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The South Will Write Again

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Hesperus J. Algonquin
Apr 27, 2021

Humanity

Stop being smart and listen

Stop being smart and empathize

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Hesperus J. Algonquin
Nov 29, 2020

A Marshmallow is White

Sweet with emptiness,

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Nov 28, 2020

Covid is Not the Threat

On this weekend after Thanksgiving 2020 we are moderately paranoid about the covid swirling around us. The pandemic…

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Nov 26, 2020

According to Witnesses

we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,

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Nov 5, 2020

I Saw Jesus

Among the poll workers

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Oct 30, 2020

From the Trough

Must wash the muck

Away

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Oct 28, 2020

The Only Story

The earth hums.

Beneath the din

A guitar strums.

The writer pens

The only story there ever was.

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Oct 24, 2020

Counting the Cost of Medium

To attempt (or not) Medium authorship beyond dabbling

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Jul 4, 2020

A Prayer for Independence Day

Timbers crack

Capitals crumble

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Jun 23, 2020

Regaining Attention Span, Part 1

My Time Vampires and the Closet They Inhabit

An item on one of my many lists says “identify my time vampires”. I was doing some light reading of the book Deep Work by Newport and discovered the closet in which those…

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