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Lucky, lucky, lucky

February 16, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, History, literature, poetry, science


To succeed in

academic life

you need three things –

genius, hard work

and luck. By far

the most important

of these is luck.

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Nor can an individual

February 16, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, Bon mots, History, literature, poetry, politics, science


No country can

consider itself

modern if

religion plays a

major part in the lives

of its people.

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Yesterday

February 16, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, climate change, History, literature, poetry, politics


Politicians rely

on the public having

the memory span

of an adult Mayfly.

They are right

to do so.

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As are we all

February 16, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, Bon mots, cancer, ecology, gardens, History, poetry

The grasshoppers

are worried that

Summer is ending

and they are nearly

out of time.

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Invisible writing

January 23, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in History, literature, poetry

The best poetry

happens when poets

know exactly what

they mean but

the reader

hasn’t a clue.

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Wages of sin

January 21, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, History, literature, poetry, politics


Amazing how

arrogant most

religious people are,

thinking their strong,

unfounded, belief

in an imaginary

being, demands that

they control the lives

of everyone else, and

kill any who disagree.

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Relative values

January 21, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, Bon mots, climate change, ecology, gardens, History, poetry


I try to save

the lives of ants

and beetles and

butterflies; frogs and lizards

and turtles and birds;

and sheep and mice

and kangaroos,

when I can.

Oh and people

too, if needed.

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Moments in time

January 14, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in Bon mots, cancer, History, poetry

One moment

you’re secure in the

cocoon of youth:

no ailments, at home

in your body, watching

time pass so slowly,

seeing old people

as another species,

knowing you will

never change.

The next moment

you’re not.

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Curses

January 13, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in climate change, ecology, gardens, History, poetry, politics, science

More frightening

hot weather is

on its way.

All you can do

is hunker down,

wait it out,

hope for the best,

fear the worst.

And send a curse

at those who have

stopped all action

to prevent climate

change.

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The tolling bell

January 13, 2019 by nomdeplume707, posted in atheism, cancer, History, literature, poetry


I had a friend

who didn’t make

it to twenty.

Another never

reached forty.

One more was

gone before fifty.

Finally there was

the friend who

fell short of seventy.

I am closing fast

on my next landmark

of eighty years.

Lucky.

Sad.

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