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Happiness is Poetry: Rumi
Happiness is Poetry: Rumi Tonight a selection from one of the most popular and most quoted poets, Rumi. A Moment of Happiness A moment of happiness, you and I sitting on the verandah, apparently two, but one in soul, you … Continue reading
Happiness is Poetry: Anne Sexton
Happiness is Poetry: Anne Sexton I’ve unfortunately gotten away from poetry over the last year. First, in terms of my writing, I have distanced myself significantly from my muse. Additionally, my life has been really good, I typically write from … Continue reading
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Happiness and Pain
Happiness and Pain Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, happiness, happy, life, love, pain, poem, poetry, resilience, writing
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Happiness is Poetry: Sapphire
Happiness is Poetry: Sapphire Tonight we return to the land of outlaw poetry and a really brilliant poet named Sapphire. Her stuff is raw and intense and amazing, but be warned her language and visuals are … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, outlaw, outlaw poetry, poem, poetry, ramona lofton, sapphire
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Happiness is Poetry: Doug Draime
Happiness is Poetry: Doug Draime I love Doug Draime’s work, the writing is good but the attitude is better, and even more than that is the honesty that comes through. I’ve always been … Continue reading
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Happy Christmas – Holiday Happiness Links
Happy Christmas – Holiday Happiness Links Over the last month or so I’ve posted a little bit of happiness each day, for those of you who prefer aggregation, here they are all in place, Happy New Year ~ Rev Kane … Continue reading
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Tagged dalai lama, happiness, happy, holidays, images, inspiration, life, new year, poems, poetry
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Happiness is Poetry: S A Griffin
Happiness is Poetry: S A Griffin Some say we are mostly water, I say we are mostly dreams. ~ S A Griffin I discovered S A Griffin because he’s one of the editors of my favorite poetry book, The Outlaw … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Audre Lorde
Happiness is Poetry: Audre Lorde Tonight the poet I’d like to introduce you to is Audre Lorde. She was a fierce black woman in life and in her words. Her words remind me of one of my favorite poets Warsan … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, outlaw poet, poem, poems, poet, poetry, racism, writing
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Happiness is Poetry: Harold Norse
Happiness is Poetry: Harold Norse The fiery force is nothing more than the life force as we know it. It is the flame of desire and love, of sex and beauty, of pleasure and joy as we consume and are … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Allen Ginsberg
Happiness is Poetry: Allen Ginsberg Howl By Allen Ginsberg For Carl Solomon I I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, … Continue reading
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