Paraphrasing Poems - Poems about Paraphrasing

... Today I’m thankful for the innocence of children and for Rabindranath Tagore the Indian poet, playwright, painter, composer and philosopher. who said (and I’m paraphrasing here)…that he was o......Read the rest...

...Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. (Mark Twain) When Adam donned his fig leaf Was a sense of decency assumed. When sons of Adam Again find it cute To be co......Read the rest...

...My heart is a plume renditioning over a lyre, my soul. You are but the fume of frozen fire, on parole. I am a scintillating bud of ray in the moon, You are a void sphere on spree to slay and prun......Read the rest...

...May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life that have, for us, thus far accrued… and to begin each day with a word of thanks… and thoughts of gratitude. Today I’m thankful for ......Read the rest...

...The secret of seeing- knowing how to see A lanterne epigram paraphrasing Alfred Wols words on art Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2007......Read the rest...

...It's not a prerequisite, of course, but if a piece of writing is any good, chances are it's probably offensive to someone. (Paraphrasing John Irving-A Widow for One Year) So, writer beware... Wo......Read the rest...

...Here’s a twain of siblings so delicate— The tenor and its weary vehicle, Similar are, nor yet so disparate O lady, art not thou so fickle? In seeming sameness struts lady contrast, Harmony j......Read the rest...

...I immigrated to Canada from Greece, in nineteen seventy-one It was the best thing in my life that till that moment I had done Nothing was easy for me since I did not know anyone, I confess The f......Read the rest...

..." There is not enough love and goodness in the world to give any of it away to imaginary beings. " * ~ Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844-1900 ------------------------------------......Read the rest...

...“Whoever against a child does offend stands before all utterly condemned to be thrown off the quay, being submerged in the sea a stone round your neck to bring life to an end.” ......Read the rest...

...When I thought of more You promised less You warned me about my mentor My co-collaborator More The principal patient palling Do you like score? You closed the book More......Read the rest...

...The idea I know is your own; She’s your soul, and she’s your own, But she dwells now in a different hall Wearing willfully a different form. Mind! you still own your dear soul; Place, year of ......Read the rest...

..."I look at Uncle Roger as a blessing to our family, for he taught our family to view all people with more humanity." (loosely quoted, paraphrasing what my cousin Sylvia said to me at my dad's funeral......Read the rest...

...Heard this song over a 1000 times But for the first time I just actually listened to the Lyrics Of Stevie Wonder's Superstition And paraphrasing it goes a little something like this ......Read the rest...

...It's true though. Any happiness you felt began with you first. You didn't wait, you rephrased it as a smile. Straightforward really. You felt a way because my passion could never justify. Only......Read the rest...