http://slow.writerscafe.org/davidpage1 The original writings of author David P. Eckert en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776193773 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 LUCKY ME Like so many I lived exhaustionLike the sandman Whispering in my earJust lie downDriving home from BrooklynAt war with eyes Longing to closeReach my home and officeFully clothed on my couchSleep till morning The day starts ag.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/2167854/ Being Jewish, social justice and refugees http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/2041460/ Is it Writer's Block or simply a lack of time? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1494844/ self-explanatory http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1437233/ Comparing wounds we carry from different wars, holocausts, diasporas. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1410750/ Apocalypitic Visions http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1408841/ In memory of those who lost their lives when shot down by a missile over Ukraine. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1391550/ Memoriam poem to Astro http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1390596/ Ingenuity http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1363676/ Annoyed by the constant squabbling http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1361931/ wistful emories http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1357585/ 2014 meets Stephen Crane for a birthday? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1354211/ Dystopic viewpoint http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1333736/ self-descriptive http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1333270/ agricultural allegory? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1330961/ about a choice not made http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1326496/ Perhaps about blindly falling in love http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1324741/ Some wanderings of my mind http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1324301/ souls and connections across lifetimes http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1323036/ Sociopolitical Poem about the level of civil discourse in America http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1321661/ bitter sweet poem about people and trees http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1321222/ Sardonic recapitulation of a ridiculous meeting and conference call http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1298605/ self-deprecating complaint http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1298063/ the power of little children at the end of a long day http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1255839/ poem about poetry and poets http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1246025/ nature poem post Hurricane Sandy http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1213296/ Can tell by the title, perhaps light is winning out over darkness. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1210784/ poem about finding answers http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1196066/ Another crisis http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/1195381/ Newly revised hard to say. Human Services battle fatigue, perhaps. 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Listen, follow at your peril. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/355368/ Written after my daughter's friend was killed in a gang fight. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/340429/ Ah. What a week! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/237498/ A little obscure perhaps? or at least a little stream of consciousness. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/222400/ Travel Time WarP http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/222375/ Initial chapter in which the heroes are introduced. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/220720/ A humorous suspense mystery with the lead characters as a Psychologist and his former patient. They go about investigating and ultimately intervening in a "terrorist" plot to disrupt the Long Island marathon. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/220718/ Another reflection on loss and the passing on between the generations http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/davidpage1/208267/