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This is definitely how it should go. Original comic by @nateinc.comics #bears #lurebear #findbear #beardiplomacy #yearofthebear https://www.instagram.com/p/CouezkUPS-6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Eurydice

by Carol Ann Duffy

Girls, I was dead and down in the Underworld, a shade, a shadow of my former self, nowhen. It was a place where language stopped, a black full stop, a black hole Where the words had to come to an end. And end they did there, last words, famous or not. It suited me down to the ground.

So imagine me there, unavailable, out of this world, then picture my face in that place of Eternal Repose, in the one place you’d think a girl would be safe from the kind of a man who follows her round writing poems, hovers about while she reads them, calls her His Muse, and once sulked for a night and a day because she remarked on his weakness for abstract nouns. Just picture my face when I heard– Ye Gods– a familiar knock-knock at Death’s door.

Him. Big O. Larger than life. With his lyre and a poem to pitch, with me as the prize.

Things were different back then. For the men, verse-wise, Big O was the boy. Legendary. The blurb on the back of his books claimed that animals, aardvark to zebra, flocked to his side when he sang, fish leapt in their shoals at the sound of his voice, even the mute, sullen stones at his feet wept wee, silver tears.

Bollocks. (I’d done all the typing myself, I should know.) And given my time all over again, rest assured that I’d rather speak for myself than be Dearest, Beloved, Dark Lady, White Goddess etc., etc.

In fact girls, I’d rather be dead.

But the Gods are like publishers, usually male, and what you doubtless know of my tale is the deal.

Orpheus strutted his stuff.

The bloodless ghosts were in tears. Sisyphus sat on his rock for the first time in years. Tantalus was permitted a couple of beers. The woman in question could scarcely believe her ears.

Like it or not, I must follow him back to our life– Eurydice, Orpheus’ wife– to be trapped in his images, metaphors, similes, octaves and sextets, quatrains and couplets, elegies, limericks, villanelles, histories, myths…

He’d been told that he mustn’t look back or turn round, but walk steadily upwards, myself right behind him, out of the Underworld into the upper air that for me was the past. He’d been warned that one look would lose me for ever and ever.

So we walked, we walked. Nobody talked.

Girls, forget what you’ve read. It happened like this– I did everything in my power to make him look back. What did I have to do, I said, to make him see we were through? I was dead. Deceased. I was Resting in Peace. Passé. Late. Past my sell-by date… I stretched out my hand to touch him once on the back of the neck. Please let me stay. But already the light had saddened from purple to grey.

It was an uphill schlep from death to life and with every step I willed him to turn. I was thinking of filching the poem out of his cloak, when inspiration finally struck. I stopped, thrilled. He was a yard in front. My voice shook when I spoke– Orpheus, your poem’s a masterpiece. I’d love to hear it again…

He was smiling modestly, when he turned, when he turned and he looked at me.

What else? I noticed he hadn’t shaved. I waved once and was gone.

The dead are so talented. The living walk by the edge of a vast lake near, the wise, drowned silence of the dead.

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Today in bear news: bears now on Mars.

Great, they’re expanding.

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Rooty, the “great root” bear. Presumably he eats, roots and leaves.

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I mean… I guess you’ve nothing to lose at that point? You could also try tickling the bear to make it laugh and it probably would have similar results, but it’s worth a try #bears #polarbears #yearofthebear https://www.instagram.com/p/CmWGUZyDOEV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Zack Zwiezen says in his article for Kotaku that Kuma the bear (both generations) is the best character in the Tekken fighting tournament game -- because who can beat a bear?!

But it's widely acknowledged what really makes Kuma the best is his ending videos -- which you can check out now.

Read the full article here: https://kotaku.com/kuma-is-the-best-character-in-the-tekken-series-1844729011

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There's some really good tips here

#bears #bear #how to use Brazilian jiu jitsu against a bear #martial arts #self defence #we love bears #we love all bears #year of the bear

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Who can resist eavesdropping on their bear neighbours?

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… all I’m saying is if you don’t want me writing poetry like this, don’t put the words in front of me?

I can’t help it if all the words jump out of the letter jumbles and form themselves into lines

#poetry #poem #fridge poetry #found poetry #bear #year of the bear

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You so often see online bear videos with bears looking cute, or appearing to act in friendly ways. This timeless video from Sierra Magazine shows the importance of giving bears space, and being nowhere near one when it's released into the wild.

Read the full article from 2017 here: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2017-1-january-february/feature/grizzly-bears-are-making-comeback-and-making-their-

#bears #wild bears #releasing a bear #bear #Sierra Magazine #we love bears #we love all bears #bear with me #year of the bear #Instagram

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"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving bears deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu

What Lao Tzu says here about bears , in one of his most famous quotes, makes a whole lot of sense when you stop to think about it.

#quote #famous quotes #lao tzu #Lao tzu quotes #quotes about bears #bears #bear #we love bears #we love all bears #bearing up #bear it all #year of the bear

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You don't need to be able to run faster than a bear, you just need to be faster than your friend.

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This huge, hairy baby just wants to be held and cuddled. And who could possibly say no?

#bears #bear #we love all bears #we love bears #hairy baby #bearing up #bear it all #bear with me #year of the bear

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Sometimes it’s hard being a bear. Other times… not so much

#bears #bear #we love bears #we love all bears #year of the bear #summer #summer bear #bearing up #bear it all #bear with me #funny #year of the bear book

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"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding bears." - Albert Einstein

Smart dude, that Einstein. Turns out he was something of a philosopher as well as a scientist, as his famous quote about bears demonstrates.

#bears #year of the bear #we love bears #we love all bears #einstein #quotes #famous quotes #Einstein quotes

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The 100 Word Project is now open for submissions!

Closing date for your 100-word stories is Sept 12, and the first (possibly only) issue of the 100 Word Project will be published for free end of September.

Get your stories in here: https://bit.ly/100WordProject

#writers #writing #flash fiction #fiction writers #emerging writers #short stories #short story writing #fiction writing #story writing #publishing #100 words #100 word project

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"Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony with bears." - Mahatma Gandhi

We aren't passing moral judgements on Gandhi here today, but you can't forget his most famous quote about bears.

#famous quotes #bears #year of the bear #quotes #Gandhi #Mahatma Gandhi