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Make Music Not War

A Poem by Pete

Only the defeated and deserters go to war. - Thoreau

Just Wondering Why

A Poem by Pete

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. - Thoreau

Off with His Head ("In You End Oh")

A Poem by Pete

But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried. - Thoreau

Royal Straight Flush (But Anyway)

A Poem by Pete

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. - Thoreau

The Praying Tree

A Poem by Pete

Every oak tree started out as a couple of nuts who stood their ground. - Thoreau

Born Again

A Poem by Pete

A lake is a landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature..

Jack And Jill

A Poem by Pete

I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled wit..

In But A Little While

A Poem by Pete

Wildness is the preservation of the world. I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spi..

Alive And Kicking

A Poem by Pete

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however..

Yet Another Dimension (Beg, Borrow or Steal)

A Poem by Pete

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. - Thoreau