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Breaking news
Breaking news: Literature. Michael Gove's new book: "The Joy of Sex" came out yesterday with mixed reviews. The five page book, with the words "erum...
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An ode after the cyclone
An ode after the cyclone P K Routray Human courage was shattered, human confidence was battered, humiliated was human wisdom proved thus, the Phailin...
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Conversation with God 6
Actually, with the Odyssey, the notion of sacrifice extended to the group. Odysseus, in order to establish autochony, literally killed off all the...
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That Elusive Cure 41
Thursday arrived and I woke up with the knowledge that at about ten o’clock a bunch of consultants and doctors would all be in a meeting room...
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Just Hold Me
In this selfless act of love what great power exists and is given within your arms and the duration of their hug changing everything to perfect...
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A Most Perfect Moment
Just floating, summer’s first monarch butterfly across this valley of thoughts, blatant floral desires open paper-like wings, purposefully caressing...
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The Role Model Within
Show me, teach me who you are I am your child, the one who must learn how to be from you Then from you, I must learn how to define myself to be...
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The Great Bumble Town Fox Hunt
What cruel pleasure you have taken in stalking your prey with persistent, destructive forays, into its spectrum of life's necessities and defecating...
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Conversations with God 5
Now, to go back to my former query, what exactly does the Holocaust mean in terms of Greek, Christian European history? The first thing we can say...
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Narcissus
Look at the stars, Narcissus; they shine brighter than your eyes and each blooming rose is redder than your lips. Can’t you see their sweet kisses;...
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Going Down to the Sea
I went down to the sea to be near you;
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Highway Part 28
Highway chapter 17(continued) Around eight, we shuffled down to the entrance, waiting for Julian. Veronica said, “He’s really strange, but you seem...
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Highway Part 27
Highway Chapter 17 I woke up to her screaming. The loudest, most savage and terrified screech I had ever heard came from Veronica’s room. I rushed to...
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Highway Part 26
Highway Chapter 16(continued) “Veronica!” I heard a voice shout right inside my ear. A vigorous shaking accompanied it. Still thinking of the dream,...
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Highway Part 25
*This chapter was rough for me to write* Highway Chapter 16(continued) As I came back downstairs, I heard my brother arguing with daddy. Peeking in...
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Surface Tension - Chapter 7
The day flows, twists and turns. We meander through the past, things of consequence and things that are not. We talk work, we reminisce, college days...
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The Fate Of All Legends
Once upon a time, or so the old story goes, a young man had the courage and fortitude to slay a giant that was terrorizing a village and, when he...
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teetering
teetering, teetering, “teetering on the brink”--- and so we american people are supposed to quiver in our shoes, because our “elected” officials are...
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Inspiration
These words haunt me and keep me climbing when the urge is to look down and let go. They were spoken by astronaut Ken Mattingly and used in Reinert's documentary "For All Mankind".
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Daddy Monkey and the Banana Xylophone
One night Emma woke up and shouted “The xylophone! The huge xylophone!” Mummy and Daddy got up straight away and rushed to give her water and put her...
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