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XXII. When winter’s white breath muffles the earth And her powdered hair buries the last red leaf, All below sleep… READ MORE
You want to be a writer? First, be a copywriter. You need to tell a story, which sounds simple. If… READ MORE
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With what thoughts are these wings set Above the roar of the ocean’s estate, Where toil and its twin once… READ MORE
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XV. The numbing tumults of a listless day Are thought to be matters of great import, Though these passing tempests… READ MORE
Omnia Romae cum pretio Everything in Rome comes with a price. Juvenal died around 130 AD. Since it took another… READ MORE
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The first bunch can be found here. These were written in rapid succession. I. Those for whom dreams are… READ MORE
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Originally published on January 11, 2011. Little is known about the life of the Roman nobleman Gaius Valerius Catullus. He… READ MORE
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This is an excerpt from a blank verse drama I started writing many years ago. The speech seems pertinent to… READ MORE
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Love’s Labor’s Lost is Shakespeare at his strangest. Instead of crafting a clever and inimitable plot as he did in… READ MORE
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The first poem here is an imitation of Shakespeare’s 18th sonnet. They were all composed between 2009 and 2013 (I… READ MORE
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
~ Rogers Hornsby
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