Playing With Fire

Playing With Fire

A Poem by Pete
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If I put my head deliberately into the fire, there is no appeal to fire or to the maker of fire, and I have only myself to blame. - Thoreau

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pianist on fire playing in the beach | Stable Diffusion | OpenArt

days stacked like cord wood
winter of our discontent
kindled fervency



© 2024 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness." - Thoreau

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Added on February 2, 2024
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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..