@bitsweetTess

Peace is in solitude and books

Joined September 2023
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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing About the dark times. -- Bertolt Brecht (tr. John Willett)
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sharing this meal, no one else matters. lights become stars
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Joseph Massey
@jmasseypoetOct 25
I’m releasing a new chapbook of new poems in time for the holidays! Stay tuned. Here’s the front cover.
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Nothing ends with you-every leaf on the ground remembering root. —Cid Corman
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“There's nothing like someone saying, ‘You know better than that’ to make you wonder what you ever did to make them think so.” —Robert Brault
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HAPPY FRIENDSHIP FRIDAY When weary with the long day's care, And earthly change from pain to pain, And lost, and ready to despair, Thy kind voice calls me back again, Oh, my true friend! I am not lone, While thou canst speak with such a tone! —Emily Brontë
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always waiting to find ourselves in one another
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“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” ― Benjamin Franklin
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It might be a random Tuesday morning for you, but Ozzy and Elliot are having an incredible adventure ever since they discovered a qtip!
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“Today the question is in fact: How do we manage in a world that is threatening itself, in which progress becomes a danger? Shouldn't we make a fresh start with God?” —Pope Benedict XVI
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Joseph Massey
@jmasseypoetOct 18
I have ideas on how to push forward an American renaissance in poetry, and I’m working on making those ideas a reality. A healthy society needs poetry; it is a vitally human art form. As Shelley said: “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”
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Since it’s Caturday, I asked Grok to create a portrait of Ozzy and Elliot. I love how my adorable rascals turned out. 😊
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HAPPY FRIENDSHIP FRIDAY “One of life's more jolting discoveries is that you are not your best friend's best friend.” —Robert Brault
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Love is the capacity to forgive endlessly. —Radhanath Swami
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Mark W. Gardner
@MWillyGOct 14
Speaking Tree (1951) Joy Harjo
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Kick the stone ahead as you walk, some stones lead you home. read 10 more remarkable lunes by Robert Kelly in @jmasseypoet’s substack
Joseph Massey
@jmasseypoetOct 13
I'm honored to publish eleven new lunes from the man who invented the form, Robert Kelly, in my newsletter today. The "lune" is an abbreviated haiku: 5/3/5 instead of 5/7/5. I've loved Kelly's work since I was a teenager, and I'm happy to share his work with my readers.
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"If someone is truly in love with you, their biggest fear will be hurting you. But if someone is in love with how you make them feel, their biggest fear will be losing you. There is a difference." - Mark Smith | 🖌️ Lidia Timoshenko
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“The sound of the rain needs no translation.” —Alan Watts
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“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” —Mark Twain
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“the roots of Christianity are found in the Old Testament, and Christianity continually draws nourishment from these roots.” —Pope Benedict XVI
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Chico Muya
@chico_rayOct 10
Anti Zionism is—indeed—Jew hatred.
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