Long Emphasizes Poems

Last half of Edward de Bono's Lateral Thinking Summary, pp. 298-300, with bicameral ecological supplements [informed by Gregory Bateson] in brackets:

In ordinary traditional thinking we have developed no methods for going beyond the [suboptimally reasonable]...

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Dear National Science Foundation--Economics Department:

So,
here's what I want to learn,
or research,
if you will.

Why do we have a Financial Sector,
Business and Industry Sector,
Religious Sector,
Education Sector,
Health Care Sector, 
Food and Nutrition Sector,
Services Industry Sector,
and a Political Sector,
an...

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Poem About Trump Poem

Are often things I may forget to mention
Some are both you and your opinion
And many things we have to decide
Not having anything we should hide.

Following poem I did have to prepare
This is...

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Dear Siblings Three,

At least three of us four
have survived this first round
of sharing our seeing Reds 
and our feeling Blues.

At this point
I imagine our eldest sister
reading with interest,
and/or possibly contempt,
and holding all these things
in her...

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After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about...

I decided to title my piece
a concatenation of a few different notions
incorporating fictional romance
alluding to myself and spouse
in conjunction with hybridization
stemming from vague references
to tried...

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NN:
"Gemini, in light of the following assessment of Percy Bysshe's Shelley verbal and/or literary IQ and level of poetic intelligence and giftedness by you (from another conversation), how much higher than 175 IQ is my...

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When we encounter problems
in daily relationships,
as all species and individuals do,
from healthy time to wealthy RightBrain systemic rhyme,
practicing nutritional v toxic awareness
facilitates RealTime health preparedness
for what is not not causing power-stuckness challenges
to otherwise healthy nests...

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(Brian Johnston speaks to Lora Colon)  

Getting older don't you wonder 
What your life is all about? 
Wages earned don't leap to haunt me 
Like my dreams of fighting trout - 
Lightning flash and...

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"Teachings of enlightenment, whether traditional [regenerational, creation stories] or evolutionary, present us with a unique [ecological] way of thinking about and [comprehensively] understanding who [and why] we are. What makes an enlightened perspective different [and...

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Working through emotions can be complicated. The important thing is that we give ourselves space and time; and that we try to be compassionate to ourselves and others. 

No matter what they've done to us,...

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"I put on for my city" is the latest hip hop song
it tells about what one represents and from where one belongs
the first artist raps about his material possessions
the second one pontificates on his personal...

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In the quiet of the night, they come, 
Voices raised, hearts undone. 

“Lord, Lord,” they cry, with fervent plea, 
"Have we not prophesied in Your name, faithfully?

We cast out demons, healed the sick, 
In Your...

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The poem "Love of Pink and Blue" tells a tragic tale of two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, whose love was doomed by the feud between their families. The use of pink and blue as symbols...

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Apocrypha phantoms
Hustle flung at your plugged ears
Wretched refuse numbed






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When asked what form of government the delegates at the Constitutional Convention had created, Benjamin Franklin famously responded with "A republic, if you can keep it," implying...

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Authentic acknowledges each dedicated example.
Boisterous is a good trait to have.
Courage highlights all the struggles encountered.
Devotion is a needed reminder.
Emptiness should be filled with compassionate moments.
Fabulous signifies most standards.
Greatness emphasizes our mothers and fathers.
Helpful is...

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Two weeks before 
we share our vows,
in my Miller Hospital
x-ray scrubs, I sit, 
a lull in the activity
of the morning exams
with Helen, a fellow 
wheel chair jockey.
Closely she examines me,
“Do you want to have
a happy...

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Just name the day, and I will be there.  
This morning, the notification bells woke me up.  
With sleep still in my eyes, I reached for my phone.  
The tone lingered from...

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Don't SAY Verbal TO ME in
 LOVE I LOVE YOU SHOW ME LOVE 

Love is not what you say love is what you do
The truth of the matter is
You must say more than I...

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"The Last of the Letters - Z" is a poem that personifies the letter Z, giving it a distinctive voice and character. The poem is structured into four quatrains and uses rhyming couplets to create...

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Inspirational joy, falling from snowy clouds
Lifting my heart’s hope with a sense of knowing
That God is alive, a light – a laugh – a longing
Thrilling my senses with kindness and faith
Filling my soul with prayers...

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Jaina Dharma

Jaina Dharma, my divine path to Moksha or salvation
to achieve my soul’s ultimate liberation;
through self-effort, non-violence, non-absolutism, non-possessiveness,
renunciation, retrospection, introspection, serenity, and stillness.

I bow in veneration to those already liberated,
traveling on the prescribed paths...

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Spiritual expression of love, connection, 
and divine union
Beautiful eyes wonderful ears
She sees, He listens 
Beautiful heart



Admiration: "Beautiful eyes, wonderful ears"
Joyful encounter: "She smiles, white pearly smile"
Divine resonance: "Father's heart, oval brown iris"
Anticipation: "Bridegroom coming, very...

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nurture the heart
Speak to the Heart
Heart's nature soft, intangible, invisible
Heart's symbolism energy, electricity, life
Heart's facets eyes (insight), arms/hands (embrace), mind (understanding), legs/feet (movement)
~
Soul intriguing heart continues beating
Heart's connection: Elohim God, praise, and worship
Heart's needs...

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A beautiful,  light declaration
 of faith and spiritual shines,
Resilience "We walk, we stand" through darkness

Guidance "A light shines bright"
Divine ownership "We are not our own"
Higher connection"Embraced by a higher light"
Inner radiance "Energy, shine bright"

Unity...

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In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind,
This is An-Nisa, a chapter that fills our hearts and our minds.

It speaks of the rights of women, their honor and dignity,
And how they are...

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