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Poetry | Advice to Writers ~ Billy Collins

7 June 1 Comment

Advice to Writers by Billy Collins Even if it keeps you up all night, wash down the walls and scrub the floor of your study before composing a syllable. Clean the place as if the Pope were on his way. Spotlessness is the niece of inspiration. The more you clean, the more brilliant your writing […]

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Poetry | Let Them Sleep ~ Rumi

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Those who don’t feel this Love pulling them like a river, Those who don’t drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take in sunset like supper, Those who don’t want to change, let them sleep. This Love is beyond the study of theology, that old trickery and hypocrisy. If you want to improve […]

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Inspire Quote | Life is Raw Material. We are Artisans

5 May Leave a Comment

“Life is raw material. We are artisans. We can sculpt our existence into something beautiful, or debase it into ugliness. It’s in our hands.” ~ Cathy Better, American Writer, Poet

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Sylvia Plath | This is now. Live it, feel it, cling to it.

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“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.” ~ Sylvia Plath

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