Harper, your song has a sorrowful sound,
Though the tune was written as gay.
Your voice is sad and your hands are slow
And your eye meeting mine turns away.
Anne McCaffrey
Born: April 1, 1926 Died: November 21, 2011
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer most famous for her Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, "Weyr Search", 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, "Dragonrider", 1969).
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- Anne Inez McCaffrey (English (en))
The little queen all golden
Flew hissing at the sea.
To stop each wave
Her clutch to save
She ventured bravely.
As she attacked the sea in rage
A holderman came nigh
Along the sand
Fishnet in hand
And saw the queen midsky.
He stared at her in wonder
For often he'd been told
That such as she
Could never be
Who hovered there, bright gold.
He saw her plight and quickly
He looked up the cliff he faced
And saw a cave
Above the wave
In which her eggs he placed.
The little queen all golden
Upon his shoulder stood
Her eyes all blue
Glowed of her true
Undying gratitude.
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View PlansDragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.”
~ A thought by Lessa ~
Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives.
My nightly craft is winged in white, a dragon of night dark sea.
Swift born, dream bound and rudderless, her captain and crew are me.
We've sailed a hundred sleeping tides where no seaman's ever been
And only my white-winged craft and I know the wonders we have seen.
A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.
Fight only in direst need
Not for lust or petty greed
Honor those that do give birth
Respect them well for their full worth
Necessity breeds solution.
The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
Drummer, beat, and piper, blow
Harper, strike, and soldier, go
Free the flame and sear the grasses
Til the dawning Red Star passes
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I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.
"Old family motto: "The best revenge is revenge.
To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.
Exchange information, learn to speak sensibly about any subject, learn to express your thoughts, accept new ones, examine them, analyze. Think objectively. Think toward the future.