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A WISER WAYI must enlarge and elevate my mind,Expa...
SHAKESPEARE’S WISDOMThat all the world’s a stage o...
THE KINGDOM WITHIN for Eckhart TolleAt times lik...
A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHYYour “personal philosophy” is...
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degrees of greenIN WINTER PARKI’ve often heard it ...
MEASURING LITERARY FAMEWhich writers have captivat...
[Here's an old love poem of mine I've just submitt...
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VERSECRAFTING for MannyAs a poet, I’m a hobbyist, ...
VERSE vs. POETRYDiscursive verses such as theseMea...
SUBLIMINALLike a stutterer who only when he singsC...
WHY I RHYMEIt’s not to make me richOr fit into a n...
FORM AND FUNCTIONI’ve grown in time addicted to th...
BE STILL AND KNOWAssuming I am free and may pursue...
OUR MISSIONWe’re here to make the best sense that ...
WHAT WE’LL NEVER KNOWOne thing I’ve learned on my ...
SERENADEDistractions and diversions sheer me fromT...
THE GAME OF LIFEWhy are we here, what is our aim?I...
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POTLUCK SONNETSThe earliest sonnets that I wove at...
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THE BIRTH OF VERSETo write this verse is quite lik...
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CONTEMPLATIONTo contemplate is to move out of time...
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JUSTIFICATIONWhen others suffer and no prayers app...
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THE SPIRITUAL ATHEIST’S CONFESSIONI am an atheist ...
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ALAN NORDSTROM
Licensed Verse Practitioner anordstrom@rollins.edu