| Name | Description | | Written |
| Whiskey Leaks |
If we slip and something starts it's not our job to stop it |
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4/6/25 |
| I Remember |
I'll be better when I get home |
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11/6/24 |
| No Mister |
There's probably more like this to come |
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11/5/24 |
| Why Still (For So Long) |
What I don't understand, René |
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9/24/24 |
| Afterthought |
When it comes to the affairs of men |
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9/17/24 |
| Obstructed View |
Hey, hey, we're the Monkees (oh for Pete's sake) |
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9/13/24 |
| I'm So Bored in the U.S.A. |
What can I do? Write modern verses, that's what. |
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8/25/24 |
| Tricks of the Mine |
Think where your roof came from |
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8/23/24 |
| Voices |
The deliciousness of your mind |
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7/4/24 |
| Eagles |
support them blindly and without reason |
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6/26/24 |
| We Come With Torches |
We know the secret keys to these doors |
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2/21/24 |
| Infraction 571428 |
When the acid burns your fingers |
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11/13/23 |
| Oppression |
Not bound to a curve |
|
11/4/23 |
| The Luxury of History |
A bit more perspective |
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9/4/23 |
| The Luxury of History (Essay) |
A lot of perspective |
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9/3/23 |
| Traitor |
By your signs it is true, we know you |
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8/13/23 |
| his freedom |
can't stop the ringing in your ears |
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2/18/23 |
| A Twisted Rocker (Not About Your Mother) |
...and every girl you ever haunted |
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2/9/23 |
| Revolution |
If you want a revolution... |
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7/15/22 |
| We Would Die |
If they touched us |
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5/27/22 |
| By the Bay |
A story about a lovely couple |
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3/31/22 |
| Blood Money |
A brief musing on how currency is supported |
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3/21/22 |
| So Well |
A song. Do you really think so? |
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1/24/22 |
| Burning Rocks |
A draft of a poem, set to music 2/6/22 |
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12/15/21 |
| Magpies |
We understand corruption as little as we do justice |
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12/10/21 |
| Tank Treads |
The destruction we wreak for no reason breaks my heart |
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11/1/21 |
| Dancing Woods |
Un poème, une chanson, de Norvège et d'Ecosse: a thousand-year throwback, give or take a century or two |
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9/30/21 |
| Silent Flowers |
Another oldie, a sad classic by now |
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7/2/21 |
| Counterfeit |
A song about death - the death of hope |
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5/5/21 |
| Private Plains Ape - version one point one |
A six-page expurgation about learning and coercive socialization |
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2/9/21 |
| polisci22 |
the asymmetry of symmetrical policy assumptions |
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1/31/07 |
| war4 |
about asymmetries in war |
|
8/14/06 |
| Stupid Global Village |
A song about perspective from 'Ruins' |
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9/23/04 |
| Homeland |
as if the world needs more sixties peace stuff |
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3/21/04 |
| peace |
...I'm tired of writing about war |
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1/8/04 |
| war3 |
another one of those poems about war |
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8/05/03 |
| hunger2 |
half a loaf is better... |
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4/24/03 |
| war2 |
support the troops? |
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4/17/03 |
| war-2003-4-13 |
a new motto for America? |
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4/13/03 |
| war1 |
who would Jesus kill? |
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4/8/03 |
| america8 |
is the past behind us or not? |
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4/7/03 |
| war-2003-4-03 |
high crimes and misdemeanors |
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4/3/03 |
| america0 |
why we are at war |
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3/23/03 |
| war-2003-3-22 |
ignore the war |
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3/22/03 |
| war-2003-3-21 |
fight the real terrorists |
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3/21/03 |
| war-2003-3-20 |
patriotism is the last refuge |
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3/20/03 |
| war-2003-3-19 |
this war is insane, with rebuttal |
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3/19/03 |
| oilwar2 |
dissent is more frustrating when it is in the majority |
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3/19/03 |
| peace2 |
I guess this qualifies as sarcasm |
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12/26/02 |
| america3 |
terrorism: I'm still angry, and getting angrier... |
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12/4/01 |
| news1 |
a little 'current events' reality check |
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11/4/01 |
| bill_of_rights4 |
oh sweet freedom, how best to protect you? |
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11/4/01 |
| peace1 |
give it a chance |
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10/22/01 |
| war |
I could stop writing these, yes, I would like that... |
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10/8/01 |
| terror1 |
a day that will echo for a long, long time |
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9/11/01 |
| polisci6 |
what is 'self government?' |
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5/4/01 |
| capital6 |
economic meddling in the former Soviet republics |
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10/18/00 |
| stillborn |
a short but powerful prose poem |
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1/9/00 |
| unbelief |
a little poem about the sentimentalisation of war |
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1/9/00 |
| fear1 |
a short note about complacency |
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12/1/99 |
| america6 |
why is America not a revolutionary country? |
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11/26/99 |
| Revolution (one) |
a few riffs on a phrase or two from poverty1 |
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11/26/99 |
| polisci2 |
an essay on aggression among humans |
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4/19/99 |
| Northern Eyes |
a song about war |
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7/9/97 |
| oilwar1 |
the first 'made for TV' war provokes my dissent |
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2/6/91 |
| we_have_won |
a poem about war and glory |
|
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Random |
Pick a thought at random, or go to the "index index" |
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Indexed |
| Support | This is where I shamelessly solicit your contribution to the cause! |
| Dedicate | A list of past dedications |
| Reading | Some recommended reading |
