Pete : Writing

When The Circus Never Leaves Town

When The Circus Never Leaves Town

A Poem by Pete


Just because you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean that the circus has left town. - George Carlin
Tributary

Tributary

A Poem by Pete


If rivers come out of their icy prison thus bright and immortal, shall not I too resume my spring life with joy and hope? - Thoreau
Full Circle

Full Circle

A Poem by Pete


Pursue, keep up with, circle round and round your life as a dog does his master’s chaise. - Thoreau
Vernal  Verity

Vernal Verity

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..
Heaven And Hell

Heaven And Hell

A Poem by Pete


I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe a malaria all..
Fool's Gold  (Giving Up The Ghost)

Fool's Gold (Giving Up The Ghost)

A Poem by Pete


The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. - Thoreau
Sabotage At The Taj

Sabotage At The Taj

A Poem by Pete


Blessed are they who never read a newspaper, for they shall see Nature, and through her, God. - Thoreau
Singing The Blues

Singing The Blues

A Poem by Pete


The bluebird carries the sky on his back. - Thoreau
More For Terpischore

More For Terpischore

A Poem by Pete


We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still. - Thoreau
My Frigging Life

My Frigging Life

A Poem by Pete


Always there is life which, rightly lived, implies a divine satisfaction. - Thoreau