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The unexamined life (a poem)

2016/09/11

Inspired by a variety of social media posts and memes.
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged consequences, interpretation vs truth, poem, poetry, reflection, September 2016, surface, unknowable. Bookmark the permalink.

Blindness (a poem)

2016/07/09

Watching a Japanese drama on Netflix…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged consequences, denial, July 2016, love, overheard phrase, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Cultural drift (a poem)

2015/09/17

Up early again this morning…
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This entry was posted in Life, Lists, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged amorphousness, consequences, disengagement, poem, poetry, question, separation, September 2015. Bookmark the permalink.

Annoying plot twists (a poem)

2015/09/08

When I was done with Louis, I turned to Fargo…
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This entry was posted in Life, Lists, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged characters, choices, consequences, plot twists, poem, poetry, September 2015, stories, television. Bookmark the permalink.

You have the right [to refuse] to remain silent (a poem)

2015/07/28 — 1 Comment

Bonus round for today—if you have the right to remain silent, you also have the right not to…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged choice, commentary, consequences, July 2015, poem, poetry, rationale, silence, speech. Bookmark the permalink.

There’s a reason Louise avoided Texas (a poem)

2015/07/22

A cautionary tale, I suppose…

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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged bite, consequences, dogs, July 2015, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

An observation (a poem)

2015/06/18

I wrote this poem last month after watching Selma, but it is something I have been thinking for quite some time—especially when I stop to consider that many of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s that most of us view as mere history took place within my lifetime…
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This entry was posted in Poetry, Writing and tagged change, consequences, history, May 2015, poem, poetry, then and now. Bookmark the permalink.
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