A voice from the dark called out, “The poets must give us imagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiar imagination of disaster. Peace, not only the absence of war.”
But peace, like a poem, is not there ahead of itself, can’t be imagined before it is made, can’t be known except in the words of its making, grammar of justice, syntax of mutual aid.
A feeling towards it, dimly sensing a rhythm, is all we have until we begin to utter its metaphors, learning them as we speak.
A line of peace might appear if we restructured the sentence our lives are making, revoked its reaffirmation of profit and power, questioned our needs, allowed long pauses. . . .
A cadence of peace might balance its weight on that different fulcrum; peace, a presence, an energy field more intense than war, might pulse then, stanza by stanza into the world, each act of living one of its words, each word a vibration of light—facets of the forming crystal.
A Prayer for Victory over Temptation
Haste to me, Lord, when this fool-heart of mine
Begins to gnaw itself with selfish craving;
Or, like a foul thing scarcely worth the saving,
Swoln up with wrath, desireth vengeance fine.
Haste, Lord, to help, when reason favours wrong;
Haste when thy soul, the high-born thing divine,
Is torn by passion’s raving, maniac throng.
A Wish for Peace I wish for you,I wish for me,I wish for all the world to live in harmony.When I look into the sky at night and see the stars above,I wish for peace, I wish for love. I wish for you…I wish for youI wish for me…I wish for me I wish for all the world to...
PEACE "When there is no peace in Heaventhere is no peace in the universe,when there is no peace in the universethere is no peace in the cosmos,when there is no peace in the cosmosthere is no peace in the sky,and when there is no peace in the skythere is no peace on...
Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave, Let me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave, And ask’d, if Peace were there, A hollow wind did seem to answer, No: Go seek elsewhere.
I did; and going did a rainbow note: Surely, thought I, This is the lace of Peace’s coat: I will search out the matter. But while I looked the clouds immediately Did break and scatter.
Then went I to a garden and did spy A gallant flower, The crown-imperial: Sure, said I, Peace at the root must dwell. But when I digged, I saw a worm devour What showed so well.
At length I met a rev’rend good old man; Whom when for Peace
I did demand, he thus began: There was a Prince of old At Salem dwelt, who lived with good increase Of flock and fold.
He sweetly lived; yet sweetness did not save His life from foes. But after death out of his grave There sprang twelve stalks of wheat; Which many wond’ring at, got some of those To plant and set.
It prospered strangely, and did soon disperse Through all the earth: For they that taste it do rehearse That virtue lies therein; A secret virtue, bringing peace and mirth By flight of sin.
Take of this grain, which in my garden grows, And grows for you; Make bread of it: and that repose And peace, which ev’ry where With so much earnestness you do pursue, Is only there.
I’m grateful for change, the ups and the downs, Both happiness and sadness, the smiles and the frowns.I’m grateful to writing for giving me pause, To examine the world, for its beauty and flaws. To cheese, I thank you for obvious reasons, And I too must show love to...
The Most Important Things in Life The most important things in lifeAre not ‘things,’ most knowIt’s the people in our livesWho make our Hearts grow Our family of Loved onesAre the most important of allThey fill our lives with memoriesEspecially those who are small The...
PEACE "When there is no peace in Heaventhere is no peace in the universe,when there is no peace in the universethere is no peace in the cosmos,when there is no peace in the cosmosthere is no peace in the sky,and when there is no peace in the skythere is no peace on...
Peace Is Holy Sacred peace by human civilizations under ratedpeace by entity humanity under ratedpeace by dictators transgressions slighted peace by megalomaniac leaders crushed peace so preciouspeace so gloriouspeace so miraculous peace so holy sacred peace an...
Let Peace Prevail In This World by Ravi Sathasivam
When you look for peace then the peace lies within you When you search for peace then it is not hard to find When you want to keep peace alive then you allow white doves to fly over you When you make peace with others then the whole world live in your heart When you let peace be in the world then you live in wonderful world When you allow peace flow around the world then your hateness will go and love will flow When you open the door for peace then peace welcome to your lives. Let the peace prevail in our wonderful world
🌿 Stories of Peace: A Community Storytelling Walk in the Park 🌿
Part of the Coventry Peace Festival 2025
🕊️ A Walk for Peace and Connection
What if stories could bring people closer, heal divisions, and inspire hope? This November, Emerald Book Club invites you to experience just that at Red House Park, Coventry, as part of the Coventry Peace Festival 2025.
Stories of Peace: A Community Storytelling Walk in the Park will offer residents a calm, creative, and inclusive space to connect, reflect, and celebrate Coventry’s identity as a City of Peace and Reconciliation.
The event encourages people from diverse backgrounds to come together outdoors, share personal stories, listen to others, and build mutual understanding. Through storytelling and poetry, participants will explore themes of peace, forgiveness, and unity in a way that strengthens empathy and social cohesion.
This activity promotes mental wellbeing by combining gentle movement, nature, and creative expression. It will also help reduce isolation by creating opportunities for conversation, friendship, and intergenerational connection in a relaxed, welcoming setting.
By fostering dialogue and respect through the shared power of words, Stories of Peace will strengthen community spirit and highlight the importance of peace and reconciliation in everyday life.
📖 Discover the Power of Shared Stories
Our event,Stories of Peace, is more than just a walk — it’s a journey through words, voices, and shared experiences.
As we stroll through the park’s peaceful paths,local storytellers and poetswill share powerful tales and poems aboutpeace, forgiveness, and unity. Each stop along the walk will open a window into how storytelling connects us all — acrossgenerations, cultures, and communities.
💚 Be Part of Something Meaningful
Imagine spending an afternoon surrounded by nature, listening to stories that warm the heart and spark reflection.
Whether you want to listen, share, or simply be part of a peaceful moment, Stories of Peace is for you. Together, we’ll celebrate Coventry’s proud legacy as a City of Peace and Reconciliation — and remind ourselves of the beauty found in every voice.
🌍 Join Us!
📅Date:Saturday 8 November 2025 🕐Time:1–3 PM 📍Location:Red House Park, Coventry 💫Free Event | All Welcome | No Booking Required
Come walk with us. Listen. Share. Connect. Let’s tell stories that bring peace to our city — one step and one word at a time.
🔖 About the Coventry Peace Festival
The Coventry Peace Festival celebrates the city’s ongoing role as a City of Peace and Reconciliation, offering creative and community-led events that promote unity, understanding, and hope.
Emerald Book Club is proud to be part of this year’s programme with support from Coventry City Council.
Poems About Peace
Making Peace by Denise Levertov
A voice from the dark called out,
‘The poets must give us
imagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiar
imagination of disaster. Peace, not only
the absence of war.’
But peace, like a poem,
is not there ahead of itself,
can’t be imagined before it is made,
can’t be known except
in the words of its making,
grammar of justice,
syntax of mutual aid.
A feeling towards it,
dimly sensing a rhythm, is all we have
until we begin to utter its metaphors,
learning them as we speak.
A line of peace might appear
if we restructured the sentence our lives are making,
revoked its reaffirmation of profit and power,
questioned our needs, allowed
long pauses . . .
A cadence of peace might balance its weight
on that different fulcrum; peace, a presence,
an energy field more intense than war,
might pulse then,
stanza by stanza into the world,
each act of living
one of its words, each word
a vibration of light—facets
of the forming crystal.
Peace Walk by William Stafford
We wondered what our walk should mean,
taking that un-march quietly;
the sun stared at our signs— “Thou shalt not kill.”
Men by a tavern said, “Those foreigners . . .”
to a woman with a fur, who turned away—
like an elevator going down, their look at us.
Along a curb, their signs lined across,
a picket line stopped and stared
the whole width of the street, at ours: “Unfair.”
Above our heads the sound truck blared—
by the park, under the autumn trees—
it said that love could fill the atmosphere:
Occur, slow the other fallout, unseen,
on islands everywhere—fallout, falling
unheard. We held our poster up to shade our eyes.
At the end we just walked away;
no one was there to tell us where to leave the signs.
Peace by George Herbert
Sweet Peace, where dost thou dwell? I humbly crave, Let me once know. I sought thee in a secret cave, And ask’d, if Peace were there, A hollow wind did seem to answer, No: Go seek elsewhere.
I did; and going did a rainbow note: Surely, thought I, This is the lace of Peace’s coat: I will search out the matter. But while I looked the clouds immediately Did break and scatter.
Then went I to a garden and did spy A gallant flower, The crown-imperial: Sure, said I, Peace at the root must dwell. But when I digged, I saw a worm devour What showed so well.
At length I met a rev’rend good old man; Whom when for Peace
I did demand, he thus began: There was a Prince of old At Salem dwelt, who lived with good increase Of flock and fold.
He sweetly lived; yet sweetness did not save His life from foes. But after death out of his grave There sprang twelve stalks of wheat; Which many wond’ring at, got some of those To plant and set.
It prospered strangely, and did soon disperse Through all the earth: For they that taste it do rehearse That virtue lies therein; A secret virtue, bringing peace and mirth By flight of sin.
Take of this grain, which in my garden grows, And grows for you; Make bread of it: and that repose And peace, which ev’ry where With so much earnestness you do pursue, Is only there.
Peace Poem by Alan Robertson
The Poem for Peace
Lay down the poppies let the white doves fly,
We all pray for peace is the new battle cry.
Heavy gun fire comes down overhead,
This never should happen as this shall be said.
Those guns and bullets that take all our young,
We all cry for peace let this song be sung.
Let’s lay down the guns, let’s lay down all arms,
So these noble young men can return to their cities and farms.
Peace now and forever is the new battle cry,
Repeating these words until the day I shall die.
A . W . Funston – Robertson
16-10-2024
Let Peace Prevail In This World by Ravi Sathasivam
When you look for peace then the peace lies within you When you search for peace then it is not hard to find When you want to keep peace alive then you allow white doves to fly over you When you make peace with others then the whole world live in your heart When you let peace be in the world then you live in wonderful world When you allow peace flow around the world then your hateness will go and love will flow When you open the door for peace then peace welcome to your lives. Let the peace prevail in our wonderful world
Crusoe in England By Elizabeth Bishop A new volcano has erupted, the papers say, and last week I was reading where some ship saw an island being born: at first a breath of steam, ten miles away; and then a black fleck—basalt, probably— rose in the mate’s...
A selection of 10 lettter words that are synonyms or similar to gratitude. Do you have any others to add the list? let me know in the comments below. ANSWERABLE CENSURABLE DEPENDABLE ENRAPTURED ENTHRALLED FAVOURABLE PROPITIOUS PROSPEROUS SPELLBOUND STIMULATED...
Celebrating Peace in Coventry: The Coventry Peace Festival 2025
The Roots of Peace
Every November, the city of Coventry pauses to remember. The Coventry Peace Festival marks not only the anniversary of the devastating Blitz of 14 November 1940, but also celebrates the city’s ongoing commitment to peace, reconciliation and community renewal. This year—on the 85th anniversary—it holds a special resonance: the festival emphasises Coventry’s resilience, cultural creativity and role as a “City of Peace and Reconciliation”.
The official festival website describes the event as a “programme of public events and activities that promote peace, unity, understanding and positive community relationships.”
Its Influence and Impact
Over the years, the Coventry Peace Festival has grown in both scale and purpose. Key features of the 2025 programme include:
A monumental installation inspired by Coventry Cathedral, comprising 1,300 cardboard boxes crafted by local residents—a powerful symbol of memory, hope and communal creativity.
The Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture, delivered by Mandy Sanghera OBE on 6 November, exploring her work with victims of honour-based violence and cultural abuse.
A diverse programme of walks, workshops, exhibitions and performances—offered free of charge—inviting Coventry’s inhabitants and visitors to reflect together, learn together and build stronger connections.
The practical community impact is significant. These events:
strengthen inter-faith, inter-cultural and inter-generational dialogue
provide accessible creative and mental-wellbeing activities in shared public spaces
remind the city of its legacy while inviting a future of active peace-making
Join Emerald Book Club
As part of this year’s festival, the Emerald Book Club is proud to present Stories of Peace: A Community Storytelling Walk in the Park. This event is rooted directly in the festival’s themes of peace and reconciliation.
By choosing to gather in Red House Park and offering a walk that intersperses live storytelling, poems and open-mic sharing, we are:
promoting togetherness and listening in a relaxed outdoor environment
creating a safe space for participants to reflect on peace, forgiveness and unity
connecting ours to Coventry’s broader story of resilience, recovery and hope
Why this Matters
Our involvement is more than just an event—it’s a contribution to Coventry’s identity. Through the Emerald Book Club’s walk:
Local voices will be heard—those of poets, storytellers and community members alike
Public space becomes an active site of inclusion and cultural exchange
Attendance and interaction nurture the festival’s goal of cultivating positive community relationships around peace
Join Us
📅 Saturday 8 November 2025 🕐 1–3 PM 📍 Red House Park, Coventry 💚 Free event | All welcome | No booking required
Come share your story, listen to another’s, and walk with us as part of Coventry’s ever-evolving peace journey.
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Coventry Peace Festival Events
Booking for events is not required unless stated on the event listing.
Coventry Multifaith Annual Peace Walk 2025
Coventry Multifaith Forum Saturday 1 November 2025, 10am to 2pm Priory Visitor Centre
The theme of this peace walk links to the commemoration of the 85th anniversary of The Blitz. It also links to the national interfaith week theme which is ‘community together we serve’. Each place of worship will be presenting an item that develops social cohesion.
Let’s Embrace Peace
Vanny Radio Saturday 1 November 2025, 11am to 3pm 161 Broad Street Centre
Join us for an inspiring day of creativity and connection as part of Coventry’s Peace Festival. Through performances, workshops, art and intergenerational dialogues, we’ll explore peace, unity and understanding. Young people will lead creative projects and discussions celebrating diversity, empathy, and community harmony. Everyone is welcome to take part.
Sikhs in World War II
Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash Monday 3 November 2025, 5.30pm – 7pm Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash
Service and exhibition about the role that Sikhs played in World War II. Hear from different speakers and see the exhibition.
Songmaking
Underground Lights Tuesday 4 November 2025, 2pm to 4pm Coventry Central Hall
Join Underground Lights for this creative workshop where you’ll work together as a group to create a song exploring peace and reconciliation. Session suitable for people aged 18+.
Learn the Heritage Craft of Woodcarving
Coventry Woodcarvers Association Tuesday 4 and Tuesday 11 November 2025, 5.45pm to 8pm Finham Park School
People are invited to have a go at woodcarving. We will start with an introductory talk and demonstration, followed by practical instruction to learn carving techniques. Attendees can then carve a dove of peace. There will be different options to finish the carving so everyone can create their own individual dove. Emailcov.carvers@gmail.comto book. Suitable for ages 11 and over. Anyone under the age of 17 must beaccompanied by parent or guardian.
Peace Without Reconciliation: Lessons from East Asia
University of Warwick Tuesday 4 November 2025, 6.15pm to 8pm The Oculus, University of Warwick campus
A panel of experts on East Asia will unpack the politics of the recent World War II commemorations. Drawing on examples like Hiroshima, they will show how national politics have intertwined with national memories used for political ends, creating obstacles to reconciliation as nations clash over opposing interpretations of history. Following the discussion members of the audience will be invited to ask questions.Visit the University of Warwick website to book.
Coventry Peace Trail
Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 November 2025, 10.30am to 12pm Coventry Cathedral Ruins – beside The Charred Cross
This walking tour visits sites associated with peace in Coventry city centre. It begins with the ruins of St. Michael’s Cathedral and concludes in Millennium Place. This year will focus on the peace trail sites near Coventry Cathedral Ruins. Everyone will be given a free Peace Trail booklet with information about all 27 Peace Trail sites.
Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture
Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation Thursday 6 November 2025, 6pm to 8.30pm Coventry Cathedral
This year’s Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture will be delivered by international human rights activist, Mandy Sanghera OBE. Her work focuses on supporting victims and survivors of honour-based violence and cultural abuse, with the lecture covering some of her vital work and advising how people can help and support this cause. Emaildavidfishcf@msn.comto book.
Reflections with Godiva Sisters
Godiva Trust Friday 7 November 2025, 11am to 1pm Priory Visitor Centre
We remember the message that went out around the world after the Blitz, the message of Peace and Reconciliation. In these turbulent times, the Godiva Sisters reflect on the world through their cultures and faiths and spread the message of peace in Coventry. There will be a short walk to reflect in Priory Gardens.
Peace Wreaths from the Orchard
Coventry Peace Orchard Saturday 8 November 2025, 11.30am to 1.30pm Visitors Centre at the War Memorial Park
An outdoor, hands-on workshop where participants create small autumn wreaths or hanging decorations using natural and found materials from the Peace Orchard. Twigs, windfall apples, leaves, pinecones, seed heads and recycled ribbons are woven into simple circular wreaths.
Stories of Peace: A Community Storytelling Walk in the Park
Emerald Book Club CIC Saturday 8 November 2025, 1pm to 3pm Red House Park
Emerald Book Club proposes Stories of Peace: A Community Storytelling Walk in the Park – an interactive outdoor storytelling experience at Red House Park. The walk has been designed to celebrate peace, unity and reconciliation through the power of stories and words. Emailemeraldbookclub@gmail.comto book.
Together for Peace
Young Beacons CIC Workshops on Thursday 6 and Friday 7 November, 12.30pm to 2.30pm Showcase on Saturday 8 November, 1pm to 5pm Wava Hall
Event where children and young people will come together to create art pieces that represent and promote peace. These will be pieces that resonate with, and represent the significance of, both the Blitz and Coventry’s identity as a City of Peace and Reconciliation. There will be two sessions to create the art pieces followed by a showcase to share the art. To book a place for youngsters aged 8 – 18, emailinfo@youngbeacons.co.uk.
Soul Coventry
Priory Visitor Centre Saturday 8 November 2025, 6pm to 9:30pm Priory Visitor Centre Tickets must be purchased in advance to attend this event
A dynamic live music and poetry event dedicated to showcasing the talents of local and emerging artists from Coventry. Our mission is to create a safe, intimate and welcoming environment that encourages individuals to share their artistic expressions. Join us as we provide a platform for participants to explore and communicate their personal journeys, healing and growth through creativity. To book tickets,visit the event page.
Remembrance Sunday Service
Coventry City Council War Memorial Park Sunday 9 November, 11am to 1pm
Annual Remembrance Sunday Service which takes place by the Cenotaph in the park. Attended by the Lord Mayor of Coventry, the Bishop of Coventry and serving and retired members of the armed forces. The event is followed by a ceremony at London Road Cemetery at 3pm.
The Role of the Civic University in Peace Dialogue and Education
University of Warwick 10 November |10am – 11am (UK time) An online event on via Microsoft Teams, exploring how students, researchers, and the local community can encourage peace, critical thinking, and civic engagement amid rising misinformation and polarisation. To join, email Briony Jones atB.Jones.5@warwick.ac.ukfor a link.
Faces of Hope
ALTA Community Monday 10 November 2025, 10am to 3pm MS Therapy Centre
Faces of Hope is a deeply personal exploration of healing, peace and renewal. Working with plaster of Paris and clay, artist Veronica Grant has created calm, gentle faces emerging from rough, textured surface. This artwork captures how beauty can grow from pain, and how the human spirit can find its way back to gentleness and light.
Acknowledging Support of the Commonwealth in the World Wars
St Paul’s Church Monday 10 November 2025, 10.30am to 11.30am Peace Park (corner of Foleshill Road/Livingstone Road)
Local schools will read peace poetry local places of worship to acknowledge members of their congregations/sangat that fought in the war. We’ll focus on the 85th anniversary since the Coventry Blitz and remember the efforts of our community to recover and serve each other and the city together.
Tea, Tales and Togetherness
Foleshill Women’s Training Tuesday 12 November 2025, 10am to 2pm Foleshill Women’s Training Centre
This women’s only event will bring together women from diverse backgrounds to celebrate peace through poetry, storytelling, and cultural sharing. Participants will read short poems in their own languages, express their hopes for peace. Refreshments will be provided. Booking required – call 07508 437589 or 024 7663 7693
History Tour around Coventry Cathedral
WATCH Charity Tuesday 12 November 2025, 3.30pm to 5.30pm WATCH Community Centre
A trip for young people aged 8 to 18 to visit Coventry Cathedral. They will get the chance to connect with the city’s history, particularly The Blitz, and the Cathedral’s role as a symbol of peace. This visit will inspire their understanding of reconciliation so they can work together to produce a show to air on local radio.
Malaysian Coventry Society Thursday 13 November 2025, 12pm to 3pm Evro Cafe by Warung
We are a community group promoting cultural understanding, friendship and shared learning among communities in our city. We are running a ‘Show and Tell’ cultural workshop to raise awareness of Malaysian culture through interactive and sensory experiences including food, costumes, games and crafts.
Radio Show “Coventry: City of Peace and Reconciliation”
WATCH Charity Friday 14 November 2025, 10am to 12pm WATCH Community Centre
Working with our Skillz with Hillz radio training cohort, young people will co-create and broadcast a radio programme. The show will feature reflections, interviews and creative expressions inspired by the Peace Festival’s themes, their experiences at the Cathedral and in the workshops.
Dove Decorating Workshop
WATCH Charity Thursday 13 November, 3.30pm to 5.30pm WATCH Community Centre
This session is for children and young people aged 8 to 18. They will design and decorate clay or paper doves, symbolising peace, hope and reconciliation. The doves will serve as both a personal reflection and a collective artwork, highlighting the importance of peace across generations.
Hearts can ache without breaking: The story of the Coventry Blitz as seen from Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Church Friday 14 November, 12pm to 2pm Holy Trinity Church
Join us to listen to a short talk to hear the story of the Coventry Blitz as seen from Holy Trinity. The talk will be followed by a tour of the church with particular attention to the damage caused by war, and evidence of peace and restoration. The talks will take place at 12pm and 1pm.
Peace Builders: Create Coventry’s Mini Peace Wall
Coventry Boys and Girls Club Thursday 14November, 4.30pm to 7.30pm Coventry Boys and Girls Club
“Peace Builders” will invite children to create individual “peace bricks” – decorated cardboard and tiles featuring their drawings, poems, or messages about peace, kindness, and reconciliation. Discussions about the blitz and how it impacted Coventry and how we need peace and reconciliation more than ever in the modern world. These personal contributions will be assembled into a collaborative Mini Peace Wall, a striking display symbolising how individual voices can come together to build unity. Booking not required, but consent form will need to be filled in for young people on attendance. To fill it out in advance please email to request a copyscott.dwyer@cbgc.org.uk, however, you will be able to fill it in on the day. Suitable for ages 7 – 12 years.
Reborn Phoenix
LTB Priory Place Saturday 15 November, 10am to 5pm Priory Visitor Centre
Reborn Phoenix is a female-led artistic collaboration between Sherrie Edgar, Toni Peach, and Michala Gyetvai, who will create a powerful new mixed-media painting and accompanying poem re-imagining George Wagstaffe’s The Phoenix sculpture. This new work pays tribute to the courage and resilience of women who served during the Blitz and throughout World War II.
It Takes a City
Talking Birds Saturday 15 November, 3pm to 3.45pm Coventry Cathedral Tickets must be purchased in advance to attend this event
It Takes a City tells the extraordinary story of two bomb disposal crews; one in 2008, when the uncovering of an unexploded WW2 bomb led to the evacuation of the city centre, and one during the Blitz of 1940. This special promenade performance with live music reflects on the legacy of conflict. To book, visit theCoventry Cathedral events listing.
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“Carpe diem” is a Latin phrase meaning “seize the day” or “pluck the day”. It encourages people to make the most of the present moment without dwelling on the future. The expression originates from the Roman poet Horace, who used it in his Odes as part of a longer injunction about enjoying life now because the future is uncertain
In Horace, the phrase is part of the longer carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero, which is often translated as “Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow (the future)”. The ode says that the future is unforeseen and that one should not leave to chance future happenings, but rather one should do all one can today to make one’s own future better. This phrase is usually understood against Horace’s Epicurean background
Origin and History
The phrase comes from the Roman poet Horace’s Odes, published in 23 BCE. The original saying is “carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero,” which translates to “pluck the day, trusting as little as possible in the next one”
Ask not (’tis forbidden knowledge), what our destined term of years, Mine and yours; nor scan the tables of your Babylonish seers. Better far to bear the future, my Leuconoe, like the past, Whether Jove has many winters yet to give, or this our last; This, that makes the Tyrrhenebillows spend their strength against the shore. Strain your wine and prove your wisdom; life is short; should hope be more? In the moment of our talking, envious time has ebb’d away. Seize the present; trust tomorrow e’en as little as you may. Wikipedia
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💡 What’s in store: 🔤 Discover new and exciting vocabulary & phrases 🎲 Play creative word games and brain teasers ⚔️ Compete in friendly vocabulary battles 🌎 Explore words from different languages and cultures
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Join us and make your Tuesdays word-tastic! 💚
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Ethelbert in his last\ninterview said\n\u201cLove is a fragile thing and will always suffocate in\ndarkness.\u201d"},{"id":1756,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/love-is-more-thicker-than-forget\/","name":"love-is-more-thicker-than-forget","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-887349.jpeg","alt":"love is more thicker than forget emeraldbooklcub.org"},"title":"Love is More Thicker Than Forget","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 15:52:02","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 15:52:03","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 15:52:03","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/love-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Love Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/love-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Love Poems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/love-poems\/' rel='post_tag'>love poems<\/a><a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/poems\/' rel='post_tag'>poems<\/a><a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/poems-about-love\/' rel='post_tag'>Poems about love<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":38},"status":"publish","excerpt":"love is more thicker than forget\n\nBy E. 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Vocabulary Tuesdays is a weekly initiative designed to help readers, writers, and word lovers expand their linguistic horizons in a fun, interactive, and community-driven way."},{"id":2340,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/these-inward-trials\/","name":"these-inward-trials","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-6077189.jpeg","alt":"These Inward Trials emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"These Inward Trials","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:07:05","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 00:07:06","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:07:06","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/prayer-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Prayer Poems<\/a>, <a 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the saving,\nSwoln up with wrath, desireth vengeance fine.\nHaste, Lord, to help, when reason favours wrong;\nHaste when thy soul, the high-born thing divine,\nIs torn by passion\u2019s raving, maniac throng."},{"id":2329,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/24\/2329\/","name":"2329","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-2774546.jpeg","alt":"A Prayer For You emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"A Prayer For You","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 24, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:56:22","modifiedDate":"2025-11-24 23:56:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:56:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/peace-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peace Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a 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Ethelbert in his last\ninterview said\n\u201cLove is a fragile thing and will always suffocate in\ndarkness.\u201d"},{"id":1756,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/love-is-more-thicker-than-forget\/","name":"love-is-more-thicker-than-forget","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-887349.jpeg","alt":"love is more thicker than forget emeraldbooklcub.org"},"title":"Love is More Thicker Than Forget","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 15:52:02","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 15:52:03","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 15:52:03","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/love-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Love Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/love-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Love Poems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/love-poems\/' rel='post_tag'>love poems<\/a><a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/poems\/' rel='post_tag'>poems<\/a><a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/poems-about-love\/' rel='post_tag'>Poems about love<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":38},"status":"publish","excerpt":"love is more thicker than forget\n\nBy E. 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Vocabulary Tuesdays is a weekly initiative designed to help readers, writers, and word lovers expand their linguistic horizons in a fun, interactive, and community-driven way."},{"id":2340,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/these-inward-trials\/","name":"these-inward-trials","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-6077189.jpeg","alt":"These Inward Trials emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"These Inward Trials","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:07:05","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 00:07:06","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:07:06","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/prayer-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Prayer Poems<\/a>, <a 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the saving,\nSwoln up with wrath, desireth vengeance fine.\nHaste, Lord, to help, when reason favours wrong;\nHaste when thy soul, the high-born thing divine,\nIs torn by passion\u2019s raving, maniac throng."},{"id":2329,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/24\/2329\/","name":"2329","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-2774546.jpeg","alt":"A Prayer For You emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"A Prayer For You","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 24, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:56:22","modifiedDate":"2025-11-24 23:56:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:56:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/peace-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peace Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a 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For a few days I was often quoted\nlike Baldwin and\npeople went looking for T-shirts with my image. My\nbooks rested on the desks of teachers filled with\nbookmarks, notes, and underlined words. Someone said\na critic once said Ethelbert\u2019s poems failed because they\nwere filled with too much desire and despair. The world\ndoesn\u2019t need another Neruda. Ethelbert in his last\ninterview said\n\u201cLove is a fragile thing and will always suffocate in\ndarkness.\u201d"},{"id":1756,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/love-is-more-thicker-than-forget\/","name":"love-is-more-thicker-than-forget","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-887349.jpeg","alt":"love is more thicker than forget emeraldbooklcub.org"},"title":"Love is More Thicker Than Forget","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 15:52:02","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 15:52:03","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 15:52:03","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/love-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Love Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/love-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Love Poems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/love-poems\/' rel='post_tag'>love poems<\/a><a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/poems\/' rel='post_tag'>poems<\/a><a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/poems-about-love\/' rel='post_tag'>Poems about love<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":38},"status":"publish","excerpt":"love is more thicker than forget\n\nBy E. 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Vocabulary Tuesdays is a weekly initiative designed to help readers, writers, and word lovers expand their linguistic horizons in a fun, interactive, and community-driven way."},{"id":2340,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/these-inward-trials\/","name":"these-inward-trials","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-6077189.jpeg","alt":"These Inward Trials emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"These Inward Trials","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:07:05","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 00:07:06","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:07:06","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/prayer-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Prayer Poems<\/a>, <a 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the saving,\nSwoln up with wrath, desireth vengeance fine.\nHaste, Lord, to help, when reason favours wrong;\nHaste when thy soul, the high-born thing divine,\nIs torn by passion\u2019s raving, maniac throng."},{"id":2329,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/24\/2329\/","name":"2329","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-2774546.jpeg","alt":"A Prayer For You emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"A Prayer For You","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 24, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:56:22","modifiedDate":"2025-11-24 23:56:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:56:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/peace-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peace Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a 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🌿 Emerald Book Club – World Mental Health Day 2025
Theme: Love Yourself, Accept Yourself Date: 10 October 2025
At Emerald Book Club, we believe that books are more than stories — they’re safe spaces. They heal, comfort, inspire, and remind us that we are not alone in our journeys.
On this World Mental Health Day, we take a moment to celebrate the power of reading as a tool for emotional wellness and self-discovery.
💚 Books and Mental Health: A Beautiful Connection
Reading allows us to step into different worlds, understand new perspectives, and process our own emotions through the words of others. Whether it’s a poem that reflects how we feel, a novel that gives us escape, or a memoir that reminds us of resilience — reading nurtures the mind and soothes the soul.
Through shared stories, we find healing, empathy, and connection — the very foundations of mental wellness.
🌱 How Emerald Book Club Supports Wellbeing
📚 Safe Conversations: Our book discussions offer a judgment-free zone for members to share their thoughts and emotions. 💬 Poetic Mondays & Reading Circles: These creative spaces help members express themselves and feel heard. 🤝 Community Connection: Through reading, we build friendships and reduce isolation — one story at a time. 🌸 Mindful Reading Choices: We often explore uplifting, empowering, and reflective books that inspire self-acceptance and growth.
🌻 Our Message Today:
Take care of your mind as you would your favorite book — gently, with patience and love. It’s okay to pause, reflect, and rest. It’s okay to seek help and share your story. Every chapter of your life matters — and you are the author of your healing. 💚
📖 Join the Movement
This week, we invite our members and readers everywhere to:
Share a book that helped them through a difficult time
Read something that brings peace and hope
Write a few words or a poem about self-love and mental wellbeing
Together, let’s remind each other that stories heal — and that through reading, we can learn to love ourselves and accept ourselves.
💚 Happy World Mental Health Day from Emerald Book Club 💚
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For a few days I was often quoted\nlike Baldwin and\npeople went looking for T-shirts with my image. My\nbooks rested on the desks of teachers filled with\nbookmarks, notes, and underlined words. Someone said\na critic once said Ethelbert\u2019s poems failed because they\nwere filled with too much desire and despair. The world\ndoesn\u2019t need another Neruda. Ethelbert in his last\ninterview said\n\u201cLove is a fragile thing and will always suffocate in\ndarkness.\u201d"},{"id":1756,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/love-is-more-thicker-than-forget\/","name":"love-is-more-thicker-than-forget","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-887349.jpeg","alt":"love is more thicker than forget emeraldbooklcub.org"},"title":"Love is More Thicker Than Forget","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 15:52:02","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 15:52:03","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 15:52:03","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/love-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Love Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poetry<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/love-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Love Poems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/poetry\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poetry<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/love-poems\/' rel='post_tag'>love poems<\/a><a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/poems\/' rel='post_tag'>poems<\/a><a href='https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/tag\/poems-about-love\/' rel='post_tag'>Poems about love<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":38},"status":"publish","excerpt":"love is more thicker than forget\n\nBy E. E. Cummings\n\nlove is more thicker than forget\nmore thinner than recall\nmore seldom than a wave is wet\nmore frequent than to fail"},{"id":2363,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/20-letter-words\/","name":"20-letter-words","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-1339356.jpeg","alt":"20 Letter words"},"title":"20 Letter Words","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 10:34:10","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 10:34:12","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 10:34:12","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Emerald Book Club<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/vocabulary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Vocabulary<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Emerald Book Club<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/vocabulary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Vocabulary<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":33},"status":"publish","excerpt":"A list of words with 20 letters in them"},{"id":2357,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/positive-words-starting-with-a\/","name":"positive-words-starting-with-a","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-256417.jpeg","alt":"Positive words Beginning with A"},"title":"Positive Words Starting With A","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 10:12:42","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 10:12:43","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 10:12:43","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Emerald Book Club<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/vocabulary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Vocabulary<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Emerald Book Club<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/vocabulary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Vocabulary<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":34},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Positive words starting with A\nStudies have shown that people who use more positive words in their day-to-day conversations tend to have a more optimistic outlook on life"},{"id":2347,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/vocabulary-tuesdays\/","name":"vocabulary-tuesdays","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-695571.jpeg","alt":"Vocabulary Tuesdays at emeralddbookclub.org"},"title":"Vocabulary Tuesdays","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 09:42:35","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 09:42:37","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 09:42:37","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Emerald Book Club<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/vocabulary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Vocabulary<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/emerald-book-club\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Emerald Book Club<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/vocabulary\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Vocabulary<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":14},"status":"publish","excerpt":"Vocabulary Tuesdays at Emerald Book Club\n\nAt Emerald Book Club, Tuesdays are dedicated to celebrating the power, beauty, and versatility of language. Vocabulary Tuesdays is a weekly initiative designed to help readers, writers, and word lovers expand their linguistic horizons in a fun, interactive, and community-driven way."},{"id":2340,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/these-inward-trials\/","name":"these-inward-trials","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-6077189.jpeg","alt":"These Inward Trials emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"These Inward Trials","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:07:05","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 00:07:06","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:07:06","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/prayer-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Prayer Poems<\/a>, <a 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grace;\nMight more of His salvation know,\nAnd seek more earnestly His face."},{"id":2335,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/25\/a-prayer-for-victory-over-temptation\/","name":"a-prayer-for-victory-over-temptation","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-34831108.jpeg","alt":"A Prayer for Victory emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"A Prayer for Victory over Temptation","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 25, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:01:30","modifiedDate":"2025-11-25 00:01:31","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-25 00:01:31","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/peace-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peace Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/prayer-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Prayer Poems<\/a>, <a 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the saving,\nSwoln up with wrath, desireth vengeance fine.\nHaste, Lord, to help, when reason favours wrong;\nHaste when thy soul, the high-born thing divine,\nIs torn by passion\u2019s raving, maniac throng."},{"id":2329,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/24\/2329\/","name":"2329","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-2774546.jpeg","alt":"A Prayer For You emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"A Prayer For You","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 24, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:56:22","modifiedDate":"2025-11-24 23:56:23","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:56:23","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/peace-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Peace Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a 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prayers are the same."},{"id":2323,"link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/2025\/11\/24\/the-peace-prayer-of-saint-francis\/","name":"the-peace-prayer-of-saint-francis","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-photo-11435050.jpeg","alt":"The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis emeraldbookclub.org"},"title":"The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis","author":{"name":"Admin","link":"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 24, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:45:36","modifiedDate":"2025-11-24 23:49:22","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-11-24 23:49:22","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/prayer-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Prayer Poems<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraldbookclub.org\/category\/poems\/religious-poems\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Religious 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