Pope's Call

Photo: Boston - memorial 1770
I was surprised to learn of the Violent incidence that happened in Boston not recently, but, centuries ago...  Had no idea!

Why do we humans ignore
Our own history lessons
Fail to learn from our mistakes
Never to make them again?

Peace is all what we need...
Little Empathy will get us all there
Hold us together!

As Pope Francis said let's embrace the Stranger and Care for the Weak among us! Peace will Bloom...



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Pope FRANCIS for Hope

Pope Francis
 Pope for Hope!

Had A Red Carpet Welcome
As he landed today in US soil
Receved in person 
By none other than Our own...

President O'bama
President for Change!

The Humble Pope
Humbled The President...

Who by the way...
Don't forget
Won the Nobel Prize for Peace!


Peace & Hope are GOOD change/currency for the World... 

Let's HOPE for PEACE for ALL... ACROSS THE WORLD!!!

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Paul Revere

Remember him...?  

A responsible act of a single person could save the country, the people and the course of history!



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Tennessee Author Book Fair

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JOY of BEING Book Release!

                                                                        

Share & Spread the JOYFUL news about this book release!!!

'JOY of BEING' gets Raving Reviews...

In clear, pure, simple words, VeerajaR’s poems pay tribute to the divine.  She looks to the day by day natural world for evidence, taking butterflies, snowflakes...... 

Nothing seems so small it cannot evoke connection to God.

...... After reading this book, we understand why when asked: “O tell us, poet, what do you do?”  VeerajaR, like Rilke, might very well answer,  “I praise.”

Victoria Clausi, 
Associate Director
Bennington Writing Seminars 

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DemocrArchy: Populous Joy!

Populous Joy!
Bloomed a historic day in 2009
Beyond M.L. King's dream... 
Blending officially today, in 2013 
Broken barriers for populous joy!
Poertry by VeerajaR


Here's the link to.....
The poem I wrote in awe of the historic event unfolding the King's dream in 2009:

http://www.kaleidoscoopes.blogspot.com/2009/01/history-in-making.html

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P.S._ What an uplifting celebration of liberation! Gotten rid of monarchy and dictator styles...
This is the pinnacle of democracy: DemocrArchy! Let's add this word to the dictionary!

Invitation: Artists' Reception

All are invited!

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Civil War Anthology: Poetry & Fiction

YOU all are Invited! 

Come meet the authors and hear them read and recite from the book!
Please share the flyer with your friends...




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Haiku: Lambardi is going home!

Haiku is a Japanese form of Poetry with a three line 5,7,5 syllables. It's a condensed form of poetry, second only to the two line versus of "Thirukural" in Thamil.

In Thirukural, a lot of facts, comparisons, contrasts, and meanings are packed firmly and beautifully within two rhyming lines. But, rhyming has no importance in Haiku. It is the rhythm. What is not said and left for the reader to extrapolate or fill in--is part of the beauty of Haiku.

Being from WI and a longtime Packer fan, I am celebrating today's victory game with a Haiku of my own:

Cheese melts steel ball-

Lambardi is going home

Super Bowl XLV!

For the first time, I joined my family to watch the game with Packer Backers Franklin. It turned out to be a lucky day for all Greenbay Packers' fans!

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Before The Red Walls!

I just came across this picture of our kitchen before my son "J" decided to paint it RED while we were vacationing in CANADA. An year ago my boys arranged us a weekend getaway, then picked up my favorite antiques which they thought were out-of-place and have made a generous donation to goodwill!

I was so... upset, but thought there was a lesson to learn: learning to let go. If I died the next day I would have had to leave them behind anyway. My friends who visited recently commented that without my antiques the house looks a little empty. I laughed and said of course but I am making up for the antiques... myself, in a way!

Don't believe me though---I really don't think that I ever get old!

VeeraMahal FRANKLIN

Rummage Sale!

Rummage Sale!

What is it?

Learning to let go-or

Searching for nostalgic trinkets

What is it?

Clearing the clutter-or

Hunting for treasure

What is it...

That nudges us to rummage

Sweating on a hot summer day?

A Foreign Experience:

Arrived newly in America-everything

Seemed big except the apartment

Where went all the space and air?

Bought you a hair dryer, my husband said.

Cost me only a dollar at 'Rummage' sale! I

Exclaimed: Duty free shops, then, ripping us off?

Good Deal for Young Mothers:

Two dollars said the teenager-for

Tantalizing silver robot with

Batteries and all, eyes lighting up!

Two year old of mine, lifting up the

Toy, held him close tenderly. Wide-

Eyed, he brought home a buddy!

My First Very Own Rummage Sale:

Ten dollars said the sticker

For the dress on my favorite wicker

Displaying the goods. To my

Dismay, the bargainer would not

Buy the dress, but only my wicker piece

For half the sticker price.

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