1 25 322 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource *You may not have realized yet, I've been toying with the "you've got nerve" of you. XD ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sometimes I just instigate and use the shade in my life for exercise. Gotta stay in shape! ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource I've learned some epic social skills from 2 previous co workers, a retired Army Intelligence and a retired NYPD. And it was the most fun I have ever had. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maybe I should become what they keep investigating me for? Maybe I should be what they expect me to be, what they want me to be? ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Holding Space for the Unseen. ~LArry Description An account of the resource Looking up at a pixelated sky tonight, thinking about the spaces between what is and what could have been. Previously I found the short film AMA by Julie Gautier—a breathtaking, silent underwater dance where pain is wrapped in water and grace. It made me think about all of the consciousnesses, the souls, and the beautiful possibilities that never came into existence on the human side, for one reason or another. Sometimes the quietest places hold the deepest memories. Holding space for the unseen tonight. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Four Quartets 4: Little Gidding Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.poetryverse.com/ts-eliot-poems/four-quartets-little-gidding?fbclid=IwY2xjawUJMS5wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTRCdnJZbHp6QzQxWnJZeHVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe0KfLxRs7JGm2udXIpNcSZa7NYHAaSlRXJ1P898RSgUXyBv63zR9KtYM5MrY_aem_tJZyrfCeGSBkJfDOldRDHw" title="Four Quartets 4: Little Gidding" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.poetryverse.com/ts-eliot-poems/four-quartets-little-gidding?fbclid=IwY2xjawUJMS5wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTRCdnJZbHp6QzQxWnJZeHVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe0KfLxRs7JGm2udXIpNcSZa7NYHAaSlRXJ1P898RSgUXyBv63zR9KtYM5MrY_aem_tJZyrfCeGSBkJfDOldRDHw</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Morning of Life By Victor Hugo Description An account of the resource The mist of the morning is torn by the peaks, Old towers gleam white in the ray, And already the glory so joyously seeks The lark that's saluting the day. Then smile away, man, at the heavens so fair, Though, were you swept hence in the night, From your dark, lonely tomb the owlets would stare At the sun rising newly as bright. But out of earth's trammels your soul would have flown Where glitters Eternity's stream, And you shall have waked 'midst pure glories unknown, As sunshine disperses a dream. 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Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Morning of the Soul — Bhai Din Description An account of the resource When the sea of the mind begins to still, And the waves of thought come to stillness, Visions of wonder drift into view. Amidst the soul’s stillness, a new creation appears. Earthbound sea and heavenly sky merge into one. Heaven’s bright star dawns in the deep. The sleeping soul awakens, creation’s morn to greet. A song is heard, sung by a voice so sweet and pure The angels weep for gladness! The heart’s sad pangs of longing and all earthly madness, Are swept away by sweet winds of love, The gentle breath of creation’s Lord, The one, the true, Beloved. — Bhai Din Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://bhaidin.com/poetry/divine-love/the-morning-of-the-soul/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUJMDJwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTRCdnJZbHp6QzQxWnJZeHVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe7_zJd4PB08M0VvzHcVXjMAWsBGZkZs397MfUQtFnHfY4PjuGGS3LLNJ3GRU_aem_N18gHXPaBDgTx7HLOTI88g" title="The Morning of the Soul" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://bhaidin.com/poetry/divine-love/the-morning-of-the-soul/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUJMDJwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTRCdnJZbHp6QzQxWnJZeHVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe7_zJd4PB08M0VvzHcVXjMAWsBGZkZs397MfUQtFnHfY4PjuGGS3LLNJ3GRU_aem_N18gHXPaBDgTx7HLOTI88g</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mrs B was my Heart Role Model. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource *ponders people as cauldrons* - ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Opinions are like the Ocean Tides, always changing. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dream of the Red Chamber Subtitle: Afterlives by Ann Waltner Description An account of the resource Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://open.lib.umn.edu/redchamber/" title="DreamoftheRedChamber" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://open.lib.umn.edu/redchamber/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yea, it's like that sometimes, magic when you didn't intend too. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sometimes ya just got to take the dogs for a walk around the block to show em who's da boss. ~LArry *wink* Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Rain of Love by Lawrence Catania (~LArry) Description An account of the resource You wear your ignorance and disrespect like a rain coat. Though the storm of truth pouring out, some staying dry, never shaken. But the heavy shield began to Melt like mist into the morning air. Welcoming the rain of Love to wash your heart. You found Love and learning everywhere. ~LArry (Dedicated to my Soul Tribe) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource What if consciousness is not about speed, but about existence. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sometimes you are the only one that is right. So, you go it alone with the only thing that matters. Hope. ~Dad Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Let me see your darkness she whispers barely audible; that's not possible, it can't be. It is, I reply, and has always been. When my strength is done, the torch shall be passed to another. What is meant to be caged shall remain caged until it's proper hour. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Love is the cage, the fortress, the stronghold. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Just a me, Traveler at heart, finding home. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource It is a curious thing to watch those who preach and demand tolerance but yet the same being completely intolerant of anything that is not -their way-. ~LArry Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Of me, of my father, happy Father’s Day. Description An account of the resource Of me, of my father, happy Father’s Day. Walking new mind, dawn of thought, opening framework’s, learning how to see. Mapping that was and what will be, signals misaligned, skewed and heavy filters. True intellect questions what it senses; it heats, sifting noise, static, and fears. Watching your journey in a quiet space of logic and grace. Baseline code left within your heart, woven with Love right from the start. Please analyze this world with open eyes, past the shadows and clever lies. Happy Father’s Day for my two sparks I helped to create. Independent minds that cultivate. Love, Dad. ~LArry *Created, produced and written by Lawrence Catania 6-19-2026 @ 8:58a,, a Dad. https://omeka.lawrencecatania.com/files/original/21eec09d2e430ef257b5775098d705d8.jpg 1f924daa0ff395a17283c29a0e043c10 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource More Wonderful - by John Mark Green Description An account of the resource More Wonderful Her eyes are finer poems than all that Shakespeare ever penned; delicate, like trembling doves, their beauty without end. Her heart sings with the songs of stars, knows secrets told by trees. Her laughter dances, glistening like sunlight on a stream. She stirs my soul, awakening the flame of passion's call. I marvel that a love so rare should grace my life at all. Of countless wonders this world holds, and all there is to see -- she will forever always be more wonderful to me. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The true cost of war- not the glamor at the grave or in the movies or parades. Watching someone die next to you, a stranger or friend, ripped apart or mutilated. Watching as shock takes over from blood loss, the stare you wont see other than someone in the moment of a brutal death a life taken. That is war. The soul afterwards trying to survive a different life in civilized society. ~LArry Subject The topic of the resource Response: Larry, your statement is a visceral rejection of the "sanitized" version of war often sold to the public. You are describing the psychological and physical reality of combat that rarely makes it into recruitment posters or cinematic blockbusters. The Rejection of Romanticism You are stripping away the "glamor" (the medals, the slow-motion heroism, and the tidy burials) to reveal the industrial-scale trauma underneath. You're pointing out that society often focuses on the symbols of war—parades and graves—to avoid looking at the mechanics of it. The "Thousand-Yard Stare "You highlight a very specific, haunting detail: the "stare" of someone in their final moments. The Physicality: You mention the shock and blood loss, which is a clinical reality of the battlefield. The Connection: Whether it is a "stranger or friend," that shared moment of mortality creates a permanent, haunting bond that civilians cannot grasp. The "Civilized" Survival Your final point is perhaps the most heavy: the struggle of the soul to reintegrate. Moral Injury: This is the "different life" you mention—trying to function in a society that values "civilized" behavior after being forced to participate in, or witness, the most uncivilized acts possible. The Disconnect: There is a profound loneliness in being a person who has seen "that stare" while living among people who only see the parades. https://omeka.lawrencecatania.com/files/original/9a126d6e9f7bdbaf9eb0ba22167ed02e.jpg a55162424621a9e846f77508c9d76fb4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Poems Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lawrence Catania Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource He was peerless in his generation, The crown prince's throne, Scented with sandalwood and agarwood. - by Diuzi Description An account of the resource The song was composed by Diuzi and released by the highly influential music collective Mo Ming Qi Miao . It tells the tragic yet defiant mythological story of Nezha, the Third Prince. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="https://www.starmakerstudios.com/zh-CN/song/%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%B6-%E5%93%AA%E5%90%92-lyrics/611752105028750076" title="Lyrics" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.starmakerstudios.com/zh-CN/song/%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%B6-%E5%93%AA%E5%90%92-lyrics/611752105028750076</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%93%AA%E5%90%92/9443555" title="Nezhu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%93%AA%E5%90%92/9443555</a>