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Slogans Are Easy
November 3, 2019

We can never atone for the billions
spent on dark dreams
sawed through with ease,

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America on the Brink  / poetry  / Politics

What Can a Poet Do in War?
October 29, 2019

There are epochal battles blazing around the world,
Blinding to those who look, shrapnel of noon-day sun
In the concerned citizen’s eye.

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The Magic of the Digital Age
October 27, 2019

I came of age when computers, and then the Internet,
Came of age, magic I could partake of
Unlike the alcohol of the adult world
Whose pleasures jaundice the once-idealistic.

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The Promise of Action
October 24, 2019

Would you murder
An orphan
For the sake of the orphanage?

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Is There Freedom in Forgetting or Being Forgotten?
October 22, 2019

I’m no Dante, lost though I may be,
Nor you my Beatrice, just as lost to me.

Yet the passions ring, silent to your ear—
O brooding lyric, lead on! Lo these many years:

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Certitude  / poetry

A Hawk Sees the Forest Change
October 15, 2019

Think of a single autumnal leaf,
Ablaze like a sun consuming itself;
The closer to death the brighter
It glows, crackling like a fireplace
Straining against a winter yet to arrive

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The Danger of Corporate Social Responsibility
October 14, 2019

There are those who believe that corporations have but one purpose—to maximize profits. There are those who believe that business must be a force for good, using free-market principles primarily to serve people and the planet—also known as social enterprise.

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Tension in a 10th Grade English Class
October 12, 2019

If poets are the legislators of the world,
What am I doing in a private school where rich kids
Discover the world belongs to them?

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Damnatio Memoriae
October 6, 2019

To resist through nonviolence, yes—
I’ll do what the data says is wise.
But to love is another matter:
I may wave the flag, but I am no patriot;
Is it not better to burn what they betray?

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America on the Brink  / poetry

Questions for My Financial Planner
October 4, 2019

I inherited a small fortune when I came of age,
Invested it well.
Now, at 35, I have even more money.
Time and commerce are good to the fortunate.

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