Title and poem say a lot. I can understand this as being ourselves, true to our selves, never retreating from self and truth. Life can be both a treat or a retreat as you say. A powerful message that needs more thinking. Excellent play of concept Pete.
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thank you sami. very astute thoughts you share - are we our true selves or masquerading as someone .. read morethank you sami. very astute thoughts you share - are we our true selves or masquerading as someone else who we are not? as shakespeare wrote in hamlet, "This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." ... :)
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Food for thought. Can't answer that. Powerful indeed. Love the quote. You are welcome sir Pete.
More spooky Halloween and cool with it. I have never written a Halloween poem. Will I be able to keep that up, I wonder?
Chris
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i'm in the city next to salem (the halloween capital with the infamous witch house and the house of .. read morei'm in the city next to salem (the halloween capital with the infamous witch house and the house of seven gables where nathaniel hawthorne lived and wrote). i'm not really into halloween but i do like sweets. i wonder if you will be able to keep that up too ... :)
Title and poem say a lot. I can understand this as being ourselves, true to our selves, never retreating from self and truth. Life can be both a treat or a retreat as you say. A powerful message that needs more thinking. Excellent play of concept Pete.
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2 Years Ago
thank you sami. very astute thoughts you share - are we our true selves or masquerading as someone .. read morethank you sami. very astute thoughts you share - are we our true selves or masquerading as someone else who we are not? as shakespeare wrote in hamlet, "This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." ... :)
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Food for thought. Can't answer that. Powerful indeed. Love the quote. You are welcome sir Pete.
I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..