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Monday, March 30, 2026

Speak & listen

Speak to the uproar, but listen to the hush.

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Loss is the easiest lesson

Loss is the easiest lesson because it comes most often.

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The point of the plot

The point of the plot is to plot the point.

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Sunday, March 29, 2026

People's worse choices

People's worse choices are also an attempt at adaptation.

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Egoism

Egoism is the stone pretending to be a seed.

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The more I see

The more I see of algorithmic intelligence, the more I change my view of human intelligence.

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Saturday, March 28, 2026

How can one be

How can one be disinterested in development?

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New poems

+15

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Precarious

The past is precarious.

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The solution

The solution is not absolution.

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Which came first

Which came first, the chicken or the idea of the chicken?

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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Molecule: a tiny lit mag

A little late posting this one, but "There is a poetry" has been published in Molecule: a tiny lit mag's Issue 14 (Spring 2006).

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If you can't

If you can't be infallible, be careful.

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If only

If only I could trust life like I trust the poem.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The unsettling reality (Baker)

The unsettling reality is that with this president, Americans in wartime are in the unprecedented position of having to suspect that the enemy’s version of events is more likely to be true than our own.

Gerard Baker, editor-at-large of The Wall Street Journal

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New poems

+15

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It consists

It consists of what persists.

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Monday, March 23, 2026

"here but how"

The Broadkill Review has accepted my poem "here but how" for publication in their Summer/Fall 2026 issue. Can't wait to see it!

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What better goal

What better goal than satisfaction?

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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Very little and a great deal

There is very little "history." There is a great deal of historical narrative.

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