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Do Good For Evil, My Grandmother Used to Say
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: There's a quote from the Bible I've taken to lately..., Credit: Edgar Cook
There are many many examples of malice these days. And then there are the opportunities to do good.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2021
  • Length: 03:28
The Discovery of Light: An American Sonnet
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Thomas Edison and what his light did- understood through an American Sonnet.

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 1
Small: An American Sonnet
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Breathing; American Sonnets, Credit: Susan Cook (Finishing Line, 2020))
In the large, large universe, the mind's eye still sees what it will.

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2021
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1
Doing Good for Evil: An American Sonnet
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...your business in life, to do good and to do good for evil..., Credit: Susan Cook
My father often said his mother always told him, "Do good for evil." It's drawn from the Bible "This is your calling, your business in life- to do...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
America's Sonnet
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets" by Susan Cook, Credit: Shermans.com, GulfofMaineBooks@gmail.com
From America's Sonnet, "This sonnet's yours America, but you will not take all my loves, turn my Black, brown, blue."

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: :57
Remembering We Have Already Said Farewell: "Epilogue: To a Fire Gone" from "Breathing: American Sonnets"
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets" Bookshop.org, Credit: Susan Cook
An American Sonnet to those to whom we have said "Farewell".

  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 01:42
Auld Lang Syne for 2020: Should Old Deniers Be Forgot?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: He didn't do it alone., Credit: Susan Cook
In the Department of Poetic Justice, the ode to 2020 and caucasian, male, non-mask wearing arrogant reality - like that of the now closed Institute...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
"False Equivalence! Ever Hear of False Equivalence?" Great American Wrongbook Lyrics!
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "If you can loot businesses, burn down buildings, engage in protest- you can also go to a Christmas party.' Dec 2, 2020 White House Press Secretary, Credit: Susan Cook
As the Nation enters the Christmas (and Hannukah) Season with parties (ahem..) on hold, In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning), a lyr...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:15
Bannon, Santa Claus and all that in The Dept. of Poetic Justice
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...Down on Santa Claus Lane..., Credit: Susan Cook
A lyrical tribute from one Special Viewer observing the Republican National Convention and a certain Pardon being given by You Know Who!

  • Added: Nov 28, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
Nate Silver Does Not Believe In Santa! In the Dept. Of Poetic Justice!
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: We all miss the wild buffalo. Not so much You Know Who., Credit: Susan Cook
Election Day has come and gone! Remember the poll that really counts most always is the vote you cast. To the tune from "It's Beginning to Look A ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:18
In Dept. Of Poetic Justice "When the Saints See My Receipts" Turbo Tax Tribute!
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ,,,The streets where gold  Is used for toilets Mostly down  In Manhattan..The IRS tries to stay on it hence....why you devised Audit Defense!, Credit: Susan Cook
Lyrics for the Great American Wrongbook! Depreciation. Commuting miles. My Old and Trusty Mileage Log. Tax Experts Waiting to Answer! And much much...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2020
  • Length: 03:58
Ch'i and the Lessons of "Rage": Donald Trump through the lens of Sun Tze and Hannah Arendt
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: The 1918 Truth: Wear a mask., Credit: The Topsham Crier/Charles Crosby
The revelations of Woodward's "Rage" are understood best through Sun Tze, the ancient Chinese text also known as The Art of War and the historical ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2020
  • Length: 09:14
Dept of Poetic Justice! Nate Silver's Still Counting All the Numbers! Extra Golf Strokes!
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "There are house flies in the suburbs who are thinking while they laugh along with Sunday Hackers... 'Maybe his fly swatter works best?', Credit: Susan Cook
No False Equivalence here! The Pandemic. Trillions of Dollars of National Debt! And You Know Whose Extra Golf Strokes! Counting Every One!

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 07:10
Who Rules the World In a World Where Truth Really Matters
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Adolescents, the life cycle's truthtellers, any paleobiologist, or historian knows truth matters..., Credit: Susan Cook
In 2007, after the Iraq War began, Truth was traded freely for access to Power. The consequence of today's hemorrhaging of Truth requires more than...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 09:02
An American Sonnet for the Woman Who Is A Journalist
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
As Gwen Ifill is honored, as the Holocaust murders of the ancestors of Terry Gross are revealed, in the aftermath of the harassing effort to intim...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
Sunshine Week Is Coming! Public Record Access and the Freedom of Information
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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March brings us Sunshine Week, an annual honoring of the ethical and legal obligation for Transparency of Public Records and the Freedom of Informa...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 07:22
For Whom the Bell Tolls
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets in Gulf of Maine Books window, Credit: Susan Cook
Some years back The House of Representatives' healthcare bill denied maternity care and denied health insurance to 18 to 25 year olds. Back then...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
Who Rules the World and Why It Matters, At Age 18
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Leaning back...he asked "Who rules the world?", Credit: Susan Cook
Censorship of anti-war statements is now and always has been a threat to our nation's stability and the world's safety.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 07:10
"Walking These (Impeachment) Articles Back Home.." For The Great American Wrongbook
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Taking my time..., Credit: Susan Cook"
As Nancy Pelosi gets ready to hand-deliver the Articles of Impeachment to Mitch McConnell in Kentucky at his home when she gets there from her home...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:51
Auld Lang Syne to 2019: Fitbits, Cerebellum and Walking My Impeachment Articles Back Home!
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Memorable words from 2019: "We'll be in total coordination with the White House... , Credit: Susan Cook
Auld Lang Syne for 2019: Fitbits, Cerebellum and Walking My Impeachment Articles Back Home!

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 04:38
Love Really Counts: Greta Thunberg's Plea for Climate Change Action
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Maybe sometime in the night when the wind blows..., Credit: Susan Cook
Greta Thunberg, in her UN Climate Change speech called on threatened loss of the loved, in her view, the environment to bring action on climate c...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2019
  • Length: 05:17
As American as Apple Pie: Domestic Violence and The Abuse of Power to Tarnish Victims' Credibility
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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A new exhibit at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Maine called "Finding Our Voices: Ending the Silence of Domestic Abuse" opened just befo...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2019
  • Length: 09:31
Death of a Paddler
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Their "First Dance" was to the Country-Western song "Count on Me".
Those who sign on for white water rafting trips, fishing and hunting day trips are hoping to find a few hours or so of Great Abandon, an experience...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
Lost Intention: Even at a Maine Vigil for Gun Violence Victims
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ..intention for good..., Credit: Susan Cook
Sustaining intention for good means we understand that permission for violence makes a gun what it is: a creator of violence. At a Maine vigil, th...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2019
  • Length: 06:46
Finding Moral Ground: The Limits of Logic and the Abstraction of Deitys in These Times
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...finding moral ground..., Credit: Susan J. Cook
Moral Development thinkers of the 1960's and 70's helped make sense of those polarized times. The "moral" twist of these times is often reduced to ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2019
  • Length: 07:35