Poems from the Durham Herald News: Saturday, June 20, 2009

How to Make Sense

Our ability to feel on a deep level
Is the only real skill we need.
To figure out meaning,
Go into it as a clean slate;
Relate to others and the world at large.
The world is wondrous and marvelous;
Not to have expectations is undiscovered land.
The greatest pleasure is being taken
Where we have never been before.
In terra incognita, I have felt all parts of myself;
In this complex world, I have felt whole.

From the article, "Crowds Find Varied Meanings in ADF's Smooth Moves " - Interview with ADF Critic-in-Residence, Suzanne Carbonneau (front page, below the fold)

Word of Mouth

People who write encourage people
To read and talk to other people
And see what else they've written.

From the article, "Can You Believe What you Read on the Web?" Parade Magazine section.

Unused Advice

Show up now
Give control to others
Get rid of them
Take back control
Don't fall
Develop simplified rules
Just forget it
Test high
No mixing with trash

From the article, "Keep Drugs Out of the Water Supply", Parade Magazine section