You know, I try, when darkness falls, to estimate to some degree — by marking off the grief in miles — the distance now from you to […]
Poetry
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A List of Some Observation – Joseph Brodsky
A list of some observation. In a corner, it’s warm. A glance leaves an imprint on anything it’s dwelt on. Water is glass’s most public form. Man […]
Poetry
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A Polar Explorer – Joseph Brodsky
All the huskies are eaten. There is no space left in the diary, And the beads of quick words scatter over his spouse’s sepia-shaded face adding […]
Those who know things
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Blessed with success in 2024 – ‘Your how to do list’ – Jim Rohn
(Full transcription) Napoleon Hill said number one, a leader needs unwavering courage. And I don’t know if I totally agree with the unwavering part of this or not, […]
Poetry
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Love – Joseph Brodsky
Twice I awoke this night, and went to the window. The street-lamps were a fragment of a sentence spoken in sleep, leading to nothing, like omission points, […]
Pride and Prejudice / The Classics
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Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Chapter 29 Narrated
Mr. Collins primes them on what to expect when they dine at Rosings. Lady Catherine likes to have the distinction of rank preserved. Sir William is awed […]
Poetry
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Daedalus in Sicily – Joseph Brodsky Narrated
All his life he was building something, inventing something. Now, for a Cretan queen, an artificial heifer, so as to cuckold the king. Then a labyrinth, the […]
Those who know things
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Let Success Find You – Jim Rohn
Now, I want to get busy on the first couple of subjects for today, everybody, that’s okay, say I’m okay. Here’s the first subject that I’ve, I’ve […]