Pete : Writing

A Penny Ain't A Scent

A Penny Ain't A Scent

A Poem by Pete


Do what nobody else can do for you. Omit to do anything else. - Thoreau
Cheek to Cheek

Cheek to Cheek

A Poem by Pete


The Scarlet Oak asks a clear sky and the brightness of late October days. These bring out its colors. - Thoreau
Naivety

Naivety

A Poem by Pete


Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. - Thoreau
Gridlock

Gridlock

A Poem by Pete


When any real progress is made, we unlearned and learn anew what we thought we knew before. - Thoreau
The Street Sweepers

The Street Sweepers

A Poem by Pete


City life is millions of people being lonesome together. - Thoreau
Knight without A Fight

Knight without A Fight

A Poem by Pete


We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice. - Thoreau
In The "Rebuff"

In The "Rebuff"

A Poem by Pete


"We cannot well do without our sins they are the highway of our virtue." - Thoreau
Promised Land

Promised Land

A Poem by Pete


We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven. - Thoreau
Mysterious Mozart

Mysterious Mozart

A Poem by Pete


Unpremeditated music is the true gauge which measures the current of our thoughts, the very undertow of our life's stream. - Thoreau
Memories

Memories

A Poem by Pete


But the impressions which the morning makes vanish with its dews, and not even the most "persevering mortal" can preserve the memory of its freshness ..