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Please take the time to read and enjoy my poetry! It is my ongoing project and I am looking forward to translating my poems into Turkish, Portuguese, and French. JFB
The Sprouts
This poem makes me think of my Turkish "daughter" and teacher. Seda, who seems to cause plants to grow by merely looking at them. It’s...
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Jan 27, 20231 min read
Timepiece, Time, Peace
I have a very enjoyable hobby I collect and fix watches I am not good enough at it to fix other people’s watches (Oh, how I would hate to...
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Jan 25, 20232 min read
Beautify Your Day: "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Aarvo Part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPdBUl7XQ
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Jan 22, 20231 min read
My Three Hearts
An octopus has three hearts. So do you and I There are three Turkish words for heart-- kalp, gőnűl, and yűrek. Very well done, Turks, So...
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Jan 21, 20232 min read
More About the Poetry of Li Bai (also known as Li Po)
I mentioned Li Po/Li Bai in a recent post and wanted to provide more information about him. You will find translations of some of his...
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Jan 20, 20231 min read
Wu Wei. My Way, or the Highway.
I am fascinated with the traditional Chinese philosophical approach of Wu Wei. This is dedicated to the two great scholars (and...
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Jan 20, 20232 min read
The Wisdom in a Cheese Souffle
I made a cheese souffle Which opened a whole avenue of thoughts. Success is a souffle— Good management is a souffle— Parenting is a...
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Jan 20, 20231 min read
A Sculptor of Souls
Sculptors say that they look at a solid block of marble And see that a statue is locked inside it It only takes the trained eye to see it...
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Jan 19, 20231 min read
Life is an SAT Test
The Spanish Poet Aleixandre said that life Is a chess game between life and death As I grow older it is more of a chess game Between time...
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Jan 18, 20231 min read
We are all Venn Diagrams.
Do you remember Venn Diagrams? All these interconnected, overlapping circles, Two wedding rings make a Venn diagram. A Venn diagram can...
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Jan 17, 20231 min read
The Grain in the Wood.
We rasp and sand the wood From this friction comes out the grain The true character of the wood-- Its real beauty and uniqueness. That’s...
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Jan 13, 20231 min read
Humility is self love.
Humility is not about counting yourself as nothing Or unworthy of the love or admiration of others. On the contrary, It is knowing and...
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Jan 12, 20231 min read
Take a moment to breathe: The beautiful. haunting Armenian Duduk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw_0lE0G3NA I hope that this brings beauty to your day and offers you a moment of peaceful reflection.
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Jan 12, 20231 min read
Clean Joke of the Week
A man went to see the doctor. The doctor said, "Sir, you must stop drinking brake fluid. It is simply not good for you." The patient: ...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
Turkish Music to Revive Your Soul/Türk müziği ruhunuzu canlandıracak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7j5FtSda4Y
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
Beautify your day: Stop and Breathe--En Aranjuez Con Mi Amor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq2BZnym9Tk Shut your eyes, breathe, close the laptop, amd just enjoy. This is a portion of Rodrigo's...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
I am the intruder.
We watch animals and think. That they may watch us and think better thoughts than we That they cannot express to us. We're too dumb to...
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Jan 10, 20232 min read
Jedwab (Healing Hands)
This is dedicated to Dr. Nancy A. Lee, MD, a caring and wonderful doctor who deserves to have a poem and then some :) She is the great...
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Jan 8, 20231 min read
The Mitzvah (and a bonus!)
The Hebrew word “mitzvah” is used to describe divine commandments, But to “do a mitzvah” means to do a kind and unselfish act. Let us say...
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Jan 8, 20231 min read
Beautify your day: a calm moment to make this day sweeter
The other day I shared a piece of music that I find beautifies my day and this morning i am sharing another. Claude Debussy's Claire de...
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Jan 8, 20231 min read
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