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The Literary Corner is a place to discuss your favourite books and authors and to add your own poems and stories.
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Two great reads
by Winged Isis » Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:23 am
Half the Sky: How to Change the World by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Virago.
The place of women in poorer cultures; how you can help and how their lives can be changed.
The Woman Who...
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Last post by Winged Isis
Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:23 am
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A Cleaning Poem.
by WIZARD » Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:39 am
A Cleaning Poem
I asked the Lord to tell me,
Why my flat is such a mess.
He asked if I'd been 'computing',
I had to answer yes.
He told me to get off my backside,
And tidy up the house....
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Last post by WIZARD
Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:39 am
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I Believe
by WIZARD » Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:42 am
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I Believe
A Birth Certificate shows that we were born
A Death Certificate shows that we died
But niether show that we have lived.
I Believe...
That just because two people argue,
It doesn't...
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Nice one Wiz :)
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Last post by Kiya
Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:23 pm
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RAILROAD TRACKS
by WIZARD » Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:56 am
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RAILROAD TRACKS
One just never knows..
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used? Because...
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The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
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There's the rub...
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Last post by Bullet Magnet
Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:35 am
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The Red Egg: Anatole France
by Who2 » Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:16 pm
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In line, having today purchased (not brown) but 6 Red Eggs I share this story told to me many years ago by a famed Irish poet, I had a patient once who's parents gave him a silver-suit and told him...
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.
I thank fate for having made me born...
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Last post by Bullet Magnet
Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:42 pm
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My Mohamed
by Dusak » Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:12 am
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My Mohamed.
Hi Sue, how's your Mohamed?
Well, my Mohamed, like your Mohamed
is such a wonderful man.
Hi Joe, how's your Mohamed?
Well, my Mohamed, like your Mohamed's
does for me all that he can....
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Never were truer words said!!!!!!! ;););)
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Last post by LovelyLadyLux
Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:39 pm
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Moonlight Ride.
by WIZARD » Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:57 am
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Moonlight Ride.
Jenny was so happy about the house they had found.
For once in her life it was on the right side of town.
She unpacked her things with such great ease.
As she watched her new...
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Contrary to the Bible, god did not make man out of clay some 6000 years ago, and put him in charge of all living things.
Mankind, before it got smart, held women in high regard, realising that only...
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Last post by Bullet Magnet
Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:25 pm
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A Deity in each Season.
by WIZARD » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:00 pm
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A Deity in each Season
In Spring we are reminded
of the magnificence of creation,
as the earth is covered in verdant green,
with splendid splashes of color,
and we witness birth everywhere,
of...
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One of my reasons for still being here in Bighty Wizard... The seasons.. spring and summer being my favourites..
After more then 20 years living in Egypt, I still miss my old established English...
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Last post by WIZARD
Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:14 pm
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Night wind Egypt
by jewel » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:51 pm
Night Wind: Egypt
We woke and watched the stars all jewel-bright.
Sudden I heard, as I lay lover-warm
In the encircling hollow of your arm,
The old sad wind of Egypt in the night--
The desert...
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Last post by jewel
Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:51 pm
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Dawn - upper Egypt
by jewel » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:44 pm
Dawn: Upper Egypt
Gleam on gleam in the veilèd dawn
The feet of the Gods are but half withdrawn;
The Colour fringes their garments' hem,
And the stones of the desert remember them.
Where the white...
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Last post by jewel
Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:44 pm
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A GLASS OF WINE
by WIZARD » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:53 pm
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A GLASS OF WINE
To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine...
And those who don't and are always
Seen with a bottle of water in their hand.
As Ben Franklin said:
In wine there is wisdom,
In beer...
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Hi Wizard . Is it too hot there to sleep ?? It is here - -
Yes Jayway, I'm afraid it is. :cry:
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Last post by WIZARD
Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:16 am
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Puppies
by WIZARD » Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:15 pm
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Puppies
A farmer had some puppies he needed to sell. He painted a sign advertising the 4 pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the...
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Aaah lovely little story, but made me feel sad :(
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Last post by Mimimay
Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:06 pm
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Quotations about Self-Control.
by WIZARD » Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:20 pm
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Quotations about Self-Control.
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
The cyclone derives its powers from a calm center. So...
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.....Some wonderfully inspiring words there Wiz.
I'm glad you think so denisegr. :D
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Last post by WIZARD
Sun Jul 18, 2010 7:20 pm
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A Dieter's Prayer (repeat requested.)
by WIZARD » Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:15 pm
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A Dieter's Prayer
Lord, my soul is ripped with riot
incited by my wicked diet.
We Are What We Eat, said a wise old man!
Lord, if that's true, I'm a garbage can.
To rise on Judgment Day,...
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:lol: :lol:
It's true what my old friend told me once.
You dig your grave with your teeth ;)
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Last post by Bullet Magnet
Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:19 pm
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Summer reading
by jewel » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:52 pm
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What books are you going to read this summer holiday?
mine are:
'The Passage' by Justin Cronin.
'Every so often a novel-reader's novel comes along: an enthralling, entertaining story wedded to...
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Taking Karin Slaughter and Kelley Armstrong. :D
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Last post by Wills
Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:00 pm
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Barabbas: A dream of the world's tragedy
by Bullet Magnet » Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:55 pm
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A good read, based upon the story of the crucifixion story of J.C.
The story pivots around Barabbas, and all the key biblical characters are naturally involved.
I found the book which is over 100...
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I have found the online version, not sure why there are less pages then the original 1894 copy I have ??
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Last post by Bullet Magnet
Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:06 pm
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Liberty
by Winged Isis » Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:46 pm
Just finished this fascinating book by Lucy Moore, about the lives and times of six women in Revolutionary France. Highly recommended. :) :) :)
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Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:46 pm
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Red Marbles
by WIZARD » Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:36 am
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Red Marbles
Whilst at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes one day, I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily appraising a basket of freshly...
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I liked this one.
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Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:23 pm
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The voice of innocence.
by WIZARD » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:05 pm
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The voice of innocence.
A man had been teaching his three-year old daughter the Lord's Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, she would repeat after him the lines from the prayer. Finally, she...
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Very good Wiz :lol: :lol:
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Last post by Christine
Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:04 pm
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The world is too much with us?
by jewel » Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:05 pm
As a big fan of Wordsworth I have been re-reading some of his works, alongside Immanuel Kant and I see a correlation between the two - in fact I think they were both great visionaries, and much of...
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:05 pm
