Daily Archives: October 18, 2017

davidbrucehaiku: got a banana

https://pixabay.com/en/suit-businessman-man-male-person-2842425/ *** GOT A BANANA *** Got a banana Not afraid to brandish it But not harassment

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davidbrucehaiku: only a doll

https://pixabay.com/en/doll-toy-girl-pose-violin-dreamy-2861349/ *** ONLY A DOLL *** It’s only a doll No messy reality Sterile existence

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David Bruce: William Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra”: A Retelling in Prose — Act 2, Scene 1

— 2.1 — Sextus Pompey was meeting with the famous pirates Menecrates and Menas in a room of his house in Sicily. Sextus Pompey said, “If the great gods are just, they shall assist the deeds of the justest men.” … Continue reading

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Mother Earth, Bother Not

Originally posted on Frank Solanki:
Mother Earth, mother Earth, will you shut up please? Stop telling me your problems and your tragedies I know you’re having troubles, you suffer day and night But we are your children. We have all…

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Dante’s Inferno, Canto 7: TIGHT FISTS AND BALD HEADS

https://pixabay.com/en/hand-finger-nail-wrist-thumb-1701952/ *** TIGHT FISTS AND BALD HEADS *** Misers have tight fists Wasters are bald because they Spent all their hair *** NOTE: Except for these distinguishing features, the misers and wasters are difficult to distinguish because their relationship with … Continue reading

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Dante’s Inferno, Canto 7: eternal conflict

*** ETERNAL CONFLICT *** Clash heavy weights Together. Some shout, “Why hoard?” Others shout, “Why waste?” *** NOTE: Engraver Gustave Doré cleverly made the heavy weights full moneybags. The wasters and misers push heavy rolling weights around the fourth circle … Continue reading

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