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Poem 8
On days when you cannot form a poemGo outside for a walkYou will discover several poems already writtenSteal one of those and pin your name on itNobody will know
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On days when you cannot form a poemGo outside for a walkYou will discover several poems already writtenSteal one of those and pin your name on itNobody will know
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Poem 7
Nothing reminds youHow beautiful people are–capital P People I mean– like a building they've just leftAll the life sucked out like atmosphere in spaceThe sounds gone silentlike the lonely terror of sudden deafnessMemories still haunt the air like smoke trails from the last cigarette ground i...
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Nothing reminds youHow beautiful people are–capital P People I mean– like a building they've just leftAll the life sucked out like atmosphere in spaceThe sounds gone silentlike the lonely terror of sudden deafnessMemories still haunt the air like smoke trails from the last cigarette ground i...
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Poem 6
I cannot explain GodWhy I would believe in anything so ancient and abstractSo shrouded and veiledSo often plastered on the T-shirts of fanaticsI cannot explain HerI cannot explain HimI cannot explain ItIt is not whether or not God makes sense to meillogicalIt is that God makes sense of everything...
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I cannot explain GodWhy I would believe in anything so ancient and abstractSo shrouded and veiledSo often plastered on the T-shirts of fanaticsI cannot explain HerI cannot explain HimI cannot explain ItIt is not whether or not God makes sense to meillogicalIt is that God makes sense of everything...
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Poem 5
A bird singsI am three kilometres into a five kilometre run with my breath fast and heavy and my legs tingling from disuseA bird is singingThere is sweat down my back and frontMy leather gloves are hot, catching sun in my handsMy hood is bouncing on my shoulders, bad hair be damnedA bird is singi...
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A bird singsI am three kilometres into a five kilometre run with my breath fast and heavy and my legs tingling from disuseA bird is singingThere is sweat down my back and frontMy leather gloves are hot, catching sun in my handsMy hood is bouncing on my shoulders, bad hair be damnedA bird is singi...
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Poem 4
Here at the Value VillageOn a sale day you can tell yourself so many liesIf the discounts are deep enough you can even believe themOr most of themMy belly doesn't hang over the waist too farI have always been the kind of guy who could wear paisley - if I had any to wearI'll just tuck it in a...
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Here at the Value VillageOn a sale day you can tell yourself so many liesIf the discounts are deep enough you can even believe themOr most of themMy belly doesn't hang over the waist too farI have always been the kind of guy who could wear paisley - if I had any to wearI'll just tuck it in a...
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Poem 3
Spring is in her early daysLeaving secret notes in apple tree budsWaiting for me to unravel her riddleI was always told she wore only brownNot a pretty shade, but the musty, rotting carcass of a colourI have believed that lie for too longEverything you know about a person can be undoneby looking ...
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Spring is in her early daysLeaving secret notes in apple tree budsWaiting for me to unravel her riddleI was always told she wore only brownNot a pretty shade, but the musty, rotting carcass of a colourI have believed that lie for too longEverything you know about a person can be undoneby looking ...
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Poem 2
There is something heroic about the word 'enough'Something subversive about a stop signEven a yield on the green lit freewayThere is the moment when you realize it is much too lateto do so much and you give upPull off at the next exit toward compromiseThere is space between two skyscrapers where ...
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There is something heroic about the word 'enough'Something subversive about a stop signEven a yield on the green lit freewayThere is the moment when you realize it is much too lateto do so much and you give upPull off at the next exit toward compromiseThere is space between two skyscrapers where ...
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Poem 1
I question what business I havewriting poetrywhen this is something poets are supposed to dobut if I am going to startquestioning what business I haveI won’t have any business leftI’ve spent a lifetimestumbling into the wrong partyand somehow not getting bouncedit will have to be enoughthat...
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I question what business I havewriting poetrywhen this is something poets are supposed to dobut if I am going to startquestioning what business I haveI won’t have any business leftI’ve spent a lifetimestumbling into the wrong partyand somehow not getting bouncedit will have to be enoughthat...
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Fighting for the Work
The kids are off to school. Lunches are made, and the dog has been walked. Check. Dishes are put away. Counters wiped. Check. Check. It is almost time to sit down and do the work.Later this morning, I have to make a trip to the dump. Our backyard is a mess of basement renovation debris. Carl, ou...
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The kids are off to school. Lunches are made, and the dog has been walked. Check. Dishes are put away. Counters wiped. Check. Check. It is almost time to sit down and do the work.Later this morning, I have to make a trip to the dump. Our backyard is a mess of basement renovation debris. Carl, ou...
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How Talking the Strangers on Anchor Could Save Social Media
Each human voice is beautiful and unique. Our voices connect us to one another. Our personalities incarnate timber and tone. Vocalization brings nuances text lacks. This subtlety and character have been largely missing from social media. Until now. Until I installed Anchor, I had no idea the diff...
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Each human voice is beautiful and unique. Our voices connect us to one another. Our personalities incarnate timber and tone. Vocalization brings nuances text lacks. This subtlety and character have been largely missing from social media. Until now. Until I installed Anchor, I had no idea the diff...
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App Review: Bible for Apple TV
For thousands of years, pre-printing-press people had the Bible read to them by others. First as oral histories, then read from priceless scrolls at gatherings. We read with our ears long before our eyes. I like the way the Bible app for Apple TV returns me to that listening space
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For thousands of years, pre-printing-press people had the Bible read to them by others. First as oral histories, then read from priceless scrolls at gatherings. We read with our ears long before our eyes. I like the way the Bible app for Apple TV returns me to that listening space
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App Review: Sketch Party TV
Around the Von Bieker home, our favourite group activities are still family games and now we have some exciting new options. Options that take a lot less time and effort to set up than their boxed up counterparts. One of our favourite family games so far is Sketch Party TV. Sketch Party TV im...
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Around the Von Bieker home, our favourite group activities are still family games and now we have some exciting new options. Options that take a lot less time and effort to set up than their boxed up counterparts. One of our favourite family games so far is Sketch Party TV. Sketch Party TV im...
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Why I Bet $200 on the New Apple TV
I'm well aware that Apple TV 4 costs up to a hundred dollars more than other streaming boxes. For me, it's worth the premium for one reason; the Apple TV App Store. Apps mean potential. Apps are the key to unlocking a developer community we've already watched transform the cell phone. I'm bet...
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I'm well aware that Apple TV 4 costs up to a hundred dollars more than other streaming boxes. For me, it's worth the premium for one reason; the Apple TV App Store. Apps mean potential. Apps are the key to unlocking a developer community we've already watched transform the cell phone. I'm bet...
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15 Years: A Married Man's Balance Sheet
Sometimes, on special days like an anniversary, I think about the person I could have been if I had made a different choice that day. Another version of me would emerge. Let's call him Other Dave. While one can never know the certain end of paths untaken, I can make some guesses on who Other D...
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Sometimes, on special days like an anniversary, I think about the person I could have been if I had made a different choice that day. Another version of me would emerge. Let's call him Other Dave. While one can never know the certain end of paths untaken, I can make some guesses on who Other D...
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This is How I Strengthen My Courage
Courage is kind of a big deal right now. I left my job. I'm trying to make a go of it. I know I'm not alone.Here are some thoughts on that I shared this week at Bleeding Heart Art Space.
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Courage is kind of a big deal right now. I left my job. I'm trying to make a go of it. I know I'm not alone.Here are some thoughts on that I shared this week at Bleeding Heart Art Space.
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