poetry

The Power Of Us

by Karoli on September 21, 2011 · 9 comments

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: There is no power like the power of community. I believe in online communities with all of my heart and soul, and yesterday affirmed that belief over, and over and over again. This happened: I have been promoting Jane Devin’s Kickstarter project occasionally here on the [...]

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Fear has been defeated; there’s no turning back

by Karoli on February 4, 2011 · 8 comments

Eleven days and counting. Hard to believe so much has changed in so sort a time. In Tahrir Square, the liberated zone, the anti-Mubarak protestors will tell you fear has been defeated. There’s no turning back. When morning comes, you see the makeshift metal barricades, the hand-forged weapons, dug up rocks, bandaged bodies, they are [...]

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Standing tall

by Karoli on August 20, 2009 · 1 comment

The trees do not care. They root as they have for thousands of years, silent, sighing, disinterested. Their business is not with you, with your trifling thoughts and petty joys. Their business is with standing tall. Their business is with growing. – Take the first step Her post is poetic and inspiring…and this sketch, rough [...]

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