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Monthly Archives: September 2009

“Zigzag at Your Discretion” : The Fate of the USS Indianapolis and Her Captain

September 30, 2009 – 12:38 pm

Built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation and  launched November 7, 1931, the USS Indianapolis was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy.
The warship had a distinguished, meritorious record during both peace time and WWII. Sadly, the remembrance of that record has been overshadowed in history, with the Indianapolis best recalled for [...]

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The Songbirds Show

September 30, 2009 – 12:02 pm

‘Twas a scorchingly hot mid-summer’s day.
But being far too beautiful to remain inside,
my feet carried me off, and somewhat astray,
into a tall forest to avoid my being fried,
between me and ‘ole Sol a woodsy divide.
I strolled along in relative coolness of the forest green,
but came too soon, I thought, to a wide open clearing.
With the [...]

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The “DaBard” Who Loved Poetry Will Write No More

September 27, 2009 – 5:53 pm

Each human has a very limited time on this earth. In cosmic terms a human lifespan is barely a flicker of light. It seems like life is  over in a nanosecond, almost before it even begins.
For “DaBard” Eugene Noel Wells, the author of the original poetry on the PoetryMine.Com website that all too brief precious [...]

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