Wed 12 May, 2010 08:18 pm - A reply to a reply
Once I've seen the Light...
And when will that be?
I've been swallowed,
Engulfed,
And enamored by Darkness,
Only to be spat out because of the taint that is... (view)
Wed 12 May, 2010 02:02 pm - These lonely souls of earth sift through the muck,
Drifting between doors, daring to press Luck.
But they'll never find Heaven, and that they know.
Yet still they wait for angels that will... (view)
Tue 17 Nov, 2009 09:54 pm - [QUOTE=Didymos Thomas;95198]Haiku need not fit strictly with the 5-7-5 scheme. There is room. Breathe a little.
What is more important than the syllable count is the content of the... (view)
Sun 15 Nov, 2009 11:42 pm - Here are two short poems I've written, no longer than four lines each. The first one is more human, destined, and fatal for lack of a better word. While the second poem is more politically... (view)
Tue 27 Oct, 2009 12:58 am - [QUOTE=The_Dude;95781]It's like religion. It creates a template of values for lazy people to fall on. In a society like ours (generally anywhere where the internet is accessible) where... (view)
Wed 7 Oct, 2009 01:25 am - [QUOTE=Shlomo;95260]Mr. Johns is the Minister of Pies in the Lantastic Islands, the greatest democracy of his time.
On his table rests the request to start massive production of marsh cell pies.... (view)
Mon 5 Oct, 2009 04:21 am - [QUOTE=Leonard;89467]Like it or not, political parties are fair and protect our individual freedoms. One-party states are dictatorships, with a few exceptions. A democratic-republic (no reference... (view)
Sun 4 Oct, 2009 05:50 pm - [QUOTE=Shlomo;94991]Your post is politically correct, Caezius. When speaking of somebody else, the truth is such a clear and unambiguous concept. Conversely, when speaking of ourselves, truth... (view)
Sat 3 Oct, 2009 07:34 pm - [QUOTE=Khethil;92349]I keep hearing and seeing more evidence that this political/ideological rift is widening and becoming more widely recognized as a real problem (another article this morning... (view)
Sat 3 Oct, 2009 07:05 pm - [QUOTE=Elmud;94806]What makes a good leader? Surely one of the qualities of a good leader would be truthfulness. In all things. Thing is, in the political world, if a person were to be completely... (view)
