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http://poembouquet.blogspot.com

http://effusivethoughts.wordpress.com

http://www.yourdailypoem.com/

http://versedaily.org

https://lunchboxpoems.tumblr.com/

https://poets.org/poem-a-day

Best American Poetry (Lehman)

https://wordsfortheyear.com/

Simulacra and Simulation (French: Simulacres et Simulation) is a 1981 philosophical essay by the philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, in which he seeks to examine the relationships between reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence.

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Instagram post by Korean movie poster design Park Si Young to his partner of 15 years. Post deleted due to homophobia.

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How I Became a Filmmaker by Lena Dunham

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The Contract Says: We'd Like the Conversation to be Bilingual

When you come, bring your brown- ness so we can be sure to please

the funders. Will you check this box; we’re applying for a grant.

Do you have any poems that speak to troubled teens? Bilingual is best.

Would you like to come to dinner with the patrons and sip Patrón?

Will you tell us the stories that make us uncomfortable, but not complicit?

Don’t read the one where you are just like us. Born to a green house,

garden, don’t tell us how you picked tomatoes and ate them in the dirt

watching vultures pick apart another bird’s bones in the road. Tell us the one

about your father stealing hubcaps after a colleague said that’s what his

kind did. Tell us how he came to the meeting wearing a poncho

and tried to sell the man his hubcaps back. Don’t mention your father

was a teacher, spoke English, loved making beer, loved baseball, tell us

again about the poncho, the hubcaps, how he stole them, how he did the thing

he was trying to prove he didn’t do.

Ada Limón

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Adrien Brody by Marie Calloway

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He hugged his sorrow like a plot of land, And walked like an assassin through the town, And looked at men and did not like them, But trembled if one passed him with a frown.

-- From "The Bard" by W.H. Auden

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#art #the hockey sweater #roch carrier

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How to Get Ahead in Life

1. Don’t pay too much attention to the way you feel. Feelings change throughout the day and are unreliable. Don’t let them rule your life, or interfere with your goals.

2. Decide not to worry as it tends to make things worse. If you focus on your worries it will drain your energy – and often what we’re dreading doesn’t happen anyway.

3. Cut the internal commentary. Stop telling yourself that things are going to fall apart, or your efforts won’t succeed, or you won’t be popular. Keep trying, moving forwards, and getting on with life.

4. Stop being self-critical. You need to be your own cheerleader and your biggest fan in life. Note progress, perseverance, attitude and inner strength. Be affirming, kind, believing and coach towards success.

5. Stop feeling guilty. Feeling guilty changes nothing. You are going to make mistakes. Accept you aren’t perfect - then get up and try again.

6. Stop worrying about what others think of you. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter what they think. Choose your own goals for your life – you’re not accountable to them.

7. Don’t worry about set backs or changes to your plans. Plans always need adjusting and things always go wrong – but that doesn’t mean ‘it’s over’ or you’ll never reach your goals. Expect to make some changes – just be adaptable.