Seeing the truth of
intelligent thoughts, but not all the time
learning about self
encouraging self
notwithstanding the
constant noise
externally going on around you.
(Not an official entry into the Vocal+ contest on Silence, but I thought I would give it a try. Please share what your think of this one. I took a different stance on this word.)
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Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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Pay phone two
Making connections local or long distance Operator, please. (Here is another haiku about this long-ago calling apparatus that one used to use. One needed exact change until there were what was to be known as calling cards and all one had to do was give their number to pay the call.)
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH11 days ago in Critique
The African Diaspora and History of Rhetoric: Learning to Learn
When studying the history of rhetoric, many groups were excluded from participating in power and were used, abused, and written off as inferior. Even today African nations have not recovered from being exploited by European powers.
By WILD WAYNE : The Dragon King3 days ago in Critique
Comments (2)
This is a wonderful acrostic poem and response to the "silence" prompt. Well done, Mark.
This was very profound! Loved your Acrostic!