Today's poem:

We Wear the Mask
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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#deception #mask #poetry #dishonesty #PaulLaurenceDunbar #sadness #pain #need

"Lily of the Valley"
Teableau for 08/18/25

Inspired by a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).

#Tea #LilyOfTheValley #Nurse #Shepherd #Zelenskyy #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #BlackTea #Handmade #Sewing #VintageChina #VintageGlass #EarlGrey #AhmadTeas #DepressionGlass #FentonGlass #ArtGlass #Embroidery #PaulLaurenceDunbar

I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright on the upland slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass,
And the river flows like a stream of glass;

#PaulLaurenceDunbar (1899) #poetry #poem

@RocknRoll_Papy @NoelWauchope all Homo do pattern recognition; it is all too human to see and delight in recognizing sameness regardless whether it’s aesthetic facial symmetry or surface identity politiks from skin pigment to whatever whatever is being portly taught in schools. #samesamebutdifferent-wise Homo is fond of naming difference like a demon and using it as a foil while #id hides the bodies.

But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask! #paullaurencedunbar

Day

The gray dawn on the mountain top
Is slow to pass away.
Still lays him by in sluggish dreams,
The golden God of day.
And then a light along the hills,
Your laughter silvery gay;
The Sun God wakes, a bluebird trills,
You come and it is day

#PaulLaurenceDunbar