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Neo-Romantic Indie Beat Poet
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Philosophy

That Dog Diogenes

I saw that dog Diogenes Walking daylight, lamp in hand. Wandering the streets of Athens, Looking for one […]

December 12, 2016 Poetry

All the World’s a Stage

The curtain begins to fall, Darkness is all you see, “But I haven’t completed five acts,” You protest, […]

December 8, 2016 Poetry

Evolution

Time before human memory, trading gills for lungs Crawling onto dry land, into holes and up trees, Growing […]

November 24, 2016 Poetry

Haiku Written While Reading Book V of Plato’s Republic

The man holds knowledge. He knows something, not nothing. Nothing can’t be known. 11/16/16 Notes: Image is a […]

November 17, 2016 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu, Poetry

Heraclitus’ River (a tanka)

The river flows on, Ever changing; transforming, Never stepped in twice: Its never the same river, And you’re […]

November 16, 2016 Formal Poetry, Poetry, Tanka

Bullseye

Nock the arrow to the bowstring. Raise the bow; take aim. Sharp eye, steady hands, Calculate your trajectory. […]

November 13, 2016 Poetry

I Dreamed I Saw Old Socrates

I dreamed I saw old Socrates Walking Athens after dark. No people to harass, no questions to ask, […]

November 4, 2016 Poetry

Outside the Cave

Break on through the doors of perception, Cleansed by fire, cooled by the rains, Pure infinite light casts […]

October 5, 2016 Poetry

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