Love your neighbor as yourself but don’t take down your fence. ~ Carl Sandburg
Don’t Take Down Your Fence
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How Sweet To Be A Cloud
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How sweet to be a cloud floating in the blue. ~ A. A. Hodge
On Monday When The Sun Is Hot
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On Monday, when the sun is hot, I wonder to myself a lot; Now is it true, or is it not, That what is which and which is what? ~ A. A. Hodge
The Most Massive Characters
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Flyting
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Think rap battles were a modern invention? Think again! Medieval poets were dropping fire bars centuries ago, though they called it ‘flyting’ – a verbal showdown where insults flew faster than arrows.
Follow Your Inner Moonlight
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Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. ~ Allen Ginsberg
A Good-Talking Candle
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I had a good-talking candle last night in my bedroom. I was very tired but I wanted somebody to be with me, So I lit a candle and listened to its comfortable voice of light until I was asleep. ~ Richard Brautigan
March by Barbara Baker
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A Spike of Green When I went outThe sun was hotIt shone uponMy flower pot. And there I sawA spike of greenThat no one elseHad ever seen! On other daysThe…
Be On My Own Side
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I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side. ~ Maya Angelou
Kindness and Mischief
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I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. ~ Mary Oliver