Personal Poetry

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Orchid Plant

Orchid Plant When first I found I cared for you Instructions did not hang Upon your sleeve To warn me that to shower all My love on you would drown Your roots. Blooms shun Such pouring of affection shown. Then did I come upon An orchid plant, That called to mind the one I bought Before a fateful... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Annoyed at BookSurge

I want to use them as a printer, an on-demand printer that hooks directly into Amazon. So I set up my first book as two PDF files according to their specs, and fax in my signed copy of the "Publisher Agreement". I have to put in there when I will deliver the files. I figure that since I just need to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Happy Mozart's Birthday

I am just enjoying it listening to Benny Goodman's Mozart at Tanglewood recordings, Dennis Brain performing the Horn Concertos and the like... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Another unpublished letter to the editor

This time to the Wall Street Journal, sent 16-Jan-2008: To the Editor, In his article, “The Trouble with McCain”, Jay Cost mentions that the highest percentage of voters who “think ideologically” that he has seen is 30 per cent. Taking this phrase to mean voters who think in the ideological terms of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 19, 2008

A Lesson in Doubt and Destiny from Cousin Cump

A Lesson in Doubt and Destiny from Cousin Cump I have mentioned before how I have felt certain glimpses of destiny in my life. There are some that I feel to the core of my being, indeed a premonition. I doubt that I am alone in this, nor alone in the doubt that clouds those visions of the future and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Writing letters to the editor, then and now

Back in my F.E.R.C. days, with their offices at 825 North Capitol Street, about a block or so from the main post office in D.C., I could dash off a letter to the editor on a typewriter there and have it in the mail to The Washington Post before you could say Bob's your uncle, beating most people... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary Modestly Climbs to Heaven's Gates at 88

Sir Edmund Hillary Modestly Climbs to Heaven's Gates at 88 This class act the climber of Everest now quietly knocks on Heaven's door and quickly silently enters without fanfare without hype as a friend comes to the house for tea Copyright © 2008 by C. P. Klapper Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

How will we know when we are no longer good?

How will we know when we are no longer good? We will know when we deny the opportunity of this land to others because we fear we might lose money, when we even consider the monetary consequences of generosity. And that is precisely what is going on now. We will know when we expel the sojourners... Sign in to see full entry.

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A "Max, I don’t believe I know you" Moment

A "Max, I don’t believe I know you" Moment Reaction to my plea for a repeal of immigration laws has been, quite frankly, disheartening. What I regard as a fundamental tenet of this American Republic, espoused by Emma Lazarus in her poem for the Statue of Liberty, the free and unencumbered... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 5, 2008

The letter the New York Times didn't have the guts to print

To the Editor, In "Immigration Is Defying Easy Answers", Julia Preston notes the abundance of "illegal" immigrants currently residing in the U.S. However, those twelve million are surely dwarfed by the descendents of the Mayflower crew and passengers who were illegal and, realizing their own... Sign in to see full entry.

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