Long Verifiable Poems

On the need to avoid being envious: Canto XVII, K161, K162 of the THIRUK-KURAL, Translation with Commentary

[ ENVY, of course, knows no racial nor ethnic boundaries, but I wouldn't be wrong, I dare say, ...

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May 29, 1957: …have to think about getting a thesis director…know no professor yet in the department…someone suggested i get hold of Derek Fogg for an intro to the big guns in the philosophisches Seminar…can't...

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Not to let the air out of anyone's tire but it's really not fair to compare religious 
writings to modern science. Scientific theories for one thing are models of 
reality (for example)   ...

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Niithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan 


[Given the scarcity of information (mostly conflicting even then) on the...

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UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLVII - Tongue Twisters

If you want to « have » your cake and « eat » it at one and the same time, simple enough, just split it into two equal parts like...

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My second chance in life came after my first.
I failed miserably, feeling defeated and cursed.

The start of my second go-around came unexpectedly. 
It happened out of the blue, unpredicted and randomly.

It all started on the...

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The legacy media is censoring the facts regarding the criminality of the Biden family. I understand why some are not aware of these facts, indisputable facts, backed by physical evidence, and first hand witness testimony....

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UNDERSTAND YOUR UNDERSTANDING 
Do your understand anything – yes anything 
Is your understanding based on someone else’s understanding
Maybe you perceive life through someone else’s perceptive
Or maybe you understand life based on your shallow understanding
Honestly is...

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GUN VIOLENCE BLUES - corrected

They built a gun-violence memorial 
in a god-forsaken corner of my 
struggling city
A collaborative effort of a few academics, 
a handful of neighbors, a preacher or two, 
and some interested parties...

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GUN VIOLENCE BLUES

They built a gun-violence memorial 
in a god-forsaken corner of my 
struggling city
A collaborative effort of a few academics, 
a handful of neighbors, a preacher or two, 
and some interested parties with a...

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Unparalleled beauty 
as a sky illuminated by a lusty moon
whenever God is revealed by lucidity;
many are the luminaries that magnify:
and all He created by a spoken word...
such was the creation of our magnificent world!
If that...

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 Silence is Deadly 

Stand up
if the masses did
Trump would be a gravestone


Notes:

Some will tell you never to be silenced, yet will not mention what exactly is the issue. This is  typical of people...

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Beauty is eternal
That's what people say
Its not just external
Its the beholder's way

Someone's smile, someone's anger
Someone's mood, someone's spark
Someone's style to be a manager
Someone's eyes so dark

Outer beauty is not ultimate
Its always perishable
Its not a measure...

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The rationalist must reduce, 
It's in their nature. 
Pragmatic logic insists, 
On conformity of thought, 
Anomalies will not be tolerated, 
Measurable verifiable data, 
Equations balanced, 
Algorithms written, 
Formulas deduced, 
Universal laws obeyed, 

But shadows still...

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VERIFIELED FAITH 

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No matter what anyone says to the contrary
I firmly believe in miracles, not the divine kind
Turning plain water into fine wine, necessarily,
But seeing a newborn deer first learning to run
A deaf child hearing sound for...

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A complicated issue may often be better understood 
By breaking it down into a few undeniable facts. 
This is especially helpful with comprehending 
An issue that is new, or unfamiliar.
For example:
Thomas Jefferson was a famous...

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“It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is...

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It’s not if but since the future can be told

   To a broadly verifiable degree

What time are we living in: present old

   Future or has it all gone past already

Don’t tell...

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To my right, to my left,
the elephant in the room,
locking eyes, straight ahead,
doom...
   doom...
      doom.

A thousand spirits proclaimed it,
another dimensional shift,
verifiable frequency sustains it,
ascension at its best.

Even the...

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