Pete : Writing

Skinny Truths And Fat Lies

Skinny Truths And Fat Lies

A Poem by Pete


Sanity is a cozy lie. A lie leads a man from a grove into a jungle. A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. - Thoreau
Running Forward, Crawling Back And Walking Now

Running Forward, Crawling Back And Walking Now

A Poem by Pete


Both for bodily and mental health, court the present. - Thoreau
To Look Into The Sun

To Look Into The Sun

A Poem by Pete


Sanity is a cozy lie. - Susan Sontag
One Scoop Or Two?

One Scoop Or Two?

A Poem by Pete


He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. - Thoreau
Song From The Wood

Song From The Wood

A Poem by Pete


When other birds are still, the screech owls take up the strain, like mourning women their ancient u-lu-lu. - Thoreau
Hum, When You Can't Remember The Words

Hum, When You Can't Remember The Words

A Poem by Pete


Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent, - Thoreau
Before The Rooster Crows

Before The Rooster Crows

A Poem by Pete


At death our friends and relations either draw nearer to us and are found out, or depart further from us and are forgotten. Friends are as often broug..
Running Man

Running Man

A Poem by Pete


I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. - Thoreau
When Rain Sings

When Rain Sings

A Poem by Pete


It is a regular spring rain, such as I remember walking in,— windy but warm. - Thoreau
Milking The Day Without A Stool

Milking The Day Without A Stool

A Poem by Pete


A poet has put his farm in rhyme, the most admirable kind of invisible fence, has fairly impounded it, milked it, skimmed it, and got all the cream. -..