Sunday, October 21, 2012

MAGPIE...Prompt #140



THANK YOU, Tess, at Magpie Tales...

PASS THE BUCK

According to Wikipedia, "Novus Ordo Seclorum", words lettered on each dollar bill in Latin, translates into "New Order of the Ages".  Every day this legal tender slips through our hands, through our notice, with poetry.

From the fourth Eclogue of Virgil, (IV:5)


Now comes the final era of the Sibyl's song;
The great order of the ages is born afresh.
And now justice returns, honored rules return;
Now a new lineage is sent down from high heaven.

What you get for a dollar....still possible?

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A lovely Lady Magpie, dedicated to Tess Kincaid, sent to me because of my affinity for the Prompts, by Dori Hartley, a blogger for Huffington Post.  Who happens to be my daughter.  Thanks, Dori...


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21 comments:

  1. doriOctober 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    And as the buck is passed and out of our hands, this line comes to me:

    "But I was gonna make espresso..."

    Love you, BloggMom.

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  2. LynOctober 21, 2012 at 1:54 PM

    Hi dori-
    I'll take a cuppa that..thank you!

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  3. Brian MillerOctober 21, 2012 at 3:16 PM

    i think we could use some new order...justice returns as well would be a beautiful thing...

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  4. Stafford RayOctober 21, 2012 at 4:28 PM

    You get Virgil for a dollar? Where?

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  5. BerowneOctober 21, 2012 at 4:56 PM

    Most interesting take on the prompt...

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  6. GailOctober 21, 2012 at 4:57 PM

    What Brian said

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  7. LynOctober 21, 2012 at 5:37 PM

    Hi Brian-
    Indeed..a bit of justice, please! Thank you...

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  8. LynOctober 21, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    Hi Stafford-
    You get Virgil ON a dollar..Novus Ordo Seclorum!!!Thanks...

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  9. LynOctober 21, 2012 at 5:40 PM

    Hi Berowne-
    It's like seeing something for the first time, a simple dollar bill..thank you..

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  10. LynOctober 21, 2012 at 5:48 PM

    Hi Gail-
    I'm glad you feel that way...thanks!

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  11. izzyOctober 21, 2012 at 5:48 PM

    Justice for a buck ? Hmmm, well I will take a cup of it- Thanks.

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  12. LynOctober 21, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    Hi izzy-
    And in Latin, no less..I'll drink to that!

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  13. Stafford RayOctober 21, 2012 at 7:49 PM

    I'll drink to anything!

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  14. UnknownOctober 21, 2012 at 10:50 PM

    I used my dollars today to protest government plans to build a quarry where farms now exist. My dollars bought me soup prepared by Canada's top chefs and the soup was delicious! My dollars went the distance today, Lyn. I love these connections you've made. =D

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  15. LynOctober 21, 2012 at 11:17 PM

    Hi Stafford-
    Well, cheers, then! To all good causes..

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  16. LynOctober 21, 2012 at 11:21 PM

    Hi Linda-
    My, but you've been busy, and soup too!! It's the dollar itself, with all those legends on its face, that facinate me...

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  17. Irish GumboOctober 22, 2012 at 11:36 AM

    Interesting! It makes me think that justice may not return, if we pin so much of hopes and expectations on dollars. I like this.

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  18. LynOctober 23, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    Hi Irish-
    Dollars, gold, it's all the same, will never leave, but we have the principles of justice..always! Thanks..

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  19. Silent Otto October 23, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    I defnitely got my dollars worth here, Lyn ! , thanks

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  20. LynOctober 24, 2012 at 8:07 PM

    Hi Kutamun-
    Who could ask for more? Thank you...

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  21. Carrie Van HornOctober 24, 2012 at 8:38 PM

    Cheers to wonderful writing Lyn!!

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