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Thought of the Day:
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (14 Mar 1879-1955)
from Wordsmith.org

POEM OF THE WEEK

  • He’s a grump, wears
    that Midas smile. He is
    a pirate with no ship.
    With no bird. Although
    starlings chirp a mean
    slang at him. He loves
    music. Good music. He
    loves words. Good books.
    Sometimes he thinks
    too much, but he’s a poet
    too. There’s that. Maybe
    that’s what’s killing him.
    Drinking all them words
    like cognac. Smoking
    all them words like the
    aged leaves in a Cuban.
    And what does it get
    him? All them damn books
    on figurative archipelagos.
    Sitting up on Saturday
    mornings, waiting for the
    sun to do its thang with
    them beams. Making
    him real. Giving his
    shadow one more dance.

    By Curtis L Crisler

  • Houston Public Library
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