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Featured Poem: When All is Said and Done
by Shannon Fox
By Olav Hauge Year in, year out, you’ve bent over books. You’ve gathered more knowledge than you’d need for nine lives. When all is said and done, so little is needed, and that much the heart has always known. In Egypt the god of knowledge had the head of an ape.
Featured Poem: Don’t Come to Me With the Entire Truth
by Shannon Fox
By Olav M. Hauge Don’t come to me with the entire truth. Don’t bring me the ocean if I feel thirsty, nor heaven if I ask for light; but bring a hint, some dew, a particle, as birds carry drops away from a lake, and the wind a grain of salt.
Featured Poem: When All is Said And Done
by Shannon Fox
By Olav Hauge Year in, year out, you’ve bent over books. You’ve gathered more knowledge than you’d need for nine lives. When all is said and done, so little is needed, and that much the heart has always known. In Egypt the god of knowledge had the head of an ape.
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