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TRUTH: The Notice Board Was Blank Today, as Blank as Death

TRUTH:  The Notice Board Was Blank Today, as Blank as Death I passed again that notice board today, The one displaying clever Christian quips That used to make me want to write and say Some wise or wry things on the holy tips Imparted in that space. I would have sent...

“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”

“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.” ~ Oscar Wilde Philosophers, if they obey the creed Of Socrates, may concentrate upon The archaeology of primal need Where it is buried, waiting to be drawn Out from the depths below the conscious mind. They should not...

Sonnet for the Morning of St. Valentine’s Day

Sonnet for the Morning of St. Valentine’s Day If I were dying, I would say to you, “My heart will soon be dead but what you need To know is that — no matter what — all through The cosmos one recurring, mystic creed Is whispered.  It is far too mute to be...