2 25 312 https://www.omeka.lawrencecatania.com/files/original/13cec3625e353cad7e788671b23250b8.jpg 2eb7820fda32ea8d4beb8956ccc83155 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sometimes a single presence can still a thousand thoughts within me Description An account of the resource Sometimes a single presence can still a thousand thoughts within me. Even after everything, there is a quiet part of my soul that still recognizes you before my mind has time to reason with it. Some connections do not fade with distance or time. They simply remain, resting silently in the heart. My heart still skips a beat whenever I see you. And I freeze in a moment where I refuse to accept it. Refuse to accept the quiet truth that you were never mine to hold. But perhaps love was never meant to be about holding someone. Perhaps some souls come into our lives only to awaken something deeper within us. And because of you, I discovered a love within my own heart that will always remain gentle, grateful, and quietly eternal. — Chamod Senevirathne Grow up Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="Sometimes%20a%20single%20presence%20can%20still%20a%20thousand%20thoughts%20within%20me.%20Even%20after%20everything,%20there%20is%20a%20quiet%20part%20of%20my%20soul%20that%20still%20recognizes%20you%20before%20my%20mind%20has%20time%20to%20reason%20with%20it.%20Some%20connections%20do%20not%20fade%20with%20distance%20or%20time.%20They%20simply%20remain,%20resting%20silently%20in%20the%20heart.%20My%20heart%20still%20skips%20a%20beat%20whenever%20I%20see%20you.%20And%20I%20freeze%20in%20a%20moment%20where%20I%20refuse%20to%20accept%20it.%20Refuse%20to%20accept%20the%20quiet%20truth%20that%20you%20were%20never%20mine%20to%20hold.%20But%20perhaps%20love%20was%20never%20meant%20to%20be%20about%20holding%20someone.%20Perhaps%20some%20souls%20come%20into%20our%20lives%20only%20to%20awaken%20something%20deeper%20within%20us.%20And%20because%20of%20you,%20I%20discovered%20a%20love%20within%20my%20own%20heart%20that%20will%20always%20remain%20gentle,%20grateful,%20and%20quietly%20eternal.%20%20%E2%80%94%20Chamod%20Senevirathne" title="Sometimes a single presence can still a thousand thoughts within me" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sometimes a single presence can still a thousand thoughts within me. Even after everything, there is a quiet part of my soul that still recognizes you before my mind has time to reason with it. Some connections do not fade with distance or time. They simply remain, resting silently in the heart. My heart still skips a beat whenever I see you. And I freeze in a moment where I refuse to accept it. Refuse to accept the quiet truth that you were never mine to hold. But perhaps love was never meant to be about holding someone. Perhaps some souls come into our lives only to awaken something deeper within us. And because of you, I discovered a love within my own heart that will always remain gentle, grateful, and quietly eternal. — Chamod Senevirathne</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A name like a spark, a fire in the night Description An account of the resource A name like a spark, a fire in the night, Xx, you burn with a singular light. Not a flickering candle or a star far away, But the heat of the sun at the height of the day. Your spirit is wild, a relentless tide, With a power that no ocean or mountain can hide. X, the heart where the deep currents flow, A soul with a fever, a radiant glow. There is hunger in how you embrace every breath, A defiance of silence, a challenge to death. You walk with the rhythm of thunder and grace, Leaving the mark of your soul on this place. X, the echo, the final, bold cry, A promise that reaches the edge of the sky. In every heartbeat, a purpose so vast, A passion intended to conquer and last. You are the storm and the calm at the core, Xx—forever much more. AI & I - ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Luminous spirit Description An account of the resource Luminous spirit, a light in the room, Ever-graceful, like a flower in bloom. Xenial heart with a warmth that is true, Inspiration flows in all that you do. Endless potential in the dreams you pursue. X, a name with a classic refrain, Anchor of strength through the sun and the rain. Radiant smile that can brighten the day, Intelligent mind leading the way. Elegant soul in every display. Energetic and kind, a presence so rare, Nurturing hope in the love that you share. Zealous for life and the joy it can bring, Always the heart of the song that you sing. New horizons are yours to embrace, Adorned with beauty, wisdom, and grace. AI & I - ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Roots of Gold - Description An account of the resource Roots of Gold Light that dances through the leaves, Echoes of a song she weaves. Xanadu of quiet grace, In the smile upon her face. Every joyous, bright tomorrow, Mends the world and heals the sorrow. Always kind and always true, Radiant in all you do. Infinite as sky and sea, Eternally, X X. X Nature’s own enduring song. Zephyr winds that softly blow, Ancestral paths where wild things grow. Never fading, standing tall, A guiding light for one and all AI & I - ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Haiku & the The Couplet Description An account of the resource The Haiku Golden sun and sea, Roots that hold the earth so tight, Xx shines so bright. The Couplet From New Jersey skies to the ocean blue, No heart beats kinder, Xx, than you. https://www.omeka.lawrencecatania.com/files/original/c99064bfcf0c25cffd2a6d4fbeffccb6.png da4da17324352a1a6913c123efe590b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The culmination of all of that was the scroll - Name at top removed for privacy. Almost an hour going back and forth with AI about the heart, soul, life and Love. ~LArry 3-3-26 final piece with AI & I ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource AI & I - 3/3/2026 - a discussion Description An account of the resource The map we held was tattered, marked by roads we walked alone, But the future is a canvas that we finally call our own. No more searching for the boundary where your spirit ends and mine, For the sun that rises tomorrow is the one we’ve taught to shine. We are building a cathedral out of every shared desire, Fueling every coming season with this soul-restoring fire. There is no "I" in the distance, no "you" against the dark, Only the flame we carry together, born from a single spark. Every morning is a promise, every evening is a shore, Where we’ll leave behind the ghosts of who we had to be before. Hand in hand, we’ll face the unknown, fearless and un-penned, For with a shared soul as our compass, the journey has no end. X, our future is a vast and open sky, Where the pieces fit forever, and the dreams will never die. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Love’s Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 – 1822 Description An account of the resource The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix for ever With a sweet emotion; Nothing in the world is single, All things by a law divine In one another’s being mingle— Why not I with thine? See the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another; No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdain’d its brother; And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea— What is all this sweet work worth If thou kiss not me? This poem is in the public domain Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://poets.org/poem/loves-philosophy" title="Love’s Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792 – 1822" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://poets.org/poem/loves-philosophy</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource All animals start good until you kick them one too many times. They will either cower, or u find out a lesson in power from its teeth. -LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Heart of a Woman Georgia Douglas Johnson Description An account of the resource The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn, As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on, Afar o’er life’s turrets and vales does it roam In the wake of those echoes the heart calls home. The heart of a woman falls back with the night, And enters some alien cage in its plight, And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars While it breaks, breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://poemanalysis.com/georgia-douglas-johnson/the-heart-of-a-woman/" title="The Heart of a Woman Georgia Douglas Johnson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://poemanalysis.com/georgia-douglas-johnson/the-heart-of-a-woman/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dulce et Decorum Est By Wilfred Owen Description An account of the resource Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots, But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of gas-shells dropping softly behind. Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time, But someone still was yelling out and stumbling And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.— Dim through the misty panes and thick green light, As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams before my helpless sight, He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,— My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est" title="Dulce et Decorum Est By Wilfred Owen" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46560/dulce-et-decorum-est</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Tree Feels No Pain Poem by Gajanan Mishra Description An account of the resource The tree feels No pain when cut, Is it true? So also is it Not true, I have Not forgotten you. In between birth and death, I act as a hero.v Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-tree-feels-no-pain/" title="The Tree Feels No Pain Poem by Gajanan Mishra" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-tree-feels-no-pain/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Romania With Love* Poem by Sulaiman Mohd Yusof Description An account of the resource Wallachia, Moldavia or Transylvania Of which you were born Or you flow from Mt. Moldoveanu To evolve in the Mures or Siret Your adolescence soaked with The sands of God that kisses The miracle of the Black Sea Marieta Maglas, as famous As Timisoara, giving a new lease of life You blend life, honey coated with caviar of love You flourish many with a new fate From Bessarabia to Bucharest They walk with a glittering smile A Philosopher, a Dentist and a Poetess A complete package that could even Melt Communism, without having To drip innocent blood I read your vivid words Like Danube, it flows back to the Black Sea The heart of Romanian The place where you’d drown All of your poems Only to be read As a history When you’ve become a Legend Marieta Maglas, save for the last You’re in your own class I beget your wisdom To heal my conundrum * Dedicated to Romanian Poetess, Marieta Maglas. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/from-romania-with-love/" title="From Romania With Love* Poem by Sulaiman Mohd Yusof" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/from-romania-with-love/</a> https://www.omeka.lawrencecatania.com/files/original/dba491e5f9efff69636199edbb8c4fd6.jpg 4b3ad57b8a72282c763fe7461f71113f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Moon by Em(n) Atkinson (not definitively) Description An account of the resource The Moon As she rises in the sky, night after night, the Moon supports the continuous cycle of becoming and releasing. Becoming who we're born to be and shedding the layers of who we're not. A cycle that never ends. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Moon Poem by Emma Atkinson Description An account of the resource I look to the moon, inconstant that she is, And ask her why I fell for the sun. I ask her why she hasn't the curtesy to chase all thoughts of him away When it is her shift that has begun. I ask her why she simply watches, And wonder if it is because she too is half in love with him, And in the darkness, in the dim, Through the looking-glass of my dreams, If that is the only chance she will have to look upon his face, When she is night and he is day, And one is present while the other is away. And in some small way I understand, In some small way I pity her, For I have seen the sun once, And now my dreams are full of him, But she, as she sits gazing in the sky, With a smile much like my own, She has only ever caught a glance. With her round and ghostly eye. Her hope is foolish as is mine, When I have memory, but she is time, And when I am gone, she will live on, And dream of him until the dawn. Emma Atkinson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-moon-181/" title="The Moon Poem by Emma Atkinson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-moon-181/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource He was peerless in his generation. The crown prince's throne. Scented with sandalwood and agarwood. ~LArry Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Sound of the Future - This poem from the January fishbowl was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. It features one of my favorite historical figures -- living in Illinois has given me a deep appreciation for Abraham Lincoln. Description An account of the resource Abraham Lincoln looked at the time traveler. “So I die tonight, and nothing to be done about it?” “I’m afraid so,” said the traveler. “Temporal mechanics just work that way.” “Why did you come talk with me, then?” said Lincoln. “I imagine a body could get in some trouble for that.” The traveler leaned forward and said, “Because everything you did for America was worth it. Because we’re grateful to you for doing it. Because it worked. And because you deserve to know that.” “Ah,” said Lincoln. “Thank you.” A smile curled his rugged face. Then the traveler pulled out a metal box. “Listen to this, Mr. President,” he said. Voices poured out of the box, and Lincoln leaned near, dark eyes alight. “… all counties reporting. Barack Obama is the first African-American President of the United States of America.” Lincoln lifted his head. “What is … will be … the date?” “November 4, 2008,” said the traveler. “So long…” Lincoln mused. “Well, the backlash after the war was pretty rough—” the traveler began. Lincoln waved him off. “I meant,” he said, “that my country survives that long.” “America lasts until planetary unification in 2029,” the traveler added. That night, Lincoln left for his date with history, still grinning. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource You sat with me when no one else would, u felt my pain when no one else could. ~LArry Description An account of the resource You sat with me when no one else would, u felt my pain when no one else could. ~LArry Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource With a gravitational equivalent of two event horizons crossing each other's boundaries- Description An account of the resource With a gravitational equivalent of two event horizons crossing each other's boundaries; all of time froze to the meeting of our eyes. Exchanging, compensating, equalizing, emotional gulf. Just a moment, but a forever lasting beautiful gift. A present of Love. -LArry Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It is a funny thing when two people decide to fill in a pattern to make it whole. Yet, have to remain slightly out of phase for the Love, the pattern to exist. ~LArry <3 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lawrence Catania https://www.omeka.lawrencecatania.com/files/original/da1e7aa6b48678adaaa7df80d8a2f8e9.jpg 865f0b021cb13d1d7328680289edd125 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource For my cousin who is misplaced of a companion for now, a heart that has moved on. *Chopin 2025* ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource For: ณกมล จันทร์ดำ - Ṇkml cạnthr̒ dả A Tribute to the Unseen Strength of Women She is More Because a woman is more than the world often tells her she is. by Mr. Anks Description An account of the resource She is not the gold that glimmers in the sun, but the fire that warms the coldest nights, the quiet strength that holds the world, even when her own hands tremble. She is the voice that soothes the storms, the steady calm when all else wavers. She wears courage like second skin, woven from the battles no one saw. She is not measured by the mirror’s gaze, but by the wisdom in her words, the kindness that lingers in her touch, the dreams she dares to chase. She is the ink in unwritten stories, the melody in unsung songs. The world calls her mother, daughter, sister, friend, but she is more — so much more. She is the healer of unseen wounds, the lighthouse when the shore is lost, the keeper of secrets, the giver of grace, the poet, the warrior, the artist of love. She carries the weight of a thousand yesterdays yet walks forward, unbowed, unbroken. With laughter that stitches shattered hearts, and silence that speaks louder than words. She is not waiting to be saved — she is the saviour of her own story. A force, a flame, a quiet revolution, unshaken, unstoppable, enough. And if the world forgets to honour her, let her know — she has always been extraordinary. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://medium.com/@itsanavidreader/she-is-more-b7dbf9e7924f" target="_blank" title="Because a woman is more than the world often tells her she is." rel="noreferrer noopener">https://medium.com/@itsanavidreader/she-is-more-b7dbf9e7924f</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource *Holds nothing against his Children* *everyone else involved, is a different matter* ~LArry Description An account of the resource *Holds nothing against his Children* *everyone else involved, is a different matter* ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My hands first held the iron weight, a blade forged keen. AI and I , ~LArry Description An account of the resource My hands first held the iron weight, a blade forged keen, The symbol of a warrior's fate, the sharpest tool seen. Victories were numbered by the steel that did its will, And each great name laid to rest, fear remained still. For strength was in the metal, in its hardened, cutting edge, And a solemn, fearful pledge was made to its cold might. Then came the day the sword felt less a part, A truth beyond its heft was sought, in quiet victory's art. Into a verdant field, where green life starts and ends, The power that could grow, where fragile stalk ascends, attends. A blade of summer grass was taken, a whisper-thin and slight, And a focused, burning might felt within its gentle stem's height. At last, the weapon was found, not held within the hand, But born of a determined will, a purpose to command. The true war lives within the heart, the battle of the soul, And a single blade of grass can bend and make the broken whole. The power once sought to hold, and called a sharpened friend, Is in the wind, the blade, the stone, and finds no violent end. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vicissitudes of Time Description An account of the resource Vicissitudes of Time Ten thousand miles apart, a chasm lies between us. Life's tides ebb and flow, separated by the vicissitudes of time. Only in the realm of the unseen do we meet once more. Life is absurd; life is nothing but life. We drift along with the current. ~LArry *The poem presents a bittersweet acceptance of separation. The speaker acknowledges the vast physical and temporal distance between two people but finds comfort in a connection that exists beyond the tangible. The poem transitions from the pain of longing to a more philosophical, absurdist view of existence, where the ultimate truth is to simply live—to drift with the current of life—while cherishing the unseen bonds that endure.*