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Elegy for a Country Once at Peace
There was a morning, once, when we rose unafraid, when dawn came like a friend who knocks at the door, certain of its welcome. We opened our eyes to a country still whole, to the people who had learned, by long and faithful labor, how to live beside each other in the ordinary grace of the uneventful day. Oh, what were we then, who did not know how rare a thing it is to dread so little? The newspaper passed beneath the elm in autumn, and its news was only news, only the slow procession of the known and mild. We received it calmly, the way a still pond receives the rain and settles back to calm.
By Tim Carmichael4 minutes ago in Poets
I Tried to Find My Insurance Agent Online, What I Discovered Should Worry Every Homeowner
Last month, my neighbor’s roof got wrecked during a storm. Tree branch, right through the shingles. She grabbed her phone and did what any of us would do — she Googled “insurance agent near me.”
By Rashila Shahiabout an hour ago in Chapters
High Net Worth, Low Self- Estem
The Glitter of Wealth and the Poverty of the Insatiable Ego In a world where attention is the new global currency, Gianluca Vacchi is the guy who decided to print so much of his own money that he triggered a hyperinflation of nonsense. We all know him. The Italian heir, a man who looks like someone took a classical Roman sculpture and covered it in graffiti from the most expensive tattoo parlor in Milan. He first burst into our collective consciousness over a decade ago, dancing on the deck of a yacht in a pair of tiny trunks, with a significantly younger beauty serving as a scenic backdrop.
By Feliks Karićabout an hour ago in Critique
When Romantic Love Poetry Feels More Real Than Words
There comes a point in life when simple words are not enough. You try to explain what you feel, but everything sounds incomplete. That’s when I started understanding the real value of romantic love poetry.
By Abbasi Publisherabout an hour ago in Poets
