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Being Too Much with the World

“The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! ” These words penned…

By Joyce McCullough May 29, 2017Uncategorized1 Comment

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Joyce Kilmer once said, “I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.” I’m not sure what he meant by this, but isn’t it beautiful? April, known for being National Poetry Month, brings to mind melancholy…

By Joyce McCullough April 27, 2017Uncategorized

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The Symbolic Lion

An old English proverb states that “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” I think it’s going out the way it came in. I don’t like the wind, but I do like lions. As an…

By Joyce McCullough April 1, 2017Uncategorized2 Comments

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And the Oscar Goes to . . .

Camelot is my all-time favorite movie. I estimate that I have seen it at least 300 times. Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, and Franco Nero first captured my heart in 1970 when my high school English teacher took a group of…

By Joyce McCullough February 26, 2017Uncategorized

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Words

I want to be a writer. I don’t need to be a famous writer or one who makes a living at writing, but I do want to make good use of my words. Some people who know me would probably…

By Joyce McCullough February 2, 2017Uncategorized