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FASHION TIPS Now that we’re entering new seasons of life, it is important to reinvent your wardrobe with these helpful tips... 1. Revamp your classic pieces by pairing them with something new. 2. Tailor your nicer clothes to give you the most comfortable fit with a flattering entrance. 3. Less is more. When balancing accessories, subtlety is crucial. 4. Be unique! Inspire yourself by thinking outside of the box, and walking in your true essence. 5. Shop smarter, not harder. Let your mission be to find a good balance between statement pieces and classic items. 6. Be bold! It is more than okay to spice up your whites, blacks, and neutrals with pops of color. 7. Mix prints, patterns and textures to your liking!
POEMS Debate, Debate, Debate Lots of arguments as of late. Whether for reason or for emotion They seek certainty in their notion But they lose truth’s sight In favor of intellectual might
New clothes and toys, For girls and boys All to be happy and merry But know to be very wary.
So goes what makes a city a place. A prison for the human race. In this great bundle Lies the Urban Jungle.
THE SCREEN
Contention without humanity just growing the seeds of vanity Fights and broken fellowships is all you get Alone in a social island is all you can fret
URBAN JUNGLE
Give in love not obligation. For intent matters in donation Tradition must be with meaning Anything else is demeaning
We watch our phones and Tv Screens In plastic, in metal, In glass, they show their sheens But remember to temper such focus Lest you end up trapped in addiction’s locus.
Material goods alone not enough Giving spirit is an act up to snuff Affection and care Is something quite rare When everything is in a hurry True togetherness is something blurry
In the information age Tech becomes our blessed sage. But in the time of speed Find what you really need.
So give as you receive For love others will believe
Cities of steel and glass Crowded by a great mass In this great bundle Lies the urban jungle.
Knowledge we receive But lies come deceive When we see all at once Striking with mental pus.
WHAT’S WRONG ABOUT BEING RIGHT?
Everything is done at speed. Meant to fulfill every need. All meant to walk to goals fast Leaving the slow in the past.
Avoid the price of access. For comes the sins of excess Renders one’s mind dull All ambition turning null.
Rituals done in work and labor. All in hope to receive favor. From the rich in towers they dwell. Else they descend in poverty’s hell.
Look to learn truth, not to indulge From where inside can you divulge Solid fact from dark deception Based in foggy perception
Law and Order define the power In hope that criminals cower But corruption sets the seeds For good men to commit evil deeds.
The screen is a mirror to the world. From here thoughts are swirled Please heed the screen’s greatest temptations. Lest ignorance destroys all nations.
Based on self-reflection of modern life and all its pros and cons
Tis the season For a reason, To buy gifts for family and friends, An old tradition that never truly ends
Born from pride They decide Their own reality over totality
In size and scope Many see great hope. A Brave New World that urbanity makes But undermined by the reality it takes.
Poems By Matthew Curran
GIVING IN THE HOLIDAYS
