challenge: “throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds” in our sails… The air is fresh. Our lungs swell with the wind that fills the sails of our boat. The sky is bright. […]
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