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- Inspirational Poems 103
- Nature Poems 124
- Romantic Love Poems 158
- Miss You Poems 84
- Sad Poems 340
- Break Up Poems 500
- Dark Poetry 202
Poems About LifeRonan Keating's 'Life is a Rollercoaster' is a perfect portrayal of what life is. There are sunny days of happiness, there is a pall of gloom, disappointments, and frustrations. In all, life is all about wishes, hopes, and ambitions. There are some days when we have everything, and there are others which are hollow and devoid of reasons to smile, we yearn for more - things we never got, reminiscence about events gone by, and dozens of other feelings and emotions. And then there is always the joy of birth and the finality of death marking our sojourn at regular intervals. Life itself could be a beautiful poem and poems are inspired from life.
Moving Forward
Moving forward..
The End
"Everything has to come to an end, sometime." - L. Frank Baum.
Who am I? Who are We?
A reflective piece.
Words and Thoughts
Sounds like a proverb.
A short poem about truth.
Trying So Hard
I'm so tired of being tired, drained, and unmotivated.
Wish and Hope, Smile and Laugh
Wishes and hopes, smiles and laughs. The things that help to keep me on track.
Survival of the Fittest
Life in a concrete jungle.
Not Going to Give Up Just Yet
It's about all the rubbish I have gone through 9/3/17.
Shadow Break
Tired of everything in life.
"Sail Upon My Sail"
My life and how I have seen it; how I see it now.
The Search for Self!
Who am I? Where do I belong? In search of the ideal self..
Her Time
Changes, individuality, standing up, and graceful leaving.
Plug Into Your Life!
Mind freeing poem.
Window Shopping in a Coffin Shop
What's life for?
Life is Not Life
What is Life?
Place Your Pace
Life's pace needs a close watch to be on the right path.
The Fear I Own
This poem is how I felt after two years of staying without talking to my best friend. When I did, I decided to come up with this poem.
In the Evening...
A few verses at the evening of life.
Life is how you chose to live it, let not commerce dictate your happiness.
The Mind-numbing Boredom
Life can be very boring at times.
Maybe I'm the One to Blame
A poem about how some people can feel. If you relate, please comment. I'm always here to listen.
My Life's Notebook
Beyond This Ball
There's life after death for those who choose to have while reverse is the case for the others; choose life and have it.
Strangers in Public
Stalkers in public places.
Be Humble My Soul
Envy not a soul, be humble it pays.
Welcome to Society
My first poem, enjoy.
An Agony Ingrained
Life from the inside of a bottle.
My Only Plea
I haven't been on here in so long, but I'm going to be posting a lot of poems. I've been writing over the last couple of years. Hope you like it! This poem is for anyone who feels sad or like their life isn't worth living, I hope...
Why I Befriended The Bottle
This is the last day of the year 2014, and I couldn't have lived through this year full of pain and sorrow without this friend.
Why Did He Let Me Go?
Ever came so close to death and wondered why you are still alive? Here's an experience with a close accident but death didn't take me.
Is political correctness a tool used by governments to curb the democratic right to free speech?
The Search for Self
We always want to be someone else. We're not happy with our lives. We're too scared to be different, and too uncomfortable while aping others. What an impasse we experience.
They Did This
'I hate him. She did this to me. They all did this to me. I'm depressed, I'm dying. I can't take it anymore.' That's what we all think, but very few people can make a change, some just succumb to the pressure. Those were the only...
Words of Wisdom
The words of a dying father to his son.
Checkmate: Life
A poem of life and death.
A poem on Africa.
Live, Breathe, Cry, Laugh, and Sleep
After watching Dead Poets Society, the ideas flowed through my veins and poof. I wrote this with just one snap. Carpe diem.
How to Live
A motto I wrote on how to live.
We are Judgmental
Why are we so judgmental?
What's Life Without...
Something to ponder upon, this poem describes a fuller meaning to life.
I Made It
I've always been worried about how I would turn out. But it turns out... I made it.
Lamentations of the Aged
I had always wished for old age. Now I wish I were once a little boy.
The Samaritan
Life may be shit, but there is always something to hold on to.
Life is Short
Life is so short for us to be lazy, do evil, and worry. Enjoy life to the max once you have it.
Power in the Word of a Poet
As poets, we have the power to use words as expression, weaponry, as forms of change and influence. Let's not forget the power in our gift.
Feeling Converter
It's my first poem. Hope God listens this feelings.
The Nile River
What y'all think about this poem.
Too Much Squeezing
When we squeeze and shrink too much in order to fit the place where there is no space for us, we end up being something else than original.
Learn from Words
The poem is about life.
Defining Insanity...
Sometimes I feel like I am going insane. I have too many thoughts and they tend to run in circles. This is just an explanation of that feeling.
The Road
This poem is part of a project of mine to help children in poverty in Ghana. I have some vague ideas, but please list some more in the comments section.
Into the Void
The need to flee from life itself.
On Their Trail
For her beauty, the honorable men of the ancients fell. Why can't I also.....
Only I know what is hidden. So sad, I don't know when and how to bring it out.
Something Happened!
Something happened that I don't know about.
A Beautiful Mess
The wonders of one's soul meeting yours and creating a Beautiful Mess. This is for You, inspired by You.
A Shadow No Longer Cast
A short poem about aging.
Haunted By Thoughts of the Past
A piece describing the place where a drug addict ended up and then came to himself that life can be better if the right decisions are made. It was my truth that got me off track in life. According to my truth, was it was ok to do...
A Poem for Danny Boy
This is about a woman whose husband comes home from the war with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
It's The Way You Make Me Feel
'Get lost' is what I want to say to you! I hope you will enjoy it.
Eat Some Curry
Have a day of some R. R curry style.
The Struggle of a Never-Ending Battle
At a certain level, life sucks and makes you feel tired.
The Loss of Purity, Stained with Time
It seems me and my emotions can't find a truce.
Power of the Sun
This poem focuses on the experience of a man on a journey apparently alone and he is trying hard to deal with the elements of the Sun, and to somehow come to terms with the effects of the heat and rays. He seeks the path of his...
The world tells us that we will never achieve our dreams. It's time we should stand up and say, "Just you watch".
The Dancer
I wrote this poem for my friend, Frieda Dean, who is an excellent dancer. Frieda recently wrote to say, she was choreographing dances to my new CD, the "Unsung Songs " and I wrote her this poem in return.
Cast Your Rays, Sunshine...
Just a little harder push, and you'll be there...! Because you'll be proud of yourself. Others will surely follow you.
Fluttering, Flying Heart
The end of it.
A tribute to Srimanta Sankardev.
I've Got about a Hundred Holes in my Heart
I've learned to leave something.
Never Give Up, Never Give In
This poem encourages the subject to keep pressing toward the goal or dream without fail. To keep the dream in mind and pursue it all the way to the end. To shut out all the negatives and to feed on the positives.
Heart Vs. Mind: Who's Right?
There will not be a single being on the earth who has conquered mind and heart together. They both stop each other at a stance. Let's know yourself through this poem.
Where are the Days?
A poem... asking what happened?
Due Man's Fight
Our struggles are meaningless...
The Old Days Of Purity
Read and see what you get from it. Thanks.
As I Lie Here Wishing
To everyone like me...
Plea to Free
Sometimes we have those moments where we feel like we are not moving forward, as if we are still in the past, still in the puddle of pain. This piece is all about how I want to break free, to learn how to be free, to feel free again.
US Visa
Since 2007 until now, I'm waiting for my employment visa in the US. I hope it will come soon.
It's All About The Money
Money is not a root of all evil things. It depends on how you utilize it. Money becomes bad when some people use it to kill other people or commit some crimes.
I'm A Filipino
I am proud to be a Filipino and even though I will be American someday. I won't forget where I came from. I will love both.
The Flames
The flame calls to me.
New World Order (No Doubt)
A little bit of a political rant.
I'm a Girl
This goes out for the male-dominated society we're living in.
Particles of Truth
Philosophically, scientific aspect of desires and emotions.
Good, Better, And Worst
You rise, and then you further rise again. But instead of rising to the apex, you find yourself at the bottom.
You're a Woman
I penned down this poem for women all around the world. They are the most beautiful creation of God.
In. . . .
For anyone who feels like this, you will know. Please feel free to give me feedback.
Burning Fire
A poem on passion...
The Sole Proprietor
At times, we may think people do not care about us, but truly all our actions are being watched and scaled by people in our societies. I hope you would find this interesting.
Live a Good Life While You Can
Life is yours and no one can tell you who you should become, and after all it is your life! Be the way you want.
Thou Shalt Not
Everybody wants to do something, but there are people who will always stop you from doing or being what you want...
Beyond The Abyss
The poem describes itself...
What They Say
This is what I've heard 'they' say... I needed a smile.
With introspection, we can vividly examine our responses.
No Lies and No Cries
Don't lie - key needs for life. It is like a token to play the game of life.
Not for Long
Unpleasant activities never remain forever.
In My Nightmare
About not knowing how to feel after a near-death experience.
I Wish I Was Still The Same Kid…
A little poem urged me to write it.
It is spirituality and what do you feel about the beauty of the one who made this world so beautiful.
Why Do People...
Sometimes, we blame others and God when things go bad. But before we start pointing fingers, make sure we look into ourselves first and we are clean. Please, read my poem. A big thanks!
The Heart of the Matter
What it all comes down to, I guess.
Just Live!
All the things life can be...
Swings, Slides and Roundabouts
The ramblings of increasing age.
Freedom is Everything
Freedom is a natural born right.
Our Nature
Innuendo anyone?
A short rant against life.
Smile Again
This poem is dedicated to all grandparents in the world, especially to my grandparents Soledad and Pacencia. I love you, Nanay Soling and Mama Loyan!
Questions Unasked
Questions, and no answers.
Path to Joy
Choices and decisions made after life-changing situations. Here's the beginning of my path to joy...
At A Stray
Refind your path.
Some Women
Thinking woman...
On This Special Day
Then comes that special day, when a lady should be treasured. To my friend, Emelda Onyeka.
Painful Words
This one isn't meant to rhyme.... It's just a bunch of thoughts. My brother tried to commit suicide, but my sister found him in time and he was rushed to the hospital. This is just a bunch of my thoughts. How I could have helped...
Is it True What They Say?
Just something I wrote when I was bored. Comments are welcome.
Life is but a Strange Illusion
How does one fulfill their destiny?
How Do We Value a Life
This is a poem inspired by a friend from work who was killed in a car accident. After the funeral, people at work were asking what is the point of life and how do we put a value on it. I believe the value in life is in trying to...
Fairytale Endings...
Fairytales make little girls believe there is more to this magical life and it ends happily, except there isn't and it doesn't... comments welcome.
Splash of Life
Joy, love and splash of colors.
Chip On My Shoulder
A political opinion of the wealth of the world as distributed in the present day.
How life is when you are hoping anyone would understand what you are going through by what they are doing.
Secret Fire
A poem about life...
I Looked the Other Way
The unconsciousness of people in this society...
I'm Being Biased... I know!!
My brain cannot exist without a happy heart, I know...
Fathomless Abyss
It speaks for itself.
Afternoon Coffee
Haven't posted in a while... Watch Your Back (WYB) coming out soon-ish. Comment please.
You are Blessed with a Life
A poem full of life...
Not The End
The year is almost done, so I decided to write a poem about it...
Twisted Utopia
We live in a twisted utopia.
I Can Only Do My Best
Things on mind...
Let Go Of Yesterday
A poem about letting go of the past.
Unknown Journey
If you're unsure, see where nature takes you.
Life is But...
A longing to be reunited with a long lost love.
Not Only Me but All Love to Have You!!
It's cool...
It's Not Like It Was
Some things never change.
There Are So Many Things...
There are so many things that we always wish we could change.
So Short
The race of life is not a contest to be won. We do our best as mortal beings and leave the rest.
Living Life as it is Meant to Be
Just being.
Giving in to this World of Mine
Opening up to what is going on around me... and fully being honest to what I need to be for those around me and for myself.
We're Catching Fire
We're set in our ways and we're too close to the end.
Laugh Out Loud!
There are so many people who get anxious or worried, so I created this poem as a piece of advice.
A Puzzle
Life is a puzzle. We either fail to put it together or we eventually get it right.
Urgent Need To Fly
As we near the end of our time on earth...
Tick-Tock Goes the Clock
Hope you like it.
Resigning Peter's Life
Poem about resignation (satire).
Heaven And Hell
Science verses religion. What is life?
A Search For Life
What is life, if not a spiritual adventure?
For Me
I wrote this when I was having a rough day. Just a point I'd like to make.
Life to the Fullest
Knowing when you die...
Her Life is a Song...
Music is life, without it we'd be dead...
The Dreamer
You never really want to wake up.
When I was Young...
You know it's true.
Edge of the Cliff, Before the Fall
About how happiness is deceiving...
There's more to what I am...
The First Line
I entered this into a contest and it had a limit of 20 lines. Most of my poems are well over that, so this is what I came up with. Let me know what you think.
The Grail
Searching for one's soul.
If Only Things Were Different
A poem about all the things that happens in the world and if only they could be stopped.
Your Only Chance
I don't know why I wrote this particular poem. I was sitting there listening to some songs and I started writing, maybe it makes no sense, but to me it makes total sense.
Just another try at poetry, please give feedback. A poem about embracing imperfection because imperfection makes us unique and special.
What I Want
Our dreams...
Life in Love
My first try at poetry. Please tell me what you think! A poem about the unpredictability of life and love and how fast things can change in life.
Hear My Call
A moment of confession from my heart to my life.
Passing Strangers
Is life real, or just a dream?
Forgotten People
People we bypass without a care...
From Time to Time
Life related to a clock.
I Am Invincible
You will always be Invincible.
Mouth, Heart, Hands
This was my first attempt of an emulation poem for my poetry class. I was inspired by the poet Gypsee Yo and her poem 'The Universe is a Love Poem'. She's definitely worth-checking out in my opinion.
Something Town
This poem is about the cycle of life and different perceptions of life. Every place there is a semi-colon, the line following it is a metaphorical representation of the last.
Bitter Shore
It is that feeling of loss, of the unknown being in your face yet knowing what you want. It is that feeling of Life.
Follow the crowd, sheep.
Everything's Nothing
What is out there, and how did you find it?
What am I to You?
Have you ever questioned if anyone ever truly cared about you?
Summer Sunshine
It's a hard life being an adult.
Anger and Forgiveness
Anger will destroy us if we do not forgive.
You Made Me Whole
The savior...
Wall of Lies
Lies don't make you strong.
Something is Wrong
Never lose in life... it's never the end.
To Forgive
It's been years and a dream showed me that I still hold old hurts. I'm not sure how to go about it... but I must right a wrong. I must learn to forgive, no matter how difficult. Hope you like it!
Twirl of Light and Dark
Light and Dark...
You're Not Alone
Please come here and I will help...
Never The Same
A poem I wrote out of frustration... nobody should feel like this.
A Held Back Song
My first poem on Buzzle!
Path of Choice
Making decisions is what life's all about, which is why we can't ever seem to figure out the meaning of life.
All I Want
All I want...
The Sad Truth
This poem explains that life is never perfect. You'll find yourself in difficult situations with a mixture of emotions. Emotions that we all would like to steer clear of but never can. No matter how hard we try.
The Opposite Things in Life
It is a poem that describes the opposite things that happen in life.
Take Hold
I want to take hold of my life and turn it around, so it becomes something I actually want... But my dreams stay dreams and the reality too far for my taste. :) Hope you like it!
Grand Endowment
Life is a gift, bask in its glory.
When in life we lose to realize it's just a new beginning.
The Shrieking Ship
A short poem about a person's life going down but with a representation of a ship. Hope you like it.
Lost Vivacity
It is long since I lost it...
Story of Life
My summing of life.
Battlefield of Words
Is life ever just straight up honesty? I was at a wedding and started thinking how people act... how they lie, how they brag, how they just love to appear better... and it's not just at weddings... it's also in the hallways of any...
Life is Not Always Easy
My life and my reactions to it.
Live for the Moment
Live for the Moment...
How do Dreams Come True
Dreams do come true.
Happy in My Skin
Allow yourself to shine.
Here I Am
We all have ups and downs, but it's what inside us that defines our ability to bounce back and be the best we can be.
Lost in Life
Lost in Life...
The Colors of Life
I wrote this last year. Please comment!
This is World We Live In
I wrote a poem about what our world became.
Life Makes You Think...
This is just a little "Inspirational" poem about life.
I was Lost and Found
I got consumed by addiction, it was in the blink of an eye, in a matter of months, I was lost, and now it's all over with...
Some wars are started within yourself.
Something's Always There for You
Even when people may not be just fly, I wrote this kinda in a song way? So the "there for you's" might seem annoying, but hey, I like it.
Spend my Life Away
I'm not emo!! I SWEAR! But I do have emo thoughts.... like everyone else (I HOPE!)!!!! Hope you like it!!!
Something to Talk About...
Thoughts that come to my mind as I see how we people forget to dream.
Life Is Funny, Isn't It?
Life is a funny thing. And over the years, many people find that out.
Remember Life Goes On!
Most beautiful words ever.
Stand up tall like a pillar.
Open Your Eyes to a New
Just a poem I had fun writing about stuff...
Society's Misfits
So, beggars can't be choosers?... it's a hard life in modern society.
I wrote this because I am a shy person, that I have always been scared to be myself, cause I'm scared if people won't like me. I think there are a lot of people that can relate to this.
Live the Life You Love
Love Life...
How do you look at different situations? What's your way to deal with different things?
The Time
Let's go back to the time when we were humans and we had a heart!
Let's Sing
A song that I wrote, give it your own music and enjoy.
Life's Beautiful
Choices can make you one among many or strikingly different. You are what you choose to be. Choose to be happy, hopeful and you'll realize life is beautiful.
Lonely Day
It is a poem about life.
Our Fears
What really is the cause of people failing in life. The answer to that is nothing but FEAR. People are afraid of doing what they can.
Techno Tyrant
Modern technology is not all goody, goody.......
Thought for Today - Life Goes On
Life goes on.
Perfect World
Life is not like the perfect world.
No One Can Predict the Future of Tomorrow
It's a poem about life.
Dark Life
It is a poem about life and death.
Money Can't Buy You Happiness
Money can't buy you everything, that what it's about - please comment!
*2012 - End of Life?*
What if the world's really coming to and end? What can make god change his mind? Maybe the answer is here.
Little Things
The things which seem so little are in fact, the most important ones.
Wanna know what life is? Read and comment.
Are you livin' in darkness? Read this and bring light back to your life.
Life is Nothing but a Game
I don't know how to describe a poem -.-' so just read :)
Life As We Know It
Itz just something I thought of.
Bee and Ant Never Repent
Its good to be busy has been presented in thoughts by me ....
"Life Goes On" Does It
I'm tired of hearing that phrase..Read if u like it comment it if u don't oh well..
Life is What It Is
This is what life really is... Its either this or that.
Last Day on Earth
What if today was your last day on earth....do tell.
Rest in peace, you will be missed greatly.
Lose Yourself
I wrote what was on my time at the moment. Feel free to comment.
It is a poem about life.
Mirror of Life
A poem about life survey.
An Ideal World?
Life is merely the illusion of existence. It can come and go in a moment of thought, and be lost forever like a fading dream, as it drifts away from us with the passing of time. Why strive to be unique when we all end up in the...
Life's Like That
A poem on some of my experiences in life... a life hard to lead.
Phases of Life
It's all about the tides that change ones life from one phase to the other. Written after I found myself in the world of deep thoughts about life and its existence.
This just shows I think too much when I'm bored lol comment plz and tell me what u think.
A poem about life's depravity. There are no glass slippers in this one!
My Life (Welcome to my Life)
This poem talks about my own life experience. Talks about how you may be feeling also. After the loss of someone you love everything changes.
If Only
Basically, this poem is about wishing life were a dream and everything you hoped was real.
Life is Too Short - Poem
Life is too short and writing quotes or sayings won't change it at all. Life is too short may be to write poems or even a song, let's start with a haiku and words will come along!
Apprciate What You Got
I wrote this I hadda perform it for my class :O it was scary haha.
A Sonnet: Battle for Life
Our life is full of struggle. But actually, this struggle keeps us strong and content.
Living life to the fullest every day.
Art Evermore
A sonnet about life and art.
Just About Me
This is me.
Game Over!
Our life is full of suspense, joy, successes and failures. But it all ends when the dark grave becomes our forever residence.
The Pain
Just something that I came up with one day when I was bored.
Another short poem about death. (God I'm morbid).
Life to Behold
Life is...
Life Goes on...
The mysteries of life are never solved until we seek their answers inside... deep within... Till then... life goes on...
This Book Of Life
How Life Treats people differently...
Just When
Just when...
My Life's Cure...
Life's Journey.
Make Life Profound
Reflecting back on the way I have hidden my desires and abilities from the world; Now arises a time of confidence, and determination to make my life what it can and will be; Profound.
My Life's Changed
Things are great!
This poem is a realization of the struggles of life...
Life's So Strange
^^^^^title says all..pls comment.
Main Stream, a Life You Chose to Waste
Be what you need to be, not what they want to see. Starting off young, being pressured to follow main stream looks. Crooks, they spoiled the unique looks.
The Story of Life
I tried...
My Life
My life is almost over...
Kiss of Life!!
In this world of betrayal and hatred, and our daily chores taking charge over us, this is a small poem to help improve humanity and love amongst ourselves. Kiss, being the most formal gesture to portray love and affection, should...
Pure Life
Well this might be not really nice!! But I had to write it to get my feelings out so I dunno if You actually will understand it bs hope you'll do.
Life Line
Comment please!!!!!!!!! (Not a true story)
Better to Learn
Some truths of life that you need to accept...
Change Is A Sign Of Life
To ripple on eternally is the nature of the brook and to revel in the moment is the moth's true prayer. Each one of us must ebb and rise in the tide of life. There is no wave that doesn't oscillate between the azure womb and shore...
Colors of Life
We are truly a rich lot. Colors abound our understanding and vision. When the 'golden seven' combine, you get the promise of a new day. The inanimate consistently empowers our existence with rich combinations. We too need to...
Happy Life!
Life - the way we take it.
Life Stages..
All the different things we experience in one stage in our lives or another..
Life is PAIN...
Live life don't let life to live you
Best Friend For Life
I am soon to be leaving my school, my friend will be going into College and I am Stuck on what to do. Before I left to pursue my own life I wanted to show my friends how much they mean to me so here is the tribute :D
Lost of life.....
When the faith is lost in the heaven...
Little poem/song I wrote. Different genre of what I normally write but then again new possibilities lead to new chapters in people's lives :)
Life is Reality
Kind of optimistic.. kinda....
Grass Looks Greener On The Other Side
"So unfair", is a consistent cry. Others always seem happier than we are. But look deeper and you will see how blessed you really are...
Saga of Life......
Read this poem to beat the stress out.
Life As a Murderer
Just read :D
Life And It's Game
Game of Life
It's talking about how life sometimes can be to overwhelming and you commit suicide, and you ask yourself who really committed the murder…
My Love Life Is Done [Sonnet]
Why is this happening to me ...... ??
My Life
Being with your true love, waiting until the right time.
Can't Remember
About life and death...
Baby's First Life
It brings tears to my eyes to know that you are mine…
Our Life
Hope you gonna like it guys...
The Loss Of Life
I was replaced, in the midst of all the commotion I feel completely still. I feel at ease, yet so anxious. I don't know what to feel or what to say.
Draw A Picture Of My Life
Some time hurt makes you think this way…
Cleverness Galore!!!
Accept life with its plus and minus.........
This Is About Life
Live laugh and love...
What Is This Life For
About giving up on life and not caring about nothing...
The Thrill
Lost in life and enjoy death...
If Life Was
Problems with life and the world...
Where Are You
Life's suck and then some...
What Did I Really See
Life's journey...
Smothering Drudgery
Monotonous is this mundane life........
Phases And Faces, Most Welcome!
Accepting life in whichever form....................
Passed Me By
About life passing you by...
I'm Weird So True So True
About life, crazy plans for us in poem writing...
Where Are We Now
About life in general...
Eternal Night, my soul of life
Something i wrote during school...
Death, The End
It is the truth of life…
I Quit And Get A Life
When pushed too far...
My painful life.....
There are days, in my life was filled with emptiness...
Life without God's love.........
Our God knows what's best for us...
The Unseen
Problems we face...
What's This Life For
Life and things to do with it...
Guess Who
About life problems...
Life Sucks Big Time
About life....
Life Too Short
Why we should all try to live...
Different people...
Do You Believe?
In the end all that matters is whether you believe or not; is there something in life to strive for or not? But now it's time to ask yourself: Should I or should I not run this knife across my wrist?
LIFE AND LIVING, can they be separated?
A Healing Heart
I wrote this poem when I finally found the love of my life after feeling that there was no chance for my heart to love again. I wrote it for my lover in order to tell him how I felt.
Ended Life
had a dream about dying, prompted this thing
A man joining those who lurk in an empty void; sinners who take their own life and yearn to be whole again, beckoning for others to join the silence.....
The Piercing Sound Of A Ignorant Bell
A very happy point in my life.
Is One Worthy?
I had a lot of good in my life, but about a month after I had written this...as I predicted...I messed it all up.
I'm Gone
Life is crap......
The Release
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Dead Life
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Object-based active archiving preserves classic jazz performances
Swiss university turns to Amplidata's object-based storage to digitize 45 years of Montreux Jazz Festival performances in an active archive.
The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is using a relatively new technology – object-based storage – for active archiving of more than 5,000 classic jazz concert performances. The archive includes video and audio tapes of greats such as B.B. King, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis and Elvis Costello in performances recorded over the past 45 years at Montreux Jazz Festival.
The festival asked EPFL, a Switzerland-based university, to digitally archive 1 PB of data stored on 24 types of media and formats – mainly audio and video tapes - that had been accumulating since 1967. So, EPFL formed the Montreux Sound Digital Project and migrated the prized data to LTO tapes to ensure it is viable before transferring everything to an Amplidata AmpliStor AS20 object storage system.
Alexandre Delidais, EPFL's director of operations and development for the project, said he intended to build an online active archive accessible to anyone in the world – while preserving past and future performances from Montreux.
"We want to make the footage of the data available to students and researchers," Delidais said. "That is the primary goal after saving the archive. We want to build a Montreux Jazz lab inside a building at the school. Then we want to build Montreux Jazz cafes across the world. The plan is to build 20 cafes worldwide."
EPFL has purchased an AmpliStor AS20 storage system with 128 nodes, with each node containing 8 TB of capacity, said Tom Leyden, Amplidata's director of business development and marketing. The system has three controllers using Amplidata's BitSpread object storage codec for unstructured data.
BitSpread takes objects from the application, runs them through a controller and splits them into sub-blocks that are encoded. That means they're mathematically transformed into rules, with an algorithm to create redundancy. The encoded sub-blocks are then spread across the storage nodes and disks to create fault tolerance. The system is policy-based, so the customer determines how the sub-blocks are spread out across the nodes or drives.
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Delidais said the university chose an object-based infrastructure for active archiving because it's highly redundant and it could handle 1 PB of data that can be accessible via HTTP, REST API, C language APIs and Python CLI. One of the benefits of object storage is that it allows data to be dispersed across wide geographical distances. Delidais said when the project began in mid-2010, he couldn't find a file-based storage system that met his needs and budget, so he was surprised when he discovered Amplidata and object storage.
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Legendary stripper and performer Carol Doda, who helped introduce topless entertainment more than 50 years ago, has died at age 78.
Friend Ron Minolla says she died Monday in San Francisco of complications related to kidney failure.
Doda went topless in 1964 at the Condor Club and soon changed every nightspot on busy Broadway. She left the club in 1985 and later owned a lingerie store.
Doda, known for her augmented bust, rode onto stage atop a piano on an elevator platform, debuting the same day President Lyndon B. Johnson drew half a million people in a visit to San Francisco. It wasn't long before the big news in town was "The Girl on the Piano."
An illuminated sign on the club in Doda's likeness later became a landmark.
Anthony Giannini, the owner of Café Union, which is around the corner from where Doda's lingerie shop used to be, said Doda sat in the same chair for lunch almost every day for 20 years. "We would talk about the day and feed her," he said. "It's sad to see her go."
And, while many remember her as a well-endowed entertainer who revolutionized the city's nightclub scene, the people who knew her best say San Francisco is mourning the loss of one of its best.
"There's nobody that didn't know her, care about her," Giannini said. "She was a great person."
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Colors Bigg Boss 9 Double Trouble 28th October 2015 Written Episode – Day 17 Episode Update
Day 16 (continued)
Prince team song Aj ki party starts playing, Prince and his team runs towards washroom as its played there, they start dancing on it, Prince lie on floor and dance like snake, Aman, Arvind, Keith, Rochelle, Yuvika and Rimi dances on song while Kishwar as supervisor watches them and says your team is not wearing mikes (,,
Suyyash team song starts playing, he is fast asleep, he wakes up, he wakes up his team that is Vikas, Mandana, Yuvika ,, Kishwar watches them.
Day 17
All are sleeping, Mei Khiladi toh Anari song plays, inmates dance.
digi ask Prince if he has not slept at night? Prince says it doesnt matter if i was awake. Vikas likes Prince's status. Prince says to Aman that he could have liked it at night but he didnt, now he has done it just for show off.
Mandana says to Rochelle that Prince and Suyyash are both same, if i support Prince then i am very nice for him otherwise i am bad, he doesnt have any constant thinking, Rochelle says both are not deserving to be captain. Rochelle says we are choosing best of worst, for me Prince atleast listen to what others want to say.
Rochelle says to Mandana that Prince got message from his family not from baba thats why he has changed totally, Mandana says i you and Keith are friends and suddenly i will become all b***cy about you, i would start calling you bit*h and insult Keith? it means whatever Prince did was fake all this while, atleast Suyyash didnt change much after listening message, Rochelle says Prince is not changed too but he is trying to play individual now, he got involved with Kishwar and Suyyash too much which he is trying to change now.
Aman tells Prince that i was in washroom, Mandana was saying to Rochelle that Prince doesnt have mind of his own, he gets influenced fast, first he was influenced by Suyyash now by babaji, Prince says not by babaji but by my family.
Suyyash says to Rimi that Prince get angry so fast, i know Pricne very well, Rimi says you just do task genuinely, if you have to win then you will win playing fairly, Suyyash says yes i will do that.
Prince is updating his status, Aman suggest him. otherside Vikas says to Rimi that Aman should behave his age, he is above 50 so he should be sober.
Bigg boss calls everyone in living area. Yuvika is curling her hairs, she says to Vikas that Suyyash and Prince both are same for me, Vikas says give chance to Suyyash once.
Yuvika gives her support to Suyyash after taking it from Prince.
Bigg boss says to inmates that Kishwar will decide who was more entertaining in friendspage, Kishwar says both teams were good, Prince team members didnt wear mikes when they were dancing so Suyyash's team has won, Bigg boss says Suyyash will get extra user now, Kishwar puts extra user(anonymous) on Suyyash's board.
Prince says to Arvind that i wont ask anyone to become my friends, i have friends.
Kishwar says to Keith that Prince team has more members so it was more entertaining but most of you were not wearing mikes so you lost else you would have won.
Rochelle says to camera that i wanna give Suyyash a chance so i am changing my side, she puts her picture on Suyyash's page giving support to him, Prince says to himself that this house is full of fake people.
Vikas says Prince is saying that he will allow everyone to sleep in his captaincy which bigg boss doesnt even allow.
Yuvika comes to Prince and ask if he wants to become captain desperately? he says yes. she comes to Suyyash and ask if he wants to become captain? or can wait, he says i am not dying to become captain, i can wait.
Prince says to Rochelle that buzzer can play anytime so change your side, she gives her support to Prince again.
In confession room, bigg boss says to Prince and Suyyash that a buzzer will play after 30minutes and those who are your friends will become your permanent friends but even after buzzer plays, you both will have chance to convince inmates that you are capable of becoming friends, you will put your points infront of them.
Prince comes and tell this to inmates, he says to inmates that i am thankful to all for supporting me, Mandana says why you change everyday? its like i end my friendship with Keith and Rochelle in a blink, Prince says i have just moved away from them not broken friendship, i just want to take my decisions.
Suyyash says to inmates that i will not give big promises but many people have problem with my anger so i will try to be calm and listen everyone.
buzzer plays, Kishwar says task has ended, Suyyash says no, task is continue that we can rectify things what we did in task.
Kishwar says to Digi that captain want to drink tea so make it, Digi says i will make for you and me, Kishwar says now we can break rules, i can speak english, Digi says i feel Prince will become captain,the time buzzer played, his attitude changed, Kishwar says i want this only, this Prince doesnt do anything, digi says he has broken many rules.
Rochelle is sleeping, cock music starts playing, Kishwar says no worries, sleeping is allowed now as Prince said, she comes to Rochelle and says keep sleeping as its allowed according to Prince, they laugh, Keith says you have said punch line, Kishwar says i love myself sometimes.
Kishwar says i dont know why task is still continued. Kishwar says Prince is dying to become captain, Rimi says suyyash will get chance anytime to become captain but that kid Prince is dying and is so excited to see become captain so all have given him support to become captain, i wanna see what that monkey can do as captain, i told him that you have too much less brain, use that when you become captain.
Rochelle is still sleepy, Kishwar says she should be called rule breaker, Kishwar Rimi make fun of Rochelle's name, calling her Rochelle behen, Rimi says people was thinking how this sweet girl will survive in house, but when she entered house, her tongue started speaking so much that all fell flat infront of her, Kishwar says Rimi couldnt speak anything when she was tied to Rochelle, Rimi smirks.
Rochelle comes to Aman and says Kishwar is making fun now, she didnt say sorry for anything and now joking, Keith ask what happened? Rochelle says she is giving me names like rule breaker etc, she has done wrong so she should say sorry, she should not make fun of my name else i will slap her face.
Rochelle says to Prince that you can have one cup of coffee per day, Kishwar comes and says to Rochelle that you cant drink coffee, rochelle says did you see me drinking it? Kishwar says i saw coffee packet in your hands so came to say it, Rochelle says i have mind so i know i cant drink coffee right now, Kishwar says i dont think you have mind, Rochelle says dont make personal comments, Kishwar leaves. Kishwar tells Suyyash that Rochelle was showing too much attitude, i put her in her place, she says sorry for her snappy attitude, but now she wont do it, now i will not be lenient with her.
Keith says to Aman that Rochelle was just checking coffee packet and Kishwar started pin pointing at her, i will have to talk to Kishwar and if Suyyash comes inbetween then i will have to handle him,
bigg boss says to inmates that when i gave you friendspage task, you forgot important part of task that was punishment chair. Rochelle says i did focus in it, Bigg boss says it was for blocked user, it was said that if anyone does any mistake then they can use this chair, bigg boss wanna know from Prince and Suyyash if no one deserved to be seated on this chair? he ask Suyyash, Suyyash says Rochelle have problem, she uses english but i dont think anyone broke any rule, Prince says i didnt notice much too, Bigg boss says this is why you people are not understanding tasks, you people havent shown any creativity in doing tasks nor you have any enthusiaism to win task, supervisor keep crossing her limits but no one points at her, supervisor was seen saying that she will break rules and will speak in english, when it was said that task is still on, you people gave it up, seeing your carelessness, we are stopping task here as Prince have more friends so PRINCE IS NEW CAPTAIN, Prince thanks him and says we will try to do task more nicely, Aman says we dont concentrate on the instructions when task is given to us, we have concentrate more.
Rochelle says to Keith that Mandana doesnt Prince much, she said that Prince was with me in first week, then he changed side and went to Kishwar and now he is again changing side, she is trying to get goody with Kishwar now, Keith says Mandana have to play game too, she is making friends now, Rochelle says its seems fake to me, she didnt get along well with Kishwar till now and now roaming with her, Keith says let it be.
PRECAP- Bigg boss gives task to inmates, task name is "Shh! kid will wake up", all you have to do is to be silent in task. Task starts, Prince will try to make inmates speak or scream by trying different things on them, he runs a wheel which has shoes placed on it, Keith sit near wheel, Prince hits shoes on Keith's butts by moving wheel so that Keith will scream and kid will wake up, Keith bears the shoe kicking, all are giggling seeing it. Then Rochelle and Vikas places their face on tennis table and Prince hit them with ball to make them scream. Then Mandana wears birthday cap, Prince hits her neck by moving rubber band of cap up and down, all are appalled to see Mandana bearing pain. Then Prince pours bucket of ice on Digi, he keeps poring ice on her head, she bears cold, she clutches her fist and bows down her head but doesnt scream, all are appalled to see it.


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Monday, June 06, 2005
Spirit & Soul of Our Nation
It is time for us to reflect upon our own Nation, what we have achieved throughout the 40 years of Nation Building beside economic prosperity.
We, as citizens, have totally neglected the development of our political landscape. We should reflect on such neglect so that our nation could grow stronger.
Goh Meng Seng
Spirit & Soul of Our Nation
When the people of United States of America was fighting against the British colonists more than two hundred years ago, they have created a great declaration of independence that has signified the values, vision, spirit and soul of their new nation. However, such spirit and soul of "Freedom" and "Liberty" could only be "formally" institutionalized in their laws and constitution back in the 1960s. This is about 180 years after their independence.
For a young nation like Singapore, we do have great virtues and visions during our foundation years of independence. At the very least, in the face of the multi-racial and religious environment, we have embraced EQUALITY, Democracy and Justice. These are all embedded in our National Pledge which is recited by our children everyday in their schools.
"We, the citizens of Singapore
Pledge ourselves as one united people
Regardless of race, language or religion
To build a democratic society
Based on justice and equality
So as to achieve happiness, prosperity & progress for our nation"
However, we are just like USA which has gone through turbulent times in history to get the actual spirit and soul of their nation building implemented through their laws and governments. The Americans have fought civil war over the liberation of human slaves. Have gone through difficult times of struggle for equal rights for their non-white citizens. They have specifically included Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in their government to enforce this spirit of equality. The only difference in Singapore is that after 40 years of independence, our citizens have little concerns about how laws are being changed unless they affect their pockets. The process of de-politicization is so successful that most of our citizens are only concerned about "bread and butter" issues. When Singapore no longer offer them a comfort materialistic living, they would just leave this place altogether.
There is no will nor interests in the politics of Singapore among our citizens anymore. After the political cleansing of late 60s and 70s, the whole generation of Singaporeans has been practically de-politicized and we have become a political desert in this world. Our citizens have chosen to let PAP to do whatever they want to the direction of this country, as long as they could provide them material prosperity.
The spirit and soul of this Nation depends NOT on PAP but on its people. If the people lose interests in every political amendment to the constitution and laws that govern them, we have lost the spirit and soul of this Nation altogether. Unfair laws have been passed without any strong dissidence from the PEOPLE, not merely oppositionists who are directly affected by it. The recent out cry on the Film Act is one great example. Nothing was heard from the people when this act is being amended to include political films. Nobody asked why such discriminative law amendments is necessary when it only benefits the ruling party to extend their monopoly on the powerful media tool of films. Nobody asked why such great discretionary powers are given to government and ministers when there are so many "mandatory" laws passed to restrict judges' discretion in their course of duties.
And this is only the tip of the iceberg. There are election laws being amended to disadvantage the opposition parties which the citizens are aware of but have no political will to send a strong signals to PAP that they do not want such laws. They have even turned a blind eye to gerrymandering by PAP, continue to vote PAP and allow them to win almost all (except two) seats in parliament.
The American pledged their lives to fight for their believe, their believe of liberty and rights. In Singapore we are politically culled by the atmosphere of FEAR and apathy, despite having our children reciting the National pledge of Justice, Equality and Democracy everyday.
We only "talk" about racial harmony and equality but did nothing specifically in setting up "Anti-discrimination" law, nor setting up "Equal Opportunity Commission" of any kind to protect citizens against discriminations of all sorts. The citizens did not see the necessity of setting up such laws too!
We only "talk" about Democracy but did nothing to protect and enhance the system of checks and balance. Instead we have allowed the ruling party to make amends to our constitution, to discourage political competition and thus weaken the element of checks and balances within the system. Electoral participation has dropped tremendously over the four decades of independence. Less than one third of Singaporeans have participated in the voting process for the 2001 election but it seems that nobody really care about that.
I have met friends who are even "HAPPY" about not being "FORCED" (voting is compulsory in Singapore) to go to the polling stations so that they could enjoy the "holiday" fully! I practically told them off that in other countries on this EARTH, people shed blood to fight for their right to vote their own government.
I have even heard about PAP supporters feeling "ANGRY" about people complaining of not having the chance to vote during the General Elections! This is absurd and it demonstrates that they preferred their party to be "unchallenged" at all!
I have even heard about those in the 30s or even 40s who did not have a chance to vote at all in their whole life! This is the sad situation in Singapore. It is not only about having deprived the citizens their political participation in the long run. It is about the "spirit" (or the lack of it?) and apathetic attitude that Singaporeans hold towards exerting their rights to the Nation via the participation in the electoral process. Such deprivation of citizens in exercising their voting rights will have great consequences in demolishing their sense of ownership and belonging in the long run.
We are developing towards a Nation without Soul. A Nation without Spirit. This is the result of a combination of multiple factors. We used to have people with great ideas, ideals, passion and spirit towards all the spheres of life on this land. All is gone within four decades of nation building. The Americans started off with a majority of them indifference to nation building, but they worked towards better nationhood over the two centuries, never let their spirit and soul of the Nation diminished. Throughout the centuries, they have fought bravely in different times to enhance such spirit and soul of their Nation. Our people started off with great desire for an Independent Nation but such zeal of political struggle has eventually destroyed totally by the era of white terror. Total apathy has replaced our Spirit and Soul of our Nation. We have started from "one extreme" to another extreme.
The sand storms of our political desert will eventually wipe us out as a Nation. If we do not awaken the souls of this Nation, we will eventually be buried under the tons of sands of this political desert.
Goh Meng Seng
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At various times throughout our life our financial commitments will alter. Our entry level salary will off course be low and if we are fortunate we gradually increase through middle age when it is most likely to peak. In the case of a growing family along the way we may need to change to a slightly larger home and repackage our home loan at which time the current TDSR rules come into play and cause additional upheaval.
When one reaches retirement, unmarried children contribute in the expenses but could not include as income as their names are not in the property.
Adjustments may need to be made as and when the children move out. Retirees may need to downsize their homes to reduce their home maintenance costs. By this time, one may be able to reap some financial gain from the sale of their home, which with an element of frugality, good luck and planning may have been paid off over the years and increased in value.
While a small percentage of people may not always live within their means the majority are prudent and are to can think for themselves and manage their finances. We cannot eradicate every element of risk.


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Hey guys {{sticker:slayer-jinx-wink}} Since last week, I've been experiencing delay on some commands like moving or attacking. I could move the screen around the map with no problem, only the commands involving my champion were delayed. I have never experienced such thing. I have a constant ping of 26-27 ms and values of 90-120 fps during my games and I also checked there were no packet loss. I've been told to try many things as update Windows, configure the right settings on Nvidia control panel, update drivers, lower ingame resolution and details, set battery settings to maximal performance... but none of them worked. I'm hopeless as I don't know what else I should do in order to get back to the smooth gameplay I've always experienced. I hope someone out there can come out with the solution. Thanks a lot in advance {{sticker:zombie-nunu-hearts}}
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Melbourne medical student Olivia Wells, who was recently crowned Miss Universe Australia 2013, is studying a Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery at Monash University and has hopes of assisting underprivileged countries that require medical assistance.
Miss Universe Australia is a national beauty pageant of Australia that selects the representative to the Miss Universe pageant.
Olivia will soon be heading to Russia, where she will be Australia's representative at Donald Trump's International Pageant, to be held in Moscow on 9 November 2013, where hopefully she will win the coveted crown.
Miss Universe Australia in conjunction with Face of Australia Cosmetics staged the "Face of Australia Cosmetics National Costume Competition" for emerging designers to create and design the Australian National Costume to be paraded by Olivia in Moscow. Queensland Designer, Jason Chectcuti, was announced as the winner with a design that was inspired by the curves of the female form, the blue incorporating our beach culture and the feathers on the dress representing Australia's wildlife. Jason studied in Paris and has worked on Project Runway Australia.
The National Costume Launch Presented by Face of Australia Cosmetics held an exclusive Runway Show in Sydney recently at L'Aqua, which showcased a sneak preview of Jason's winning design, which was paraded by Olivia Wells.
The runway show also featured Adelaide designer Paolo Sebastian's beautiful handcrafted evening gown that Olivia will wear in the contest. The parade also included a collection of dresses that will Olivia will take with her to Moscow as part of her wardrobe.
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(Placename) a republic in SW Europe, on the Atlantic: became an independent monarchy in 1139 and expelled the Moors in 1249 after more than four centuries of Muslim rule; became a republic in 1910; under the dictatorship of Salazar from 1932 until 1968, when he was succeeded by Dr Caetano, who was overthrown by a junta in 1974; constitutional government restored in 1976. Portugal is a member of the European Union. Official language: Portuguese. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Lisbon. Pop: 10 799 270 (2013 est). Area: 91 831 sq km (35 456 sq miles)
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Seminar | November 29 | 9:10-10 a.m. | 238 Sutardja Dai Hall
Georgios Moschidis, Miller Institute and UC Berkeley
In this talk, we will examine how certain geometric conditions on general asymptotically flat spacetimes $(\mathcal M,g)$ are related to stability or instability properties of solutions to the scalar wave equation $\square _g\psi =0$ on $\mathcal M$. First, in the case when $(\mathcal M,g)$ possesses an event horizon with positive surface gravity and an ergoregion which is sufficiently small in terms of the near-horizon geometry, we will prove a logarithmic decay result for solutions to $\square _g\psi =0$, provided a uniform energy boundedness estimate holds on $(\mathcal M,g)$. This result, applicable also in the absence of a horizon and an ergoregion, generalises a result of Burq for the wave equation on the complement of an arbitrary compact obstacle in flat space. We will then proceed to enlarge our scope of asymptotically flat backgrounds by relaxing even further our assumptions on the properties of the ergoregion. In this case, we will present a rigorous proof of Friedman's ergosphere instability for scalar waves in the case when $(\mathcal M,g)$ possesses an ergoregion and no event horizon.


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Hennessy New Irish Writing: The Dead Of Winter
Typical, just typical. I've trudged five cold, rain-sodden miles out from Newport to visit Grace O'Malley's castle only there's nothing to see. Not even a sign – unless you count the tatty Office of Public Works: Keep Out notice swinging from the broken railings, which I don't. What was I expecting to find, I wonder? A boom-time Interpretative Centre? Jaunty, pirate-themed cafe? I jam my hands harder into the pockets of my fleece. Even a leaflet would have been nice.
Rockfleet Castle sits at the edge of the water, squat and square and solid. It must be black as soot on the inside.
Now that I'm closer (that gap in the railings somewhat undermining the creaking authority of the Keep Out notice) I can see that the castle is the edge of the water: its walls climb from the sea, a gift thrown to the land. I have taken myself away from my life for three days. "That's all I want," I told my husband, "three days away."
"A mini-break?" he said. "There's great deals – hotels are on their knees this time of year. But I'm too busy to take time off." He was sitting on the end of our bed, clipping his toenails. "Maybe," he said, "if Mam took Cuan, and Jack went to your sister? I'll think about it."
Each slim sliver he placed neatly on the floor, and when he was finished he gathered them into a pile. A tiny white shoal dropped into the bin under his night table. For me to fish out, I supposed.
"By myself," I said.
"You want a mini-break by yourself?" He looked puzzled. I realised he could imagine only the holiday we would take together. Us, sipping Guinness in country pubs; us frittering away a day in deciding where to have dinner. He thought I wanted the holiday I would have with him, only without him.
"I want to be alone. For three days. That's all. I won't get through the winter otherwise."
"But what about the boys?" he said, in bed now, the glow of the iPad ghoulish on his face. He thinks I make too much of it. Of her. That it – she – consumes me. That I alone tighten the iron band around my heart. I know he thinks it, and he knows I know.
Water laps the sides of the castle, licking the stone. "You alright there?"
"Jesus!" I jump, whirl around. "You scared me half to death!"
"Sorry." The man is wearing an oil slicker and black bobble hat. He steps back and holds up his hands as though I am a cranky dog, liable to nip. He looks older than me, though that could be the beard. He points down a half-hidden slope that leads to a small jetty. The prow of a boat bobs in and out of sight. "You were getting fierce close to the edge."
"I was looking for a door."
"It's around the far side, but the castle's shut up for the winter. You've no fear of ghosts then? It's haunted by Grace O'Malley herself."
"Yeah," I say, "sure."
He nods and I can't tell whether he didn't get that I was being sarcastic, or just didn't care.
"She died here, but her head was buried out on Clare Island and her body is said to set sail from here every night in search of it."
"There's no such thing as ghosts."
"There'd be no such thing as ghost stories, so," he shrugs. "I'll take you out in the boat, if you want? I'm done fishing, there's feck all out there today but it's light enough for a half hour."
"You're a fisherman?' I say, stupidly. "I've never met a fisherman before, which now strikes me as odd, considering how much fish I eat."
"Yeah," he says, "But in the summer I do better from the tourists. Two-hour tour, €20 a head. Seals, mussel farms, Louis Walsh's summer house, the lot." When he nods the bobble on his hat jigs up and down. "They can't get enough of Louis Walsh."
I imagine my husband's look of horror if he could see me now: alone in the dusk in a dead-end with this stranger, this sea-faring giant.
My jeans are stiff from the rain and it's awkward to climb down the metal ladder to the boat, so I take off my thick gloves. I gasp when my hands touch the freezing iron and he – Murrough, his name is – grabs my elbow.
Once again I picture my husband's face (waves of horror, a distinct undertow of reproach) and all of a sudden I'm conscious of the scared thump in my heart and about to exclaim, "No! do you know what? I think I'll leave it for today after all", when he jumps back saying, "It's them last few rungs are the tricky ones, people jump thinking they're in, only they're not."
We chug out into Clew Bay, the engine announcing us to the darkening sea. I guess I can always fling myself overboard if I have to, though the water looks so unforgiving I decide I will take my chances on board.
I feel an unexpected pang for the Seaview Hotel, for my small room with its commanding view of the leisure centre's external ventilation system. Guilt had caused me to book cheaply and unwisely, and thanks to its Winter Warmer Offer – three nights for the price of two, breakfast and dinner thrown in – the hotel is humming with guests. My fellow bargain hunters are either much older than me and enjoying mid-week leisure time, or families with pre-schoolers.
"I took the early retirement package," a man had confided to me in the lift, his pinkish cheeks and juniper breath telling a story of golf, of gin and tonics at the nineteenth. "And we've not looked back since."
I am that holiday oddity; a woman alone. In the restaurant I've noticed older women looking curiously at me. The mothers of small children regard me with something more like envy: I know they are picturing my long hours of unbroken sleep in clean sheets, and my not driving around aimlessly for an hour every lunchtime because the toddler refuses to nap in the €20-per-night-surcharge travel cot.
I have spent the last two days rambling up and down The Greenway trail before coming back to the hotel for a late swim when the pool is quiet. I have kept myself busy and alone. That way I can think about Poppy, can let her fill my thoughts entirely, and still play fair – more than fair; play kind – with the present. When I phoned home Cuan and Jack were chatty and said they missed me. My husband sounded tense and bemused and only when I hung up did I realise why: he hadn't actually believed I'd go.
"Who owns that house there?" I point at the long low lines of grey stone; a ghostly shape flittering through a bank of winter trees.
"Yer man who used be the American Ambassador. Funny enough, no one gives a feck to see his house"' The boat motors along for another minute and then, "Once upon a time," Murrough says.
"What?" This must be his patter for tourists. "A fairy story?"
"A true story."
"Then you shouldn't have once upon a time. If your story is true, it's a legend and they can't start with once upon a time." I am aware of how daft, how childishly pedantic, I sound.
"It's my story." He doesn't look at me. "I can have it whatever way I want." I turn my head to the sea because my eyes have filled with tears.
"Once upon a time," he says, then laughs. "Fair enough. In 1593, Grace O'Malley, pirate queen of Ireland, set sail for London from the very same harbour as ourselves. Her youngest son Tibóid – her favourite for reason of being born at sea – had been taken prisoner by the English and charged with treason, which carried a sentence of death." He pauses. I edge closer to the wheelhouse.
"She sailed her ship the Malendroke as if her own life depended on it and when she got to the Thames Estuary word was sent to Queen Elizabeth. Pirate corpses hung along the Estuary, so she'd have known her fate if she didn't play her cards right.
"Elizabeth sent her a list of 18 questions, but when she received Granuaile's answers she left her waiting six weeks before agreeing to see her."
His voice is bigger than the story needs. I suppose he's used to a chattering, camera-flashing audience.
"It felt like a lifetime to Granuaile, but it was a good omen; she'd been warned she might be still waiting at Christmas."
Christmas. Poppy died on December 22, three years ago. "She had meningitis," I've heard my husband tell people, but to me meningitis had her. It consumed her, destroyed her. And now, when summer is over and the boys go back to school, I feel the draw into winter as a tug to that date.
I close my eyes and let 400 years fall away. Two women living men's lives face each other. A Queen trussed up in a farthingale, face harshly painted, rotting teeth shored up with pieces of stale bread. Bright and garish, she is a flightless tropical bird. Grace O'Malley has hair woven from waterweeds and loose, homespun clothes. Her face is raw from a life at sea. They are the two most powerful women of their age and the only time they will ever meet is for one to beg the other for a life.
The boat lurches and seawater slops over my jeans. Spray touches my eyelids and they shoot open. Through the wet light of the wheelhouse his yellow oil slicker gleams like gold.
". . . and so," he is saying and I realise I must have missed a bit, "Granuaile's words worked. Elizabeth released her son and let her ply her trade in peace in these waters. The Queen was so impressed she had her lads draw a map of Ireland with Granuaile included as a chieftain of Mayo. She was the only woman ever to be named a chieftain."
He pauses and raises his eyebrows till they disappear under his hat. "And," he adds with a grin, "they all lived happily ever after."
"How do you know so much about her?"
"My own people are descended – I don't know how many greats back – from her grand-nephew. He was another Tibóid." He turns the wheel in a wide arc. "Let's head in now, maybe we'll get a seal or two to perform for us on the way."
We head back for the harbour and Newport and the road to Dublin and my life of the last three years and the years before that and the years yet to come. I can't see it, but I know Croagh Patrick rises, tall and broad and severe, from the mists on the land to one side. I turn my back to it and look at Rockfleet looming ahead, the moon turning its grey stone to silver.
"The castle was owned by Granuaile's second husband, Murrough says, "but under Brehon Law she divorced him by calling, 'Richard Burke, I dismiss you', from a window and lo! it became hers. 'Twas easier done in them days," he grins.
I picture her on the turret, red hair fizzing and gossamer-thin nets spinning from her fingers as far as her eye could see and her heart could want.
He tucks his boat into the crook of the harbour and we clunk up the ladder. My lungs are full of sea-cold air, my throat scratchy with salt. I offer him €20.
"Ah, you're grand," he gently pushes my hand away. "You didn't see much after all."
And from up ahead I hear the wind grab the loose Keep Out notice and beat it, beat it hard against the railings.
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What You Should Know About Immunotherapy And Stinging Insect Allergies
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If you've been diagnosed with a stinging insect allergy, it's important that you are proactive about both avoiding the hazard and treating the condition if you're exposed. In addition to providing avoidance tips and a sting kit to treat allergic reactions, your allergist may also recommend immunotherapy. Often referred to as 'allergy shots,' immunotherapy can provide you with long-term management of stinging insect allergies. Here's a look at the basics of immunotherapy to help you decide if it's right for you.
How Does Immunotherapy Work?
Immunotherapy treatments expose your body to small amounts of the allergen via an injection. The repeated exposure to the allergen encourages your body to develop a tolerance for it, reducing the risk of significant reactions. This is much like the way that a vaccine works.
Immunotherapy is administered in stages. It starts with the build-up stage, which is when you receive injections of gradually increasing amounts of the allergen. You'll usually visit a couple of times a week for a few months for this phase. Then, the second phase is maintenance. This involves routine visits once every few weeks to keep your body's immunities consistent. This phase often continues for several years to ensure that your body has built a lasting resistance to the stinging allergen.
Is Immunotherapy Effective?
Immunotherapy can help to decrease the symptoms of a variety of allergies. It can help to reduce the risk of developing additional allergies, too. The actual effectiveness of immunotherapy will depend on how long you receive treatment and how much of the allergen you receive.
There are several reasons why you may not successfully respond to immunotherapy. For example, if the dose of the allergen isn't enough for your body to trigger a response, that may render it unsuccessful. If you are allergic to something that wasn't identified in the initial assessment, that can also mean your treatments are ineffective. Sometimes, high levels of other allergens can interfere with your body's ability to respond to the treatment as well, making your immunotherapy treatments less effective than they could otherwise be.
Who Are Good Candidates for Immunotherapy?
Immunotherapy is a viable option for kids and adults, but children under five aren't always ideal candidates because they cannot typically articulate any complications or symptoms that they may be having as a result of the treatments. Your allergist will also consider your overall health. If you have a cardiac condition, you may not be a good candidate, either.
Your allergist and immunologist will evaluate many things, including the severity of your symptoms, how well any medications have been working to manage your symptoms, and how committed you are to making all of the appointments. You have to be able to put the time in for the appointments or the therapy will not be effective at all.
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In most cases, you'll experience very little in terms of a reaction to immunotherapy treatments. You may experience some swelling and redness where you got the injection. It could be up to a few hours after treatment before redness appears, though it can occur almost immediately after the injection. Additionally, you may experience symptoms such as hives, nasal congestion or sneezing.
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Sometimes, the best dreams are the most cruel. I finally fell back asleep this morning around 7 when I had the most spectacular dream ever (it's clean, FYI, for people like Sunny who were wondering…). It couldn't have been better. But then I slightly jerked in my sleep and I knew I was in the middle of a dream.
While sometimes lucid dreaming gives me the most incredible feeling to be able to manipulate my dreams, it wasn't the case in this dream. I was just absolutely crushed that this epic scene involving Hot Model Hipster Guy in Media Studies Class was in fact not real life. Instead of basking in the glow of the dream, I quickly woke myself up.
Stupid stupid brain. Thanks for getting my hopes up.
I'll be depressed for the rest of the day.
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