EXCLAMATION MARKS!
The women of the Tiwi tribe are often married at birth!
Coffee is the second most traded product on earth!
Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, wasn’t an Irishman!
In 1911 the Chinese brought in a pigtail ban!
By clinking glasses drinkers thought they kept the devil at bay!
In 1647 England abolished Christmas Day!
At six months famous Tom Thumb actually stopped growing!
Athletes in ancient Rome performed with every bit of them showing!
In Las Vegas casinos you wont find any clocks!
People in Siberia buy milk in frozen blocks!
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That’s the lesson for today folks. The world is fascinating!
I always feel delighted when my verse is educating!
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THE ART OF INTERSECTION.
Human lives intersect,
Sometimes disastrously.
Roadways intersect,
Sometimes disastrously.
But the intersections of architecture
Have no such drawbacks.
They never
Collide,
Argue,
Jar.
All is smooth geometry.
And the intersections,
Seen in Arabian architecture,
Soar.
Here, in the Mosque at Tlemcen,
'Every prospect pleases'.
The arches
Intersect like a string of pearls.
The traceries of lace,
Intersect like overlapping spider-webs.
Muslim architects
Knew the secret of
Bringing together
Strength and delicacy,
Two seeming opposites.
The world now needs the magic
Of the intersection
More than ever.
Creeds,
Seeming opposites,
Could
Intersect,
Interact,
Interplay,
Interlock,
To create geometric perfection.
If only......
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Human lives intersect,
Sometimes disastrously.
Roadways intersect,
Sometimes disastrously.
But the intersections of architecture
Have no such drawbacks.
They never
Collide,
Argue,
Jar.
All is smooth geometry.
And the intersections,
Seen in Arabian architecture,
Soar.
Here, in the Mosque at Tlemcen,
'Every prospect pleases'.
The arches
Intersect like a string of pearls.
The traceries of lace,
Intersect like overlapping spider-webs.
Muslim architects
Knew the secret of
Bringing together
Strength and delicacy,
Two seeming opposites.
The world now needs the magic
Of the intersection
More than ever.
Creeds,
Seeming opposites,
Could
Intersect,
Interact,
Interplay,
Interlock,
To create geometric perfection.
If only......
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2 comments:
As usual I was educated by your verse, Brenda. Especially the first one. Years ago I read a book called "The Queen and I" a story about the British Royal family fallen on hard times. Diana, who was always travelling wrote to Charles who stayed home in their bungalow, looked after the boys and tended his organic garden. She Diana, wrote to him often and her sentences all ended with exclamation marks. Since that read I've watched where I put that emphatic mark! Have a great day. Greetings from Jo, North Africa
Wonderful stuff. Thoroughly entertaining - and I learnt something as well!
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