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R. Lincoln Harris

R. Lincoln Harris

Ever the.....

with gratitude to Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ever the sun shines
Ever the heart pines
 
Ever the eye sees
Ever the dog pees
 
Ever the birds fly
Ever the babes cry
 
Ever the rain falls
Ever the South “y’alls”

The idea for this came from Emerson's 1837 address known as "The American Scholar" Ever the wind blows, Ever the grass grows. I took it a bit further here

#Emerson #Poetry

Altre opere di R. Lincoln Harris...
Kyle the Vigilante

A 17 year-old grabbed a weapon of war and traveled to a scene of urban mayhem. Should we really
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Lincoln is my middle name

As I was growing up I envied other kids who had what I thought were “normal” middle names: James, Thomas, and
They’ve got a fast car

Tracy Chapman wrote a song late i… which deserves to endure forever,… and a plaintive story about the di… that Life can sometimes bring. It received lots of airplay in the…
Infernal California

Nature’s cruel way of reminding us just how fleeting everything can be on this earth.
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Voting

Voting is a privilege As well as a duty. How can it be that so many of us can’t be bothered
An Introduction

There are many things to know abou… Where I’m from and the things I e… But above everything else, I’m gr… right here, right now, and doing t… How about you?
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A Disney Villain Comes To Life

Ron DeSantis is A foul combination of Gaston and LeFou.
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Daybreak at 36,000 Feet

Billowing clouds swirl below While a pale yellow sunlight fringes the horizon. The fury of last night’s storms Upended our travel plans
Wordsmithing

As I understand it, here’s what a… First, select the best words for s… Then bind them together with an ir… Tweak them as needed, to make the… And turn them loose, so the world…
Monday Motivational

It’s Monday morning and I’m at my job. The workday awaits You got this one, Rob.
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To Miss Joan Pink

Your poetry book from 1946 was recently acquired by me at a book fair in Chicago. It appears to have been lightly us… during its first go-round
Early Summer in PTown, June 2021

A crowded street teems with touris… as Commercial Street lives up to… This surely wasn’t the case in 202… when COVID-19 stole away the sum… The idea of getting “back to norma…
Paging Seth Compton

Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River… was published more than a century… Its enduring popularity derives fr… telling truths about the human con… The most compelling message of all
How old they were

Whenever I hear that someone has… the first thing—and often the only… I want to know is how old they wer… Someone older comforts me because I feel like I still have some tim…
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Nature’s bait and switch

When the sun shines on Friday mor… Especially in the Spring It reminds us of what good things The coming day can bring. So offer the people you encounter



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