Poems I like… and Poems I’ve Written.
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Work
Part 1 Work was a gift given before the fall. Work, at its best, emulates the Creation story. One of the consequences of the fall from Paradise was that work was cursed and turned into toil. But through Jesus’ work on the cross, man’s work can be redeemed, because Jesus broke the curse from the… Continue reading
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Dear Writer
I urge you to continue writing above all else. With time slipping through your small fingers the best way to slow down the rapid descent is to pick up a pen and think. Not too much though or you’ll end up like poor Annie who spends countless hours in that dark library room alone at… Continue reading
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November Stars
The steering wheel pointed straight up to the stars when we met up it was bound to end Windy road winding all the way up to where I saw the river bend Don’t pay any mind to the dirt, it’s still some hue of brown It’s all about the set up, and a few sparks… Continue reading
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the anecdote
“What man needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggle toward a worthwhile goal.” -Victor Frank I started reading Man’s Search For Meaning a while back and put it down with 48% completion on my kindle oasis. One fateful night, I was drinking rum with a brother in Christ the night… Continue reading
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Illiterate Writing
I don’t know much about writin but I reckon its beautiful. It’s like how you take a gander at a leaf and it seems like a leaf, smells like a leaf, tastes like a leaf even. But then you REALLY look at it and it becomes a complex organismal doohickey. With intricate designs and different… Continue reading
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Let There Be Flavor
“When monks sit at the table to eat, they say a prayer to bless the food. How is it possible then for the food not to taste good?” Here is the step my step formula I have found to cook and eat food. Here is the opposite to have a terrible culinary expirance: References Saint… Continue reading
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The American Bungalow
A pragmatic dream: At the turn of the twentieth century, America was dancing in the midst of the extreme abundance that the Industrial Revolution produced. With the working class deskilled and labor unions being crushed, there was an allure to communist ideology. What won out instead was the pragmatic approach that viewed humans as fallible… Continue reading
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A Bloody Fight For Freedom
Clash With Natives at the Devil’s Curve 2009 I was initially very hesitant when I began the documentary, When Two Worlds Collide. I thought it was going to be pushing an environmentalist agenda. Certainly, there were elements of that, but it went far deeper as I progressed. It all changed when the gunshots rang through… Continue reading