Poems
A means of journaling
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Changing A Life 7.18.19
This Poem was inspired by a friend going through a difficult period in 2019. And reminded me that it takes as much grace to receive help as to give it.
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My North Star 12.25.18
A poem inspired by a recent conversation with a friend. Hopefully, all of us have a North Star that helps us through life's journey.
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Broom Grass 4.2.21
A poem inspired by a memory from adolescence.
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Basketball 3.14.14
A basketball poem
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Daffodils – William Wordsworth
I read this poem aloud to Elizabeth this morning. Our daffodils are almost ready to bloom!
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Senescence 7.31.19
A poem I wrote a few years ago when getting introduced to a new word. I choose to believe we do not deteriorate with age, but that we change. And that change creates opportunity.
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We are Salt
Poem inspired by Bible Study Group
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The Pathos of 2020
A Poem Inspired by the need to make some sense of this crazy year and to provide hope that we can get through this together
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The Paradox of Closeness
Although we desire to be close to love someone, to study something, or to control an outcome, being close creates its own challenges. Hence, there can be a paradox to being close. We can lose all those things that we are attempting to get.
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Grey Matters
Inspired and written while at The Homestead after a discussion with my friend Pete and a hike with my wife.