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Cal Ripken, Jr. Quotes

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I’ve felt some great feelings on the baseball field . . . in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV . . . but the feeling you get when you give a kid a chance, that is a hundred times greater than that feeling.

Get in the game.  Do the best you can.  Try to make a contribution.  Learn from today.  Apply it to tomorrow.

Cal Ripken, Jr. (born 1960) is a former Major League Baseball player.  Nicknamed the “Iron Man,” because of his playing in 2,632 consecutive games, he is a Hall-of-Fame honoree.  His entire career of 21 seasons was spent with the Baltimore Orioles.

E. L. Doctorow Quotes

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Writing is an exploration.  You start from nothing and learn as you go.

The historian will tell you what happened.  The novelist will tell you what it felt like.

E. L. (Edgar Lawrence) Doctorow (1931-2015) was an American writer and editor.  He was best known for his historical novels.

Fighter’s Will

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Bloodied, yet unbowed

Facing another trial

With relentless pursuit

Victory’s quiet exile

 

Stubborn in spirit

Challenging expected norms

Overwhelmed emotions

Victory’s breath waits to form

 

Positive outlook

Rising from valley below

Fighter’s will surfaces

Victory’s cherished chateau

 

Darkness encroaches

Scaling mountain’s lofty peak

Game’s outcome in dire straits

Victory’s voice waits to speak

 

Lightning’s final strike

Framing improbable run

Overtime’s goal completes

Victory’s cheers, say we won

 

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This poem was inspired from watching a recent high school lacrosse post-season match.  Overcoming the odds, the victorious team fought back to win in overtime.  My granddaughter played an inspiring match, and her steal and goal sealed a sudden victory.

John Denver Quotes

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Music does bring people together.  It allows us to experience the same emotions.

Peace is a conscious choice.

John Denver (1943-1997) was an American singer and songwriter.  Born in New Mexico, he would call Aspen, Colorado his home from 1971 until his death.  The Colorado State Legislature adopted his “Rocky Mountain High” as one of its two state songs.

Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was a French fabulist as well as a widely read poet.

Life’s Precious Links

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Modest home’s hidden treasures

Forgotten for many years

Covered in dusty cobwebs

Docked at legacy’s lost pier

 

Climbing rickety ladder

Stepping into lifetime past

Lonely attic’s been waiting

Ship’s sails secure at each mast

 

Granted permission to board

Organized in tidy rows

Yesteryears displayed with love

Past voyages say hello

 

Quartermaster, our tour guide

Opening one box, then more

Years from long ago, shine bright

Emotions begin to soar

 

Resurrected memories

Each surprise follows with more

Connecting life’s precious links

Echoes from past come ashore

 

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Heartfelt Reflections (Haiku Series #264)

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Noise

Emotions boiling

Hate-filled rhetoric building—

Where has reason gone?

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Pause

Mankind’s fading peace

Far too many emotions—

Bleeding in silence

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Future

Hope in tomorrow

Listening to each other—

Emotions stand down

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Leo Tolstoy Quote

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Once we’re thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it’s only here that the new and the good begins.

If you feel pain, you’re alive.  If you feel another’s pain, you’re a human being.

Leo (Count Lev Nikolayevich) Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer.  Many consider him to be one the world’s greatest authors of all-time.

Clutching Future’s Past

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This poem embarks on an emotional journey, and I hope that my words have been respectful to all.  For some readers, these verses may bring back painful memories.  For others, a greater awareness of war’s images may come about.  

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Forceful, overnight tears

Halting rhythm to dreams

Shrouded in darkness

Dreading war’s extremes

 

Night’s stillness collapsing

Watching another scene

Filled with emotion

Fighting war . . . obscene!

 

Memories burst apart

Reliving fateful night

Cherished love taken

Losing precious knight

 

Distant battle breathes

Recalling sacrifice

Honored for courage

Paying supreme price

 

Sorrows of rain salute

Weeping nation holds fast

Gathered now as one

Clutching future’s past

 

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Marie Lu Quotes

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Each day means a anew twenty-four hours.  Each day means everything’s possible again.

Without emotion, what’s the point of being human.

Marie Lu (born 1984) is a Chinese-born author.  Many of her novels appeal to young adult readers.  She has lived in the United States since 1989 when her family left China during the Tiananmen Square Protest.