Poem: Connections
We are all different and all the same — often connected through thought, insight, humor, and name.
Connections
Shakespeare and Shakur
So wise so young, they say do never live long. - William Shakespeare
We all gonna die, we bleed from similar veins. - Tupac Shakur
Lenin and Lennon
Give me just one generation of youth and I’ll transform the whole world.
- Vladimir Lenin
You say you want a revolution, we all wanna change the world. - John Lennon
Marx and Twain
To see if a man is honest, ask him. If he says, "Yes", you know he’s crooked.
- Groucho Marx
Honesty is the best policy, when there is money in it. - Mark Twain
Dickinson and Le Guin
I am out with lanterns, looking for myself. - Emily Dickinson
We read books to find out who we are. - Ursula K. Le Guin
Hemingway and Herman
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. - Ernest Hemingway
Why don’t you take a picture, it’ll last longer. - Pee-wee Herman
Einstein and Springsteen
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. - Albert Einstein
Everybody’s got a hungry heart. - Bruce Springsteen
Thoreau and Earhart
I have traveled widely in Concord. - Henry David Thoreau
There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one of which rolls.
- Amelia Earhart
Child and Kid
Life itself is the proper binge. - Julia Child
I like to dance, but not in the air. - Billy the Kid
Sinatra and Cher
You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady. - Frank Sinatra
Men should be like Kleenex — soft, strong, and disposable. - Cher
Dillinger and Banksy
My buddies wanted to be firemen, farmers, or policemen. I just wanted to steal people's money. - John Dillinger
Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint. - Banksy
Stalin and Chaplin
One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic. - Joseph Stalin
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but comedy in long-shot. - Charlie Chaplin
Woolf and Wilde
If you don’t tell the truth about yourself, you can’t tell it about other people.
- Virginia Woolf
The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. - Oscar Wilde
Jung and Young
You are what you do, not what you say you do. - Carl Jung
It’s better to burn out than it is to rust. - Neil Young
Bonaparte and Berra
Glory is fleeting, obscurity is forever. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Even Napoleon had his Watergate. - Yogi Berra
Horse and Berry
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
- Crazy Horse
The earth is what we all have in common. - Wendell Berry
Homer and Simpson
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid. - Homer
If he’s so smart, how come he’s dead? - Homer Simpson
I read this to dinner guests and they were enchanted. Very cool idea.
Clever concept! Thank you for helping me smile at the end of a looooooong day!