Pete : Writing

Pain For Sale

Pain For Sale

A Poem by Pete


There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. - Thoreau
Truth

Truth

A Poem by Pete


Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. - Thoreau
Six Alarm

Six Alarm

A Poem by Pete


If I put my head deliberately into the fire, there is no appeal to fire or to the maker of fire, and I have only myself to blame.
Glory

Glory

A Poem by Pete


O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? - 1 Corinthians 15:55
Distillation

Distillation

A Poem by Pete


I love you not as something private and personal, which is my own, but as something universal and worthy of love which I have found. - Thoreau
No Two Ways About It

No Two Ways About It

A Poem by Pete


It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. - Thoreau
Polly Esther

Polly Esther

A Poem by Pete


Well-behaved women seldom make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Contrive

Contrive

A Poem by Pete


The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears to hear it. - Thoreau
Buddy

Buddy

A Poem by Pete


They were pleasant spring days, in which the winter of man's discontent was thawing as well as the earth, and the life that had lain torpid began to s..
Conclusions

Conclusions

A Poem by Pete


Don’t get to the end of your life and realize you have never lived. - Thoreau