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About Kathryn

"Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything - you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
--Robert A. Heinlein

The Upper Right Edge

May 18, 2013 by Kathryn 3 Comments

There are some parts of the world
Where writing begins at the upper right edge
For those who know how to write.

[erom daeR]

Filed Under: Culture, Poetry, Politics, ULE Tagged With: christianity, cost of war, fear, ignorance, islam, religion, terrorism, war

The Scientist Stood

March 22, 2013 by Kathryn 3 Comments

Closer and closer his little spaceship came
To the event horizon of the black hole.
This was his great adventure.
What he had studied all his life
Might today be proven true or false.
Or perhaps not proven at all.

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Filed Under: Poetry, Spirit, ULE Tagged With: loss, meaning, religion, science fiction, spirituality

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