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Discoveries
Read more: DiscoveriesVenus – that ancient goddess of carnal desire – has a poisonous atmosphere that might, just might, hold the life of a microbe. Immediately, the microbes here on Earth began to show signs of restlessness. fighting each other for supremacy and claiming poison as their territory. Copyright A. Sepi 2020. All rights reserved
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To Belong
Read more: To Belongwhen she first discovered water she did not go in. she stood hypnotized. it was too wonderful. she was, like the lot of us, gripped by a fear of drowning, arrested by the vastness and the gleaming. to discover beauty is to discover the heaviness of self and the terror of irreversible sinking. but look…
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Hold them in your hands
Read more: Hold them in your handsDear friends, My poems have now become a thing. A something you can buy and hold in your hands. You can turn them into paper airplanes and give my words wings, you can write comfort food recipes on their back, or you can put them on your bookshelf for the benefit of generations to come…
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Behold the searing wind*
Read more: Behold the searing wind*It is upon us. Its blistering tongues lurk behind the levee, They pounce like savage beasts Mercilessly they wheeze Blowing the tumbleweeds against my doorstep. A goodbye kiss, crackling dry. Deserted yards, howling. The yellow earth swelling and swirling, It is in my eyes, my nostrils, my teeth. Every time I spit, I…
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The Calm Place
Read more: The Calm PlaceI. Name five things you can see, the app said. I counted drapes, floors, slippers… I couldn’t name the truth. I knew I had it somewhere, but I didn’t want To slide open the drawers of memory again (the place was so tidy). Name four you can hear, it menaced. I strained but heard nothing,…
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48 Hours in London – Plus 3 Misconceptions Gone
Read more: 48 Hours in London – Plus 3 Misconceptions GoneThe graduation cap kept slipping off my head and the tassel was getting into my field of vision, occasionally blotting out important surrounding objects, like pillars or toilets. I couldn’t bend down, nod, or even glance at my phone. I was beginning to get an inkling into why all graduands look so dignified – standing…
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The Darkest Hour
Read more: The Darkest Hour“În vremurile aspre și triste, oamenii liberi pot să se consoleze întotdeauna cu lecția de bază a istoriei, și anume că tiraniile nu pot dăinui decât printre neamurile slugarnice.” Winston Churchill, în Humes, J.C. – Vorbele de duh ale lui Winston Churchill, ed. Humanitas, București, 2008.
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Thought of the day
Read more: Thought of the day“Sufletul omului se aruncă în dezordine pe sine însuși mai cu seamă când devine, atât cât stă în puterea lui, un abces și, ca să zic așa, o excrescență a lumii; a-și arăta nemulțumirea față de unul din evenimentele care au loc înseamnă o distanțare de natură, în care sunt conținute ca părți toate naturile…
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Thought of the day
Read more: Thought of the day“Te lași influențat de impresiile care vin din afară? Oferă-ți un răgaz pentru a învăța ceva bun și încetează să te mai lași purtat de colo-colo. Trebuie să te ferești totuși de o altă rătăcire: căci proști sunt cei care, chiar datorită acțiunilor lor, sunt obosiți de viață și cei care nu au niciun scop…
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Italy. 15 hours near Pisa
Read more: Italy. 15 hours near PisaTo even consider a 15-hour drive (round trip) for a measly 15 waking hours in Italy, you must be pretty desperate. Not only did we consider it, we actually went. Three weeks of winter in the month of May, all hell breaking loose at work and a nasty throat infection did it. We wanted Italy.…
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