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Joe

Dry poems for a dry season.

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Author’s Note: I am no hunter, and the following poem should not be misconstrued as having been written in my voice. Its speaker is rather the personification of a mood; one of perfect wonder, wherein an inner pessimism encounters the irref...

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My final room is waiting
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Change Your Life

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So you want to change your life.

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Worthy of Love

Spooky Gulch, Utah (2006)


Worthy of Love

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Where shall I vest love,
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I keep trying to do good
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    Joe is a poet and editor focused on applying wisdom traditions to contemporary crisis. He has a PhD in English from the Johns Hopkins University and has completed postdoctoral fellowships in expository writing, moral leadership, and the rule of law.

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