Pete : Writing

Turning Point

Turning Point

A Poem by Pete


I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. - Thoreau
'Arbor Real'

'Arbor Real'

A Poem by Pete


Even a little shining bud which lies sleeping behind its twig and dreaming of spring, perhaps half concealed by ice, is object enough. - Thoreau
'Tell a Scope'

'Tell a Scope'

A Poem by Pete


The stars are God's dreams, thoughts remembered in the silence of his night. - Thoreau
America The Dutiful

America The Dutiful

A Poem by Pete


When I think of the gold-diggers and the Mormons, the slaves and the slave-holders and the flibustiers, I naturally dream of a glorious private life. ..
'Runglasses'

'Runglasses'

A Poem by Pete


It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. - Thoreau
Playing with Fire

Playing with Fire

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. - Thoreau
Jive Walkin'

Jive Walkin'

A Poem by Pete


That we have but little faith is not sad, but that we have little faithfulness. By faithfulness faith is earned. - Thoreau
White Noise

White Noise

A Poem by Pete


As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done. - Thoreau
Remorse

Remorse

A Poem by Pete


Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. - Thoreau
Armed Robbery

Armed Robbery

A Poem by Pete


When you don't care and just want to be with that person no matter what.