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The Gloomy Optimist

Joshua Brian Krebs

A meandering blog by Joshua Krebs

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Till the Cannons Cease

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In the night there is a momentary blankness
A numbness when the bombings cease
When the guns fall quiet and even those who mourn must sleep
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3 months ago
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If You Can't Say Nothing Nice

I have struggled over the last year to write much in the way of blogging.

I have been writing a lot, don’t get me wrong. I still write a poem a day and Katie and I write a lot of stories together. But when it comes to non-fiction, when it...

4 months ago
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If She Loves Me

A buddy of mine offered an idea, recording an album called “Caught Under the Streetlights” that would give a place for all my songs about being out of place in the city. This is the first song I’ve ever written that got a chuckle from Katie...

6 months ago

Keeping Busy

The Fall is always a busy time for me. School starts back and my work picks up and I’m invited to do speaking events or trainings—and my blogging suffers. Not my writing, I’ve written as much as ever, but my blogging. I think it’s because b...

7 months ago
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