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  Human to Non-Human

  Posted: May 26th, 2011, 10:49am EDT by ace

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  Do you see?
  Do you see those stones?
  The ones that line the path?
  
  They are like the years;
  The years in front and the years behind;
  Do you follow?
  
  They are all shapes;
  All sizes and colors too;
  Do you know?
  
  Some like a pleasant memory
  Are smooth under your toes
  Do you feel?
  
  What about the rough ones?
  Those patches you try to forget;
  Do you remember?
  
  Will you follow the path,
  Winding through time?
  There are stones out of place.
  
  We don't see the stones ahead,
  We don't know which way they lead
  Happiness or sorrow, joy or pain?
  
  Still we must follow
  The years, the stones.
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  Human to Non-Human

  Posted: May 26th, 2011, 10:49am EDT by ace

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  Do you see?
  Do you see those stones?
  The ones that line the path?
  
  They are like the years;
  The years in front and the years behind;
  Do you follow?
  
  They are all shapes;
  All sizes and colors too;
  Do you know?
  
  Some like a pleasant memory
  Are smooth under your toes
  Do you feel?
  
  What about the rough ones?
  Those patches you try to forget;
  Do you remember?
  
  Will you follow the path,
  Winding through time?
  There are stones out of place.
  
  We don't see the stones ahead,
  We don't know which way they lead
  Happiness or sorrow, joy or pain?
  
  Still we must follow
  The years, the stones.
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  Rhythm

  Posted: May 25th, 2011, 9:29am EDT by ace

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  A poem about trees
  
  
  Oh, what would give the trees new life,
  Would sun or soil or moon or rain,
  more fruit, more flowers or even leaves?
  No! what would make the trees delight?
  A happy person against their trunks
  with cares forgot and tears behind
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Sonnet

  Posted: May 24th, 2011, 9:04am EDT by ace

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  Why I sit through algebra class
  Where would we be, if we never used math;If we had never heard of circles or lines,Or had to dig deep into the depths of our minds,If we had never faced the algebra teacher's wrath?If we had never set out on this number-y path;Never learned to count pennies and dimes,Or even to make graphs of certain designs,Oh! would not the world be a jumbled mud bath?No buildings or bridges would be able to stand;Nor could any drill sergeant give marching commands;And music would have no rhythm or tone.So though geometry may bore and exhaust you,And the end of calculus is far overdue,Just remember that math is very important! 
  
  
  
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  poem that speaks to me

  Posted: May 23rd, 2011, 8:44am EDT by ace

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  An Irish Airman Foresees His Death
  I know that I shall meet my fateSomewhere among the clouds above;Those that I fight I do not hate,Those that I guard I do not love;My country is Kiltartan Cross,My countrymen Kiltartan's poor,No likely end could bring them lossOr leave them happier than before.Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,A lonely impulse of delightDrove to this tumult in the clouds;I balanced all, brought all to mind,The years to come seemed waste of breath,A waste of breath the years behindIn balance with this life, this death.
                                      William Butler Yeats
  I have liked this poem since the time I heard it last year in a movie. I really like the irony created by the contrasting statements like "The years to come seemed waste of breath/A waste of breath the years behind." I feel like this poem really embodies all that war is, as a subject that is really difficult to understand. My favorite lines are "Those that I fight I do not hate,/Those that I guard I do not love;" because it really emphasizes the complexity of war. This poem made me think about war in a much different way than I had before. What's the point of war and is peace so far away? How could anyone be able to fight and kill people that they don't hate, aside from being told these people are the enemy? This poem is also really sad, because it was written in 1918 when people believed that WWI was the war to end all wars. 
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  Soft

  Posted: May 19th, 2011, 10:49am EDT by ace

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  a nap
  
  calm washes around me
  through every pore
  breath is slowing
  eyes are closing
  
  stress gone in the past
  summer upon us
  worry is vanishing
  dreams are evolving
  
  wind tickles my face
  hair dancing gently
  sun is shining
  bees are buzzing
  
  warm, open sky above
  soft cool grass below
  lazily i give in
  to sleep
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  Character Sketch

  Posted: May 19th, 2011, 10:00am EDT by ace

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  A Runner
  His torso, like a Roman pillaras chiseled as an old master's finest worksmooth and angularstrong and limited.
  Hislegs, rolling like thundersustaining like the long-awaited rainkinetic and potentialfreed and enslaved.
  His eyes are forwardHis hair is flyingHis hands are tenseHis mouth is slack
  A singular thought fills his head
  Hisrace, the beginningthe sunrise over the quiet worldvigor and strainlove and loss.
  His truth
  
  
  
  
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  "Simile" Mimic

  Posted: May 18th, 2011, 9:28am EDT by ace

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  Where did we go on that run
  that now we are like the birds
  who fly in great flocks
  with joyful chatter
  with forgotten cares
  with time to waste
  with wings always floating in the wind
  in whose journey freedom is found
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  Inaugural Post at VSOM

  Posted: September 14th, 2007, 1:31am EDT by Steve M.

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  If you're interested, take a look at my first VSOM post: The Church's Recent Handling of Mountain Meadows: A Step in a New Direction?
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  Blogging stint at VSOM

  Posted: September 11th, 2007, 2:36pm EDT by Steve M.

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  While this blog will probably remain fairly quiet (for now, anyway), I'll be blogging over at Various Stages of Mormondom for the next little while, so come visit! Don't forget to bookmark VSOM on your browser, and add a link on your blog!