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            <h2>I Am Safe</h2>
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    </div><p id="36d6">For some dead isn’t the end of it all. For <a href="undefined">Terry Trueman</a>, she celebrates the dead. They are always with us in our hearts.</p><blockquote id="5a98"><p>Just glanced</p></blockquote><blockquote id="b580"><p>at my bookshelves</p></blockquote><blockquote id="1234"><p>where I have</p></blockquote><blockquote id="7852"><p>hundreds of signed books</p></blockquote><blockquote id="7304"><p>by authors living and dead.</p></blockquote><div id="4eb7" class="link-block">
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            <div><h3>While it’s difficult to write cheerfully about . . . you know, like . . . DEATH, it is possible to try and take it a…</h3></div>
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    </div><p id="a94d">To bring us back to the world of the living, try these reassuring words from <a href="undefined">Carla Sharpe</a>.</p><blockquote id="27e9"><p>When the days go by

in the blink of an eye but the nights seem long and you’re waiting for dawn</p></blockquote><div id="d685" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/ill-be-there-d0b5c8d26fff"> <div> <div> <h2>I’ll be There</h2> <div><h3>a poem</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*X978K0qLYI7VxuLk5sx5Iw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2d88">I’ve often thought the thoughts <a href="undefined">Deena Thomson</a> lays out with such truth. A touching piece.</p><blockquote id="809c"><p>Reaching out all alone wishing you would come home to somebody else not me</p></blockquote><div id="31c8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/i-am-no-longer-home-c3faf31bef85"> <div> <div> <h2>I am no longer Home</h2> <div><h3>A Poem</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*y1_zXSkiZsIGGJUM)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="8e8a">The way <a href="undefined">J M Mantium</a> strings the best words together building up to a stunning punchline is awe-inspiring. We might all learn from his turn of phrase and his wisdom.</p><blockq

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uote id="9dd9"><p><i>I have never gotten so close to what is out of my control. I do not know if I will come this way again. So, I will take all I can from this mercy.</i></p></blockquote><div id="74eb" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/in-the-house-of-beliefs-fba339c9838e"> <div> <div> <h2>In the House of Beliefs</h2> <div><h3>Overthinking the thoughts that are overtiring to appear as reality — A Poem</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*oTrCVZkaawWe8IBy)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><h2 id="c8ec">Star Poet</h2><p id="1a3e"><a href="undefined">David Rudder</a> has penned a stupendous poem. I read it several times to marvel at its wondrousness. I felt exactly the same way as <a href="undefined">Cocoa Griot</a> says in her comment:</p><p id="e712" type="7">You had me at moraines David. I have a degree in geology so yeah this piece rocks!!!</p><blockquote id="1b41"><p>Moraines of sliding glass scything through the freeze collapsing shafts of pure ice melting in the breeze.</p></blockquote><div id="e7c2" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/melting-moment-82b6317e769c"> <div> <div> <h2>Melting Moment</h2> <div><h3>Blink and miss the action.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*MKFdPDFiHkRBgs7k)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="7635">I hope you enjoyed my selection as much as I did.</p><p id="1df0">Thanks for reading.</p><p id="0dd9">All my editorial bulletins in one place for their respective publications.</p><div id="887d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/editorial-bulletins-by-karen-4054bae65b5a"> <div> <div> <h2>Editorial Bulletins by Karen</h2> <div><h3>All the weekly reviews of wisdom from new writers on ILLUMINATION.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*of65tFqWXbsfu2y1)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="60dc" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/editorial-bulletins-for-karens-weekly-review-of-technology-hits-e9193766fa25"> <div> <div> <h2>Editorial Bulletins for Karen’s Weekly Review of Technology Hits</h2> <div><h3>Featuring a handful of new writers and their thoughts on technology each week.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*boQAARrYPN-LA5JWxBTlUA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Weekly Wisdom from Karen

ILLUMINATION edition.

Photo by Trust "Tru" Katsande on Unsplash

Poetry Week!

Seems like ages since we last had all poetry so here’s a treat for us all.

Lori Lamothe transported me back to my childhood with her jabberwocky mention.

The summer we drove over the border into Kentucky, I waited for the grass

A smashing reminder of the time of year and maybe we’ll do things better this time around. Let go of the old and let in the new you, day, journey! Nicely done, Mikel I. Welcome to ILLUMINATION and Medium.

Reliving your past life is haunting

“I should’ve done this and I should’ve done that”

Goosebumps all up and down my arms, Yoli Knight. You packed in so much meaning with your precision-chosen ibles and ables.

You cannot mess this up it’s impossible

She is counting her blessings, an affirmation of a safe life from Maryann Samrethis is uplifting to us all.

What I built within my heart Now radiates outside me

For some dead isn’t the end of it all. For Terry Trueman, she celebrates the dead. They are always with us in our hearts.

Just glanced

at my bookshelves

where I have

hundreds of signed books

by authors living and dead.

To bring us back to the world of the living, try these reassuring words from Carla Sharpe.

When the days go by in the blink of an eye but the nights seem long and you’re waiting for dawn

I’ve often thought the thoughts Deena Thomson lays out with such truth. A touching piece.

Reaching out all alone wishing you would come home to somebody else not me

The way J M Mantium strings the best words together building up to a stunning punchline is awe-inspiring. We might all learn from his turn of phrase and his wisdom.

I have never gotten so close to what is out of my control. I do not know if I will come this way again. So, I will take all I can from this mercy.

Star Poet

David Rudder has penned a stupendous poem. I read it several times to marvel at its wondrousness. I felt exactly the same way as Cocoa Griot says in her comment:

You had me at moraines David. I have a degree in geology so yeah this piece rocks!!!

Moraines of sliding glass scything through the freeze collapsing shafts of pure ice melting in the breeze.

I hope you enjoyed my selection as much as I did.

Thanks for reading.

All my editorial bulletins in one place for their respective publications.

Poetry
Wisdom
Illumination
Relationships
Geology
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