Pete : Writing

Stayin' Alive

Stayin' Alive

A Poem by Pete


"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around." - Thoreau
Verdict

Verdict

A Poem by Pete


"We do not live by justice, but by grace." - Thoreau
Battleground

Battleground

A Poem by Pete


"We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue." - Thoreau
There Are No Speed Limits in Heaven

There Are No Speed Limits in Heaven

A Poem by Pete


“Heaven might be defined as the place which men avoid.” - Thoreau
Conundrum

Conundrum

A Poem by Pete


"How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it." - Thoreau
Statutory Sentence

Statutory Sentence

A Poem by Pete


"When the true criminals are running around free, the only honorable place for a decent human being is in prison." - Thoreau
Bad Beau

Bad Beau

A Poem by Pete


"The lover sees in the glance of his beloved the same beauty that in the sunset paints the western skies." - Thoreau
Innocence Lost

Innocence Lost

A Poem by Pete


"Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors." - Thoreau
Because

Because

A Poem by Pete


“When you knock, ask to see God – none of the servants.” - Thoreau
Stranglehold

Stranglehold

A Poem by Pete


Dubiety reached out from behind a black curtain.Strangling with both hands.As final as barbed wire.Encircling a church spire.At the midnight hour.Tatt..