Pete : Writing

Forlorn

Forlorn

A Poem by Pete


Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent..
A Cold Shoulder

A Cold Shoulder

A Poem by Pete


To us snow and cold seem a mere delaying of spring. How far we are from understanding the value of these things in the economy of nature! - Thoreau
No Forwarding Address

No Forwarding Address

A Poem by Pete


When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived. - Thoreau
For A Good Time Don't Call

For A Good Time Don't Call

A Poem by Pete


What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. - Thoreau
Excuse Me, Would You Have Any Spare "Change"?

Excuse Me, Would You Have Any Spare "Change"?

A Poem by Pete


Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought. - Thoreau
Throwing "Rocks"

Throwing "Rocks"

A Poem by Pete


If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf of ignorance which surro..
Osculation

Osculation

A Poem by Pete


“My life has been the poem I could have writ but I could not both live and utter it.” - Thoreau
In Your Eyes

In Your Eyes

A Poem by Pete


The world laughs in flowers. - Thoreau
Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

A Poem by Pete


Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it. - Thoreau
Prophesy

Prophesy

A Poem by Pete


It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men. - Thoreau