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The Lady Came to Baltimore
Dorothy Parker is a writer largely known for two brief poems:"Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses," and"Razors pain you; rivers are damp; acids stain you; and drugs cause cramp. Guns aren...
Posted by Barbara on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:39:00 PST
Border Lines
You were a perfect strangerIt's a shame we had to meet
Posted by Barbara on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:09:00 PST
media mutts
For the past several days, the media in the United States has been obsessed with a story about comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her adopted puppy. The public became outraged when Ellen began weeping on he...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:06:00 PST
Securing Our Homeland
-->[if !supportEmptyParas]--> -->[endif]--> Feds Recommend Closing Saudi School in Va. By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press October 18,2007 McLEAN, Va. (AP) A private Islamic school suppo...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:52:00 PST
bondage
The strongest chains
Are fused
From pain and fear
Alloyed with misfortune and mistrust
We twist them around our brains
Bind our hearts
Imprison our spirits
Click the lock
No axe can break them
No torc...
Posted by Barbara on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:09:00 PST
Dictates of Conscience
Last night I saw The Great Dictator, the film in which Charlie Chaplain first spoke. This morning I awoke to find that Marcel Marceau has died. I was immediately struck by the co...
Posted by Barbara on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:13:00 PST
WHY?
I don't want to go to bed
My favorite TV show is on
I don't want to go to bed
Can I have some popcorn, please?
I don't want to go to bed
Why do YOU get to stay up late?
I don't want to go to bed
...
Posted by Barbara on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:59:00 PST
The Failure of Success
For decades, when someone mentioned Alfons Mucha, I thought of Pink Floyd. For me, his art was an earlier version of a Peter Maxx or Paul Harvey. I also had some vague idea that Mucha had creat...
Posted by Barbara on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:00:00 PST
The Parallax View
You are like starlightTwinkling in the distanceIlluminating the darknessWarming the nightYou are like starlightAwakening dreamersBeckoning believersWhispering hopeYou are like starlightA chimera of lo...
Posted by Barbara on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:42:00 PST
nouveau
Send me a postcard
When you arrive
At the Destination
You seek
Be sure to describe
The harrowing drive
That led to the mountain peak
Immortalize the breeze and the cloudless skies
Explain how ...
Posted by Barbara on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:30:00 PST
