Poems, Essays, Plays and Monologues
258 pieces
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FORCED MARCH
The regiment had started to disintegrate at about the 15-mile mark. It was a strange expe…
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FOR DEB
You would have loved this.
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THE TREES AND THE LIGHT
I’m taking a walk in a Redwood Forest. It is still morning, and the light angling through…
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(No, not the internet thing...)
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JUNE THE STORY
June and I were friends. Best friends.
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YOU CAN’T MISS IT
Skipping over virtue,
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ALL IN
One of my favorite pictures.
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TOO OLD TO TRAIN
Things hurt now when you move,
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WHAT A FEELING
170,000 years ago, people began covering themselves.
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MAYBE NOT THIS LIFE
These things take time,
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TRANSFORMATION
Transformation is a slow process.
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Rudy
Rudy was the manager of the bar where I worked part-time for four years. The bar was
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IRREDUCIBLE
How many days can those tranquil mental states really last?
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THE KING’S DESK
Having heard of the defeat of his brother by the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, Joesph…
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YOU CAN NEVER THANK YOUR MOTHER ENOUGH
I read this while riding on the subway into work one day. My wife and I had recently had…
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BUNCH OF NOBODIES
A field of tall prairie grass.
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SKILLFUL MEANS
In teaching,
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EASTER
I used to go to church.
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NOT YOU AT ALL
Once you see how things are,
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WHAT YOU GET
When we think of someone or something we love,
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THE SPARK OF LIFE
If science were really science
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WHAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO DO
You gather,
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EASY TO SAY, HARD TO DO
Practice.
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HOLIDAY RITUAL
It’s late in the fading day,
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I CAN’T GET NO
When I'm driving in my car
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THE LIABILITY OF ALL THINGS
Boxes and boxes of them,
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LEAVES
You have been practicing
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SQUIRREL!
These days,
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30,000 KISSES
At least,
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THE THIS AND THAT OF EVERYTHING
We were driving in a car,
