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Held in Contempt of (The King's) Kangaroo Court

A Poem by Pete

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. - Thoreau

Double Vision (Republic of Waste Management)

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A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in th..

When Once Isn't Enough

A Poem by Pete

We are ever dying to one world and being born into another. - Thoreau

Step to The "Right" (Please Remember The "Rules")

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When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it. ..

Drowning On Dry Land

A Poem by Pete

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance o..

Sheer Poetry In Motion

A Poem by Pete

My life has been the poem I would have writ, but I could not both live and utter it. - Thoreau

You, Me And Everything We Think

A Poem by Pete

So far as my experience goes, travelers generally exaggerate the difficulties of the way. Like most evil, the difficulty is imaginary; for what's the ..

Make Music Not War

A Poem by Pete

Only the defeated and deserters go to war. - Thoreau

Just Wondering Why

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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")

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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