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My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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Off the Cuff / My Other Journal #671073 added October 9, 2009 at 2:35pm Restrictions: None
Nobel gone haywire?
Just yesterday, I wrote about the 2009 Nobel winner in literature. Today came another shocker surprise.
Well, Congratulations to our President. I voted for him, and I couldn’t be happier that someone from my country was awarded such an honor. Plus, I know he didn’t petition for this unlike the Chicago-for-the-Olympics thing. The question of integrity here is directed totally to the distributors of the Nobel prizes.
Then, I have the feeling that this action could be some sort of a prepayment or should I dare say bribe for influencing the future events? Have the Nobel Prizes turned into a sort of lobbying force? Or was this just another anti-Bush gesture?
So many other questions, too, I dare not ask.
On the other hand, bold moves are the modus operandi of the Nobel Prizes. I feel even the scientific and culturally oriented Nobel prizes, sometimes, reek of political intent, and as history indicates, the Nobel Peace Prize is usually, if not always, political.
Let’s hope this political intent of the Nobel Prizes turns out to be positive, brings forth hope for the future, and unites us in a humanitarian world.
Let's at least hope.
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