Through the strait pass of suffering—
The Martyrs—even—trod.
Their feet—upon Temptations—
Their faces—upon God—
A stately—shriven—Company—
Convulsion—playing round—
Harmless—as streaks of Meteor—
Upon a Planet's Bond—
Their faith—the everlasting troth—
Their Expectation—fair—
The Needle—to the North Degree—
Wades—so—thro' polar Air!
--Emily Dickinson
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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.—William Tecumseh Sherman
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NEVER shrink yourself to be digestible, let them Choke.
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Dua Zaheer tum dono bhi najeeb sultan ki tarah aik mazar shrine mal lo jahan say nasal dar nasal kamai ho aur tumhari olad aram say beth kar chanda fitrana nazrana sab kuch hazam karay!!
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With every wearying year
the weight of the winter grows,
and while the schoolgirl outgrows
her clothes,
the widow disappears
in hers.
('The Shrinking Season' by Michael R. Burch; keywords/tags: winter, time, age, aging, loss)
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I found among the elms
something like the sound of your voice,
something like the aftermath of love itself
after the lightning strikes,
when the startled wind shrieks...
a gored-out wound in wood,
love’s pale memento mori—
that livid white scar...
('Memento Mori' by Michael R. Burch)
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A Poem a day keeps the shrink away
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Small minds continue to shrink, but those whose hearts are firm and whose consciences endorse their conduct, will persevere until death.—Leonardo da Vinci, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
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When you are in an environment, your mentality shrinks or expands to fit in and it contributes to who you become.
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A dragon if trapped in shoal water will likely be ridiculed by shrimps
Similarly, a tiger in a plain has increased risks of being bullied by dogs
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We live in the community where truth has broken many Relationships, Organisations and Families while lies has crushed'em into fine rumbles. People are scared of speaking the truth because you want them to shrink so you can feel comfortable. Well I am sorry to disappoint you, I am going to run naked on these streets of this sheet bleeding this ink.
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let's not toast a drink, to a poet ink, that cries stink, after all, whats there to think, let the con and hoodwink, fall and sink, wither away and shrink, from my little kink, to ... now a parting wink, I'm sorry I wasn't in sync
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REGARDING THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP: Have faith that the founding fathers created a government of checks and balances to make sure no one could threaten the nation. Our forefathers also enshrined our fundamental rights in a Bill of Rights to ensure every minority and individual would be safe from abuse by powers of the government. Finally, please recall the little good done by our politicians, and that reason exists to believe Trump can be better.
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When I was a boy we would pick cicada shells off trees and put them on girls clothing, to which they would scream shrill and be upset. Now I wonder, what mechanism was that affecting the girl, for as a boy I know we would just look at it curiously and flick it off.
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Rules and laws are enshrinements of principles. If you are interpreting a rule you must first discover the principle that rule codifies. Only then can you begin to be judicious and wise regarding rules and laws.
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Power never shrieks. It only makes a statement.
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