Sublime Words
What’s the Use of Poetry?
Evidence ‘A great deal of anecdotal evidence suggests that we respond positively to birdsong.’– Scientific researcher quoted in The Daily Telegraph 8.2.2012 Centuries of English verseSuggest the selfsame thing:A negative response is rareWhen birds are heard...
When words healed the wounds of war: Library War Service during WW I
"Stories are sometimes better than doctors"-Theodore Wesely Koch Books can heal people. They have the power to transport you to another world. The words they contain can soothe, entertain, educate, and enlighten. Once you immerse yourself into the world...
The Happy Buddha and his Happiness Mantra
"The happy Buddha,mounted his yellow-red scooter,of wheels made of hope,a boot stashed with dreams,and headlight beaming sunshine. The happy Buddha,his jowls jiggling in mirth,his belly roiling with eternal bliss,went out on his yellow-red scooterto find a kindred...
The Gift of Reading
"There is no Frigate like a BookTo take us Lands awayNor any Coursers like a PageOf prancing Poetry …"Emily Dickinson, ‘There Is No Frigate Like a Book’. Read books. The act of reading is one of the greatest gifts to mankind. Say out loud words that lit a spark, set...