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Message 1669922 - Posted: 25 Apr 2015, 19:04:21 UTC
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In the darkest times
Darkest fears are heard
And from the safest places
Come the bravest words
Some make a quiet life
To keep this
Scared old world at bay
The dogs are howling on the street outside
So they close the curtains, hope they go away
And it's pressure from all sides
Coming down around our ears
Stuck in this room without a door
Scratched away at the walls for years
All we've got to show is the dust on the floor
And here it comes, a new dark age

I catch your eyes
Before they fall to the ground
We're running out of time, breath and steam
We're running down
They're burning witches
Up on punishment hill
Dying proof in the power of authority
To exact it's will
And we've broken our fingers
Broken our faith
Broken our hearts so many times
They can't be broken anymore
Scratched away at the walls for years
All we've got to show is the dust on the floor
And here it comes, a new dark age
Here it comes…

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Message 1669936 - Posted: 25 Apr 2015, 19:34:53 UTC
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Oh...

Julie, it is people like you that help make
it all worth while for us who believe!


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Message 1669940 - Posted: 25 Apr 2015, 19:38:14 UTC - in response to Message 1669936.  

Oh...

Julie, it is people like you that help make
it all worth while for us who believe!



Thank you Ian.
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Message 1670058 - Posted: 25 Apr 2015, 22:59:57 UTC

Just don't forget, Julie. The Renaissance had its birth, in part, in
Belgium. Out of the ashes, came beautiful music.
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Message 1670521 - Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 0:23:31 UTC

I agree with Julie, but consider another scene --


Spring Contrasts


Sunshine illuminates the gravel on the country road,
with a line of chartreuse-bedecked willows
walling off a dark incoming wave of clouds.

Spring's contrasts, confirming
children's familiar spring-time songs,
with Red-winged Blackbirds providing the notes.

Not a soul on the road, except the solitary traveler.
Too early, for the mosquitos to quicken the walker's pace.

Perhaps, an incentive to drive to the seashore, the next day.
A change of pace, from meadow and marsh,
to familiar roar and rush assaulting the land.

Wheeling birds' plaintive calls --
A different scene, with different memories.

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Message 1687435 - Posted: 3 Jun 2015, 20:11:14 UTC

A Remarkable Cake


Mixed into a cake
were an infinite variety
of ingredients.

But, the only purpose,
for the cake,
was seen in the
frosted words, on top:

Happy Birthday!

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Message 1687986 - Posted: 5 Jun 2015, 6:10:52 UTC - in response to Message 1687435.  

A Remarkable Cake


Mixed into a cake
were an infinite variety
of ingredients.

But, the only purpose,
for the cake,
was seen in the
frosted words, on top:

Happy Birthday!

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3/06/15


Sounds like a good cake, to me. :~)
The mind is a weird and mysterious place
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Message 1688063 - Posted: 5 Jun 2015, 11:21:27 UTC

There's a piece of it, for everyone! ;o)
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Message 1690685 - Posted: 13 Jun 2015, 3:38:17 UTC

The Day the Earth
Stood Still


Hackers --
into driverless cars.


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Message 1690686 - Posted: 13 Jun 2015, 3:38:59 UTC - in response to Message 1690685.  

The Day the Earth
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Hackers --
into driverless cars.


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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

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Message 1691916 - Posted: 16 Jun 2015, 0:06:50 UTC
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Driverless Car Troubleshooting


Hello, my name is Jay.
How may I help you?

My car has stopped
on Highway 128.

Where is Highway 128?

In Massachusetts, USA.

Is the engine running?

Yes!

Please power it off,
then on.

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Are you still there?

I'm stuck in the high-speed lane!

Have you restarted your car?

Yes!

Is the engine, again, running?

Yes, but there is no
forward movement!

What is the revision number
of your car's firmware?

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It appears to be out-of-date.

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You will have to have a new download,
to enable forward movement.

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The nearest transmitter
which can download the latest revision
is located approximately fifteen miles
south of your present location.

You will need to be
within five miles of that location,
to receive the update.

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Have I been helpful
in solving your problem?

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Message 1692031 - Posted: 16 Jun 2015, 6:08:46 UTC

Good one Jim. People should not forget to help themselves first of course, otherwise they are not able to help others.
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Message 1692148 - Posted: 16 Jun 2015, 12:47:10 UTC

ROSICRUCIAN UTOPIA

God of all beings,God of all life,
In humanity we are dreaming of:

• Politicians are profoundly humanistic and strive to serve the
common good;

• Economists manage state finances with discernment and in the interest
of all;

• Scientists are spiritualistic and seek their inspiration in the Book
of Nature;

• Artists are inspired and express the beauty and purity of the Divine
Plan in their works;

• Physicians are motivated by love for their community and treat both
the soul and the body;

• Misery and poverty have vanished, for everyone has what one needs
to live happily;

• Work is not regarded as a chore; it is looked at as a source of growth and
well-being;

• Nature is considered to be the most beautiful temple of all, and
animals are considered to be our brothers and sisters on the path
of evolution;

• A World Government composed of the leaders of all nations, working
in the interest of all humanity, has come into existence;

• Spirituality is an ideal and a way of life, which springs forth from
a Universal Religion, founded more upon the knowledge of divine
laws than upon the belief in God;

• Human relations are founded upon love, friendship, and community,
so that the whole world lives in peace and harmony.

So Mote It Be!
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Message 1692186 - Posted: 16 Jun 2015, 14:27:54 UTC

A lot to strive for, in your poem, Julie!
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Message 1692208 - Posted: 16 Jun 2015, 15:33:05 UTC - in response to Message 1692186.  
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A lot to strive for, in your poem, Julie!


Too much for one individual Jim, too much. We all need breaks sometimes, don't we..
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Message 1692335 - Posted: 17 Jun 2015, 0:26:39 UTC - in response to Message 1692148.  

Don't forget that flowers are for
smelling all on your own if you like!


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Message 1692349 - Posted: 17 Jun 2015, 0:48:55 UTC
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Your comments and poem, have encouraged, yet, another, Julie. . .


Pauses II


A short, deep, two-toned song.
A companion's bell, accompanies.

Thick fog justifies
the night-time duet.

Mournful, yet reassuring.
Intoning someone's concern.

A duet, with pauses,
as if to listen for a reply --

A reply,
from someone
who is grateful.

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Message 1698826 - Posted: 5 Jul 2015, 23:30:14 UTC
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There is a brief ending to, Pauses II -- I initially left it up to the
reader to attach. Now, perhaps, it would be better to add its conclusion.

Again, it's only my conclusion; you, the reader, might have your own.

Feel free. . .

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Pauses II . . .


But, if no pauses are made,
it will never be known,
if anyone is grateful.


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Message 1709060 - Posted: 6 Aug 2015, 0:00:30 UTC
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31,709 "hits" on DPC thread. Where are the readers coming from? Not
The New Yorker, certainly. Should we poets feel guilty, about not
turning out more expose's of our private lives?

Perhaps, I'll get some inspiration, after watching tomorrow eve's Presidential
Debate. (The next poem might have to be entered under "Politics", who knows?)
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Message 1709233 - Posted: 6 Aug 2015, 13:59:45 UTC - in response to Message 1709060.  

31,709 "hits" on DPC thread. Where are the readers coming from? Not
The New Yorker, certainly.


I'm a lifelong lover of The New Yorker and it's cartoons, but the poetry in it's pages has never grabbed me.
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