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