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Happiness is Poetry: Wolfgang Carstens
Happiness is Poetry: Wolfgang Carstens Tonight a poet recommended to me by Adrian Manning, his name is Wolfgang Carstens. Wolfgang is a seriously interesting guy, his words are angular, sharp, they seem revel in the terror of honesty, good stuff. … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Dylan Thomas
Happiness is Poetry: Dylan Thomas Though lovers be lost, love shall not ~ Dylan Thomas Tonight my friends a tour through one of the more famous poets, Dylan Thomas. His name often comes up … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Leonard Cohen
Happiness is Poetry: Leonard Cohen To keep our hearts open is probably the most urgent responsibility you have as you get older. ~ Leonard Cohen If you know Leonard Cohen, you likely know him from his music and personally I … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Rev Kane
Happiness is Poetry: Rev Kane Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader – not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon. ~ E. L. Doctorow Tonight for our weekly poetry post … Continue reading
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Otherness – You’re Not Alone
Otherness – You’re Not Alone Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about. ~ Benjamin Franklin Hello my friends, I’m really excited tonight to announce that my second book, Otherness, a book of poetry has now been … Continue reading
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Holiday Happiness: Classic Poets
Holiday Happiness: Classic Poets The holidays are a very stressful time for everyone and an exceptionally hard time for some. So, until the New Year I’ll be posting a Holiday Happiness post each day to try help folks out who … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Micropoetry
Happiness is Poetry: Micropoetry What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. ~ Soren Kierkegaard … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Trista Mateer
Happiness is Poetry: Trista Mateer Tonight, upon the recommendation of Ashe Vernon, I bring you the poetry of Trista Mateer. All of the poetry I really like is fairly raw, it’s the way I write and what I like to … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Even More Bukowski
Happiness is Poetry: Even More Bukowski Hello friends, I’ve posted a few posts of Charles Bukowski’s poems but tonight I want to go a little further with my favorite poet. I actually found Bukowski first through his novels, the writing … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: David Lerner
Happiness is Poetry: David Lerner Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. ― Leonard Cohen David Lerner is another poet I found in the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. … Continue reading
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