Don Rearden
Uncertain Endings
the play is the thing we return to and we know what is coming how it ends but hope for a twist as if we could learn alongside the...
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Don Rearden
Apr 28, 20171 min read
The Dead Horse Trail
defined by horse power cannot rein in desire ridden to death ends justify being mean this work horse this dark horse cantered, loped,...
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Don Rearden
Apr 27, 20171 min read
Dear Constituent
Dear Constituent, I realize you took your time to write me on this day but contributed not a dime so your letter will not sway while I am...
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Don Rearden
Apr 25, 20171 min read
Alaska's Education Funding: The Simple Solution
the solution to education funding came easier than anyone expected on Friday we shuttered the schools on Monday we were open for business...
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Don Rearden
Apr 25, 20171 min read
Missing: Socks
the mystery of modern man with all his technological wonders this simple solution eluded humanity there was no device gizmo or gadget...
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Don Rearden
Apr 24, 20171 min read
Frozen in Time
snow deep and soft three mile slog a glacial pace across the lake a long ribbon of strangers under-dressed, over-dressed some in dress...
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Don Rearden
Apr 23, 20171 min read
Cutting Caribou
cutting caribou smile with each slice a gift from the Arctic cuts to the bone this realization happiness brought in a bag the tundra...
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Don Rearden
Apr 21, 20171 min read
Today, Refused
the note from his teacher got carried away today, refused said said said words that blurred read and read again said said said even...
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Don Rearden
Apr 20, 20171 min read
World of Birds
at this moment the world belongs to birds in the distance gulls crying out with joy as they circle an ocean of trash a chickadee flutters...
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Don Rearden
Apr 20, 20171 min read
Accident Captured
in my pocket an accident, captured on film of what, I'm not sure alien planet infinite space an abyss some matrix glitch ones and zeroes...
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Don Rearden
Apr 19, 20171 min read
Empty Nest
we take family walks rain or shine, through the woods around the neighborhood up the mountain today my son caught fish in potholes deep...
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Don Rearden
Apr 18, 20171 min read
Angles Betray Me
angles betray me corners I can cut but I am obtuse when confronted with vertices the symptoms acute give me a radius or pi and catch me...
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Don Rearden
Apr 17, 20172 min read
Weekends in The Situation Room (Or: Believing the Unbelievable)
they met on the weekends at The White House Santa Claus suggested the venue a secure location, and vacant, he said of course he was right...
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Don Rearden
Apr 16, 20171 min read
Bears Are Out
the bears are out, we say a warning for all to be more aware secure trash cans, and children when they lumber from dens groggy and...
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Don Rearden
Apr 15, 20171 min read
Spring Tears
hearts melt, break tears puddle, pool innocence, a snowdrift gone, in a flash cry not, for snow winter returns, soon enough the sidewalk,...
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Don Rearden
Apr 14, 20171 min read
Droppings
today a bomb huge, tremendous, bigly dropped the word drop in music means to switch the rhythm drop a beat water drops from clouds from...
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Don Rearden
Apr 13, 20171 min read
Listen
listen you can hear your heart listen animals will speak listen walls are no obstacle listen water whispers become roars listen trails...
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Don Rearden
Apr 12, 20171 min read
Spring Fractures
the return of the sun brings melt downs spring swings in fractures within us darkness and light energy and exhaustion exhilaration...
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Don Rearden
Apr 11, 20171 min read
How She Came To Be --- a poem for National Sibling Day
the truth? I said the following: one kid is enough my argument, my resolve a mountain, unmovable nothing could change my position my...
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Don Rearden
Apr 10, 20171 min read
Racing Time
spattered blood on the ski trail nickel, dime, quarter sized drops mixed with moose tracks a mystery in white and red I should have...
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