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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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#954714 added March 21, 2019 at 6:52pm
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Minding Your Own Business or Not
Prompt: "If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster then it does." Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland What are your views on this quote?

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I do agree with the quote to some degree.

On the plus side, your life can become surprisingly easier because then, you can attend your own business with full concentration, since the drama that comes from others is usually nil.

On the other hand, how can you, unless you are totally detached from society and your loved ones, keep away from helping others, encourage them, and give them advice that is asked for, emphasizing the words “advice that is asked for” because unasked advice is meddling.

On still a larger scale, it is impossible to only mind your own business and work for your own welfare when you know for certain in your country or state of systemic injustices; that is, rotten things being done to people or groups of people. Then, it is important to speak up and even take arms (metaphorically speaking) to right the wrongs, or else, you can be condemned by history for ineptitude, dereliction, or lack of concern for one’s civic duties.




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