Fear

Fear

The world crumbles

again

and yet

all things must pass
there is nothing new under the sun
I remember his words
do not be afraid.
___________________________

This is my contribution to the 25 Words of Wisdom project from Liz Strauss.

(Photo, do u fear love, by ia7mad on Flickr.)

13 Responses to “ Fear ”

  1. This ‘game’ is so much fun isn’t it? Wonder if Liz is going to publish an ebook of all these pieces - she could sell the rights the the London Underground as an extension of their ‘poetry on the tube’ initiative too couldn’t she?

    Actually, that’s an interesting question - what would the copyright situation be with a project like that as far as contributers go?

  2. Hi Claire, thanks for visiting Word Sell! Good idea - it would be a perfect ebook. I have no idea about the copyright, but I’ll bet you dollars to donuts Liz does.

  3. Actually, you should ask Drew McClellan that question! (the AoC books)

  4. Great post, I like where you went with your 25 words. Here is my contribution http://tinyurl.com/5jov9q

  5. Brad,
    What you wrote is so powerful. Thank you.

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  8. Love this, Brad! It’s powerful, so true, and so encouraging!

    Turning your entry into a poem was a wonderful way to make every word count!

    Great work!
    Jeanne

  9. Thanks, Jeanne - glad it affected you that way. To tell the truth, there were two reasons why I made it a poem. First, I saw Robert Hruzek’s entries done that way and loved them. Second, I couldn’t figure out how to punctuate it as a single sentence!

  10. Making it a single sentence could have been tough! But, it’s just as well, because it’s perfect just the way it is!

  11. Brad, I’m sorry that I didn’t comment on this at the time, I read it and meant to but was busy catching up on feeds.

    I found this a very powerful contribution. Quietly powerful if you know what I mean.

    And I thought you said you didn’t really get poems?

    Joanna

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