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. Ekphrasis Poem — Final Revision (From Light Radiates from the Temple Menorah by Yoram Raanan) Fresco of a New Menorah By Eric-Anderson Momou On the bathroom wall The spectral light shifts Developing like the sight Of a million stars. There are no painters Or brushes here Only broad, strokes, Beginning upon the white wall…
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Chapter 1 1. The Big Idea This is how Xavier Djembe quit his job. The Big Idea came to him after he placed his last box of Jiffy blueberry muffin mix on the tip top shelf of the pastry stand. If you could see his expression, you’d have noticed the spark of revelation in both…
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What are your biggest challenges? Humbling myself. Making sure to acknowledge that I am not always correct in my assertions. Abdicating responsibility. And respecting authority. Letting things go; perhaps it’s an object permanence thing. I have others of course, but this is not a bad place to start.
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What relationships have a positive impact on you? It’s odd, but I am more of an animal person these days. My friend owns a calico hound, a rescue, and she is amongst the kindest of dogs I have had the pleasure of knowing. I appreciate the brief interactions of kindness with acquaintances: a laughing person…
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By E.K. Anderson A Letter from the Mayor of Canterville, The Second Ward of CanterburyDated 15 March To the Vaenir, I trust all is well in your Good City. I do not mean to burden you with the following news. Were it not for the sake of exigency, I’d have attended to this matter myself.…
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What skills or lessons have you learned recently? I have learned that sometimes the best of things are learned in the most trialsome moments. Difficulty can mould us, and refine us. Aggravation or the taking of offense does not result in mediation, growth, or learning. And instead of project, we must pause, and reflect. Digest.
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What is your all time favorite automobile? 1980 Chevrolet Corvette. Need I say more?
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Being an adult requires you to sometimes discount belief systems that you may have previously held. When you know better, you do better. The latter is not my own words. Look into it. Words. Words have power. And so does the absence of them. Words, exist in texts. However, it is interesting to me that…
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The Year I was born we moved to America. I moved to the United States when I was a one-year old. My family came from Ivory Coast, Africa. I was born in Abidjan, from the Chu de Cocody. My father worked in the lab in the hospital, and my mother – she worked and taught…
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