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A Poem by Pete

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? - Thoreau

he spit and made mud

rubbing it on sightless eyes

they now see clearly

© 2025 Pete

Author's Note

"So much for a blind obedience to a blundering oracle, throwing the stones over their heads behind them, and not seeing where they fell." - Thoreau

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Added on January 10, 2025
Last Updated on January 10, 2025

Author

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..