Tag: history
group name: sharestory
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November 05, 2008 11:53 PM EST --
This movie has the historical story behind the song, "Amazing Grace." It stars Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards; Fantastic 4 ) as William Willberforce , who led the movement in Great Britain . . .
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November 26, 2008 12:49 PM EST --
If you have an interest in the California gold rush and/or would like some background information on it for a short story or book, this may be of interest to you:
The Adventures of a Forty-Niner . . .
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December 16, 2009 07:55 PM EST --
cremation pier
A white symbol, the river is reflected
on those clouds. We watch a boat carrying our minds
over to the other side as we bury
our corpses. . . .
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December 15, 2009 07:57 PM EST --
A conversation with a historian, Richard
You cannot argue
with a man of history
about past.
Hence I brew
a cup of coffee
for him
and engrave
an arrow like
the Sumerians’ . . .
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December 20, 2009 08:08 PM EST --
The Gardener
The gardener, with an indifferent field;
with a fistful piquant seeds analyzes
probability. A village, a company,
an existence or existences depend . . .
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September 12, 2009 04:19 PM EDT --
It is pouring down here so we didnt get visit ALL the museums today but we did get to vist 4 of them.
This is how bad the rain was coming down. We had to go home our windshield wiper decided to break . . .
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October 04, 2009 09:45 PM EDT --
calendar for my friend
Numbered are the days.
Bring the new calendar.
A bash is going to be
organized at home.
Is it your home or mine?
Does . . .
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October 22, 2008 02:33 PM EDT --
I'm going to be expanding this over the next few weeks, but I'm designing this for people who want to take a trip to the Washington, D.C./Arlington V.A. area. Here's the link:
The . . .
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January 23, 2009 09:24 PM EST --
Kill: a story of civilization
Neon is playing with the shadows in
the street. Chasing them, making them scattered
till dawn. Till dawn, the man hunts for his prey.
Nights have made his . . .
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October 08, 2009 09:39 PM EDT --
the second monsoon
Résumé of rain; a daughter waits
for her gifts at the end; you call her
to come out, to have lunch; remind her
that it is too early for the . . .
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October 07, 2009 10:23 PM EDT --
T he sonnet defends itself against vicissitudes of fortune by its charmed structure, its beautiful bubble : Rita Dove
on the art of receiving
Depends on the side . . .
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October 14, 2009 01:20 AM EDT --
behind the coming eclipse
Sheer emotion is at the end of her lips.
I offer her the coming eclipse to hide.
Then they will draw her out to emit their
frustrations . . .
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October 24, 2009 06:58 AM EDT --
Skull of a storm
The sycamores grow large; shrink again;
waiting in a mesmerizing storm;
you appear, a shimmering image
encrypted in the strong wind. I close
my . . .
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January 30, 2009 07:12 AM EST --
burnt umber
(for rainbow connection)
I dive down her chest and land in
a canyon of burnt umber,
where thousands and millions of words
gush down the lanes of blank phrases.
Hear . . .
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February 22, 2009 09:40 PM EST --
Illusion
She unwraps illusion under this year’s Christmas tree.
A bit of sleep is hanging still, from her glassy eyes.
Sounds around the house have adopted the zen belief;
the nothingness . . .
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December 04, 2008 10:19 PM EST --
TRAIN
Green and white spreads through
the cornea, pupil,
lens, retina and nerves.
Green grabs our feet.
Our body is swathed by white autumn
flowers, kash . White.
We can . . .
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October 16, 2008 11:59 PM EDT --
Sweater
(To Alison H. and her sweaters)
Fog is engulfing some
and then emitting some
of her image. A sweater.
Coming close you can see
the patterns, the . . .
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December 03, 2008 07:26 AM EST --
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Golden harvests
( To Rainbow group )
The hands, full of corns
pick up the golds and
he lifts them to nostril.
The aroma of fresh
golden harvests comes.
It pervades, . . .
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December 06, 2008 10:44 PM EST --
The out house of life
An out house. A bend of a road towards it.
The eyes alight surrounding it at night.
You put your truths there.
Talk to its wasted walls curved off pitiful . . .
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January 06, 2009 09:31 PM EST --
A l ive
"He is not dead!" I smiled.
"He is!" He looked scornfully
at me, my goofy smile.
"How can one smile?"
But I kept on believing him alive . . .
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