Pete : Writing

A River Runs Through It ...

A River Runs Through It ...

A Poem by Pete


If it's life you're after — real life, the history of life, the ebb of life, the flow of life — the river is the place. - Thoreau
Back To School

Back To School

A Poem by Pete


Education makes a straight ditch of a free meandering brook. - Thoreau
Flight Song (Hum When You Don't Know The Words)

Flight Song (Hum When You Don't Know The Words)

A Poem by Pete


It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see. - Th..
Risky Business

Risky Business

A Poem by Pete


Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Thoreau
Off The Deep End

Off The Deep End

A Poem by Pete


Amid a world of noisy, shallow actors it is noble to stand aside and say, 'I will simply be.” - Thoreau
Tumbleweed ("Keep The Change")

Tumbleweed ("Keep The Change")

A Poem by Pete


Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. - Thoreau
Go Fly A Kite

Go Fly A Kite

A Poem by Pete


Deep are the foundations of sincerity. Even stone walls have their foundation below the frost. - Thoreau
Jesus Sure Don't Fish Here No More

Jesus Sure Don't Fish Here No More

A Poem by Pete


It is necessary not to be Christian to appreciate the beauty and significance of the life of Christ. - Thoreau
Fiddlehead Soup

Fiddlehead Soup

A Poem by Pete


"The first time I saw hundreds of fiddlehead ferns boiling in an enormous pot I realized what an odd person I must be to hear tiny cries from the mout..
To Go Or Not To Go: That Is The Question

To Go Or Not To Go: That Is The Question

A Poem by Pete


Poetry implies the whole truth. Philosophy expresses a particle of it. - Thoreau