Not All Levees Break

Not All Levees Break

A Poem by Pete
"

Who hears the fishes when they cry? - Thoreau

"
Flood Zone Build Homemade Levees ...

you harbored life's fears
building a levee of tears
holding back arrears



© 2026 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh." - Thoreau

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Added on March 9, 2026
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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..