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Carpe Diem by Kevin J

The media has once again cast its dark shadow over another news story. A story repeatedly played on by every news channel and has now stepped up to get it's own special. A story that sooner or later will have protesters, politicians, and maybe even Jesus speak out against what the media promotes to be the problem. But in all truth it's not the problem, it's only the fall man...

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Thought of the Day

You block your blessings when your fear grows bigger than your faith!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

When life becomes a revolving door, It's time to find a window.

~ Rolando Rosario

Thought of the Day

Too often we over estimate how quickly our feelings are going to change because we underestimate our ability to change them!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

If you lose your ability to laugh at life. Than its quite possible, you’ve lost your ability to live it.

~ Rolando Rosario

Thought of the Day

What drives you? If you know great… If not, figure it out, you’re wasting your time by not knowing!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

It is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

The men who wish for death, are the smartest of us all.

~ Rolando Rosario

Thought of the Day

Square your shoulders to the world; be NOT the kind to give up. It's not the LOAD that weighs you down but the way you CARRY it.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

The mark of true greatness is not how good you are at your BEST, but how good you are at your worst.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

Seize the day, live today as if it's your last, however don't live life so reckless that you'll have to clean up tomorrow!!!

~ Jblu

Thought of the Day

The only thing I'm sure of is that I don't know much, and what I do know will probably turn out to be wrong in a few years. So I try not to hold on to anything too tight. That way, my hands are free to catch some things that are a little closer to the truth.

~ Kevin J

Thought of the Day

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get RUN OVER if you just SIT there.

~ Luck

Fingering The Scapegoat by Rolando Rosario

The media has once again cast its dark shadow over another news story. A story repeatedly played on by every news channel and has now stepped up to get it's own special. A story that sooner or later will have protesters, politicians, and maybe even Jesus speak out against what the media promotes to be the problem. But in all truth it's not the problem, it's only the fall man...

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Thought of the Day

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

People become attached to their burdens sometimes MORE than the burdens are attached to THEM.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

Physical strength is measured by what we can CARRY; Spiritual by what we can BEAR!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

The beauty of life does not depend on how happy you are, but on how happy others can be... because of you!

~ Luck

Awkward Encounters by Rolando Rosario

Two lonely lovers on opposite sides of the Atlantic fall into the arms of another. Each wake up the next morning with fear of what the other will think and if they should tell them. 

Six months go past and the lovers...

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Thought of the Day

Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such life changes with composure has deprived misfortune of its power.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

To attain knowledge one must add things every day to life. To attain wisdom, one must remove things everyday from life.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

The person who really wants to DO something finds a WAY; the other person finds an EXCUSE!

~ Luck

The Poet in Exile by Ben Nardolilli

You can take the poet out of the city certainly. But can you take the city out of the poet? I suppose I will soon find out. This week I left New York City after living there for five years. First I was a college student, and then I was on my own, trying to find work in the very bowels of a recession. Needless to say I was not successful and have had to flee the metropolis of Manhattan for the much greener environs of Arlington, Virginia, my old home town, or more appropriately, county.

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Thought of the Day

You don't love a book for it's cover or pages. You love a book because of it's words and meaning.

~ Rolando Rosario

Thought of the Day

If you were too perpendicular to ever meet more than once, appreciate the crossing. But don’t try and go back – keep on truckin’

~ Kevin J

Thought of the Day

My riches consist NOT in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my WANTS.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

Success does not consist in never making mistakes, but in never making the same ONE a second TIME!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

Success comes before WORK only in the Dictionary!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to ADD, but when there is nothing left to take AWAY.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

If you have one soul goal in life, and that goal is deceived. There’s now nothing left, so always have a plan B.

~ Rolando Rosario

Thought of the Day

What you GET by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what YOU will BECOME by reaching YOUR destination.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

Unless you change HOW you ARE, YOU will always have what you’ve GOT!

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

If you want to FLY you must accept that you may FALL. The crows that you're around in the beginning may be the same ones that eat you if you FALL from grace.

~ Jblu

Thought of the Day

Maturity is that TIME when the mirrors in our mind turn to windows and instead of seeing the reflection of ourselves we see OTHERS.

~ Luck

Thought of the Day

What we think or what we believe, in the END, doesn’t really Matter. The only thing of real Importance is what we actually DO!

~ Luck

That One Colleague

You ever have that one co-worker that you are always on the verge of either slapping or shaking the crap out of? Heck I must attract them because I’ve had at least one at all my the jobs I’ve had...

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Cities & Impossibilities

In the city of Fabiola, the armature alternately dissolves and integrates. Its light evaporates as a rope soaks up kerosene to burn within the lamp's bulbous chimney glass. It brightens with the food of more rope.

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Penman Lounge Highlight

Powerful poetry during a time of change ...

::: Conflicted :::

I watch the jubilation
Of the millions, of the nation
And awe struck how one man could bring back our belief, as a whole.. Check out Kevin J

A Change Has Come - Presidential Election ’08

Well, we’ve made it into the history books yet again! As of Tuesday, November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became our first...

“If there is anyone out there who doubts that America is a place where anything is possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.”

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News Highlight

VOTE NOW - Presidential Election Poll...Check it Out!

News Highlight

Over the weekend Republican Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama on Meet the Press... See the Full Story

Penman Lounge Highlight

It’s the Season for Politics. Nicole is back with a Poem with Political Tones… Check out Nicole

American Airlines - Flying Low Class

When flying you may think that you purchased a "coach" ticket. But with American Airlines it should be considered “Low Class”.

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RIP - Bernie Mac- Dead at 50

Today is a sad day Comedian and Actor Bernie Mac Age 50 Died today of...

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Penman Lounge Highlight

J.D. Szalla has 39 +1 poems so far in the Penman Lounge. His style is unique / bold and is not for the kiddies!!!…Check out J.D. Szalla.

Penman Lounge Highlight

Dean Walker writes with passion and has a diverse body of work. Some of Dean’s topics may be controversial…Check out Dean Walker.

Nintendo Wii Conspiracy

Originally released in Japan in 2007, the Wii Fit promised to be the game to help lazy American’s get off their butts and exercise...

Interesting fact, Nintendo released 2 million Wii Fit games to Japanese and European gamers. How many did the United States get?...

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RIP - Sydney Pollack - Dead at 73

Sydney Pollack died of cancer Monday in Los Angeles at the age of 73.

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Jokes Highlight

Check out Joe Bauer and his series of Presidential Candidate Jokes...

::04:24:08::

::: Presidential Candidate - Burgers :::

New from McDonalds The "McCain Meal"
Burger King's New "Hillary BIG WHOPPER Burger."
Jack In The Box Announces " The Obama Jack ! "... (See more on the Joe Bauer Page)

Penman Lounge Highlight

Rachel Eagle Reiter is a dual threat writing Poetry and Jokes. Rachel represent New York well, she has over 40 poems and jokes... Check out Rachel Eagle Reiter.

RIP - Sean Levert - Dead at 39

Sean Levert, the younger brother of the late Gerald Levert and the son of Eddie Levert, has died. 39 year old Sean Levert collapsed while... (See More on the Sean Levert Page)

Penman Lounge Highlight

Chauncie takes a personal approach to writing poetry. You will find both love and pain in the Poem that Chauncie has shared. Enjoy…

::02:20:08::

::: Granny's Love :::

For many years I remember, my granny's love and care.
Her goodness, her kindness, her smile beyond compare.
A favorite of my granny's was...

Penman Lounge Highlight

Nyte offers a woman’s perspective… She brings out feelings hidden deep inside….

::02:08:08::

::: Uncover :::

Magnify my deepest lie and uncover what I’ve kept inside
Break through the thickest strides, the toughest barriers... (See morre on the Nyte Page)

Penman Lounge Highlight

"Mmm Humm" The title speaks for it self... I'm Sure the Ladies will digg!!! Enjoy Intelligible…

::01:30:08::

::: Mmm hmm :::

Checkin' her from afar
she looked like a muscle car... (See more on the Intelligible Page)

Penman Lounge Highlight

It is nice to see a young poet take the perspective of and older generation. Enjoy – The Poem Jennifer from SkyBlack…

::01:15:08::

::: Jennifer :::

It's not fair,
Newborns being brung along
Be casted to your elder's arms... (See more on the SkyBlack Page)

Penman Lounge Highlight

Upon first glance the poem “All – Written by Glow” seemed very urban and hard to read… Take a step back, way back in the time machine to the 1500's and add an Urban Flare…

::01:12:08::

::: All :::

To love, a stranger no one desires to be and a stranger all say they ain't yet
once a new love should they find wow, never ever before... (See more on the Glow Page)

Penman Lounge Highlight

Happy New Years to All - This Title caught our Eye... Check out "Bald monkeys with a ray gun" by Trent Recker...

::01:02:08::

::: Bald monkeys with a ray gun :::

she bares her breasts a sex goddess
waking center much to do with marketing
resist the rage... (See more on the Trent Reker Page)

2007 News Archive