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Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It is the product of Faith, Strength, Energy, Will, Sympathy, Justice, Imagination, and the triumph of principle. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism." ~ Dorothy Thompson

poietes wrote 1 month ago: President Barack Obama, Winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Manners people, please!  “Manners … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, What Aggravates Us, Writing Blogs, Lola's Rants, Politics and Strange Bedfellows, POIETES, In Dreams, i read the news today, oh boy

Please Cast Your Votes Today For A Very Worthy Cause2 comments

poietes wrote 1 month ago: I have pulled the following blog from one of my blogfellows, Memphis Mafia of Really…Really … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, Friends and Family, Just keep Breathing, POIETES, All In The Family..., Maybe I'm Amazed, blogsurfer.us, wordpress. com

"We convince by our presence." ~ Walt Whitman6 comments

poietes wrote 2 months ago: Blue River, Henry County, Indiana by Julayne   “Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” ~ Walt … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., blogsurfer.us, From the Vault, i read the news today, oh boy, Just keep Breathing, Maybe I'm Amazed, Our Writing Selves, Poets and writers, POIETES

Middle of the night muse

poietes wrote 2 months ago:   This came to me in the night, and for once, instead of telling myself that I would remember in the … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, the poems, Poets and writers, Writing Blogs, Just keep Breathing, I Just Hurt All Over, POIETES, The Evening of the Day, Stormy Weather

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing is a field. I'll meet you there." ~ Rumi, 1 comment

poietes wrote 2 months ago: Pra Atchana: Calling the Earth to Witness (detail)  “What the material world values does not s … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, the poems, Poets and writers, Writing Blogs, Just keep Breathing, POIETES, In Dreams, All In The Family...

"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti." ~ Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs2 comments

poietes wrote 4 months ago:  Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs “Okey Dokey. Here we go.” ~ Hannibal Lecter fro … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., Cinema and Theatre, I Just Hurt All Over, Just keep Breathing, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, Stormy Weather, the small things, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead

"Hello, good evening and welcome to another edition of "Blood, Devastation, Death, War & Horror." And later we'll be talking to a man who DOES gardening." ~ Monty Python's Flying Circus2 comments

poietes wrote 4 months ago: Monty Python’s Flying Circus    “We interrupt this program to annoy you and make things … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, What Aggravates Us, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead, Writing Blogs, the small things, You're Kidding, Right?, Just keep Breathing, From the Vault

"Gloom, despair, and agony on me, deep dark depression, excessive misery . . . if it weren't for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all . . ." ~ Hee Haw3 comments

poietes wrote 4 months ago: Walking on Broken Glass, by L. Liwag   What happens if you break a mirror while walking under a ladd … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., I Just Hurt All Over, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, Stormy Weather, Tasting Emptiness, What Aggravates Us

"Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness." ~ Ray Bradbury2 comments

poietes wrote 4 months ago: Kayaking at First Landing State Park by Karen Roberts “When preparing to travel, lay out all y … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., Being Brutally Honest, Curmudgeonly comments, Friends and Family, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Our House is a Very, Very Fine House, Our Writing Selves, POIETES

Happy Father's Day, Wherever You Are6 comments

poietes wrote 5 months ago: Eamonn Kendall Liwag Sutcliffe on his Graduation Day 2009   “It is not flesh and blood but the … more →

Tags: All In The Family..., Friends and Family, Life or Something Similar, Our House is a Very, Very Fine House, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, Taking Chances, The Mystery of Grace, the small things

"Where is my vote?" ~ Protest Sign in Iran4 comments

poietes wrote 5 months ago: Image from Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish   “Stop this last lie” ~ Mir Hossain Mosavi … more →

Tags: Being Brutally Honest, I Just Hurt All Over, i read the news today, oh boy, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, Politics and Strange Bedfellows, Stormy Weather

Green Iran

poietes wrote 5 months ago: I am just putting up a short post for now. I went to Floridana Alaskiana today and found a wonderful … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Friends and Family, i read the news today, oh boy

The Art of the Thank You Note7 comments

poietes wrote 5 months ago: Sample Thank You Cards from Papercraft.com   “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, b … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, Friends and Family, the small things, POIETES, All In The Family..., Letters, Condron US, cicero

I sit and watch the years go by . . .2 comments

poietes wrote 6 months ago: Eamonn and Kelsie, Norview H.S. Senior Prom 2009  “It is the evening of the day” ~ … more →

Tags: Life or Something Similar, Writing Blogs, Friends and Family, Just keep Breathing, I Just Hurt All Over, POIETES, All In The Family..., The Evening of the Day, Upon Reflection

High School Should Be Abolished13 comments

poietes wrote 6 months ago: Trail of the Cedars, Glacier National Park, Montana by Janson Jones of Floridana Alaskiana “Th … more →

Tags: And there was music . . ., Friends and Family, I Just Hurt All Over, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, the small things, What Aggravates Us

Lola's Etiquette Rules: A Few Gentle Reminders4 comments

poietes wrote 6 months ago: “Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.” … more →

Tags: Life or Something Similar, What Aggravates Us, There Has to Be Humor or We'd All Be Dead, Writing Blogs, Friends and Family, Lola's Rants, the small things, You're Kidding, Right?, Just keep Breathing

"One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small and the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all." ~ Grace Slick, "Go Ask Alice"7 comments

poietes wrote 6 months ago: Spitzer Rosette Nebula* (Images from space look very similar to brain scans . . . Cue Twilight Zone … more →

Tags: Our Writing Selves, Life or Something Similar, What Aggravates Us, Writing Blogs, Just keep Breathing, I Just Hurt All Over, POIETES, Alice in Wonderland, Julius Caesar

"While my guitar gently weeps"8 comments

poietes wrote 6 months ago: And The Band Played On Thank you Memphis Mafia of Really . . . Really . . . Seriously (http://memphi … more →

Tags: And there was music . . ., From the Vault, Life or Something Similar, POIETES, the small things, Monty Python, Paul McCartney, Condron.us, While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Into the Heart of Darkness6 comments

poietes wrote 6 months ago: Heart of Darkness, by L. Liwag “I read the news today, oh boy” ~ From “A Day In th … more →

Tags: Friends and Family, I Just Hurt All Over, Just keep Breathing, Life or Something Similar, Lola's Rants, Our Writing Selves, POIETES, What Aggravates Us, Writing Blogs


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