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Hesperus J. Algonquin
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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Apr 27, 2021

Humanity

Stop being smart and listen Stop being smart and empathize Stop being smart and let others be smart Or ignorant Without needing to correct them Stop being smarter than the experts It’s exhausting Stop being smart and be a human A grown up human

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Humanity
Humanity

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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Nov 29, 2020

A Marshmallow is White

Sweet emptiness, Puffy, Non-nutritive. Dull. High calorie air. We gather to discuss Nothing Dressed in our marshmallow suits.

Marshmallow

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A Marshmallow is White
A Marshmallow is White
Marshmallow

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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Nov 28, 2020

Covid is Not the Threat

On this weekend after Thanksgiving 2020 we are moderately paranoid about the covid swirling around us. The pandemic response has been a monumental failure chiefly caused by exploitation of the willing. Willful ignorance abounds. Willingness to follow the malicious, untalented man in the White House reveals an existential threat apart…

Covid

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Covid is Not the Threat
Covid is Not the Threat
Covid

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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Nov 26, 2020

According to Witnesses

we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14 In the quiet times I contemplate questions like this: Is my faith merely a psychological pre-disposition? Is it just a preference for heroic fiction from the past? …

Gospel

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According to Witnesses
According to Witnesses
Gospel

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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Nov 5, 2020

I Saw Jesus

Among the poll workers — Heads down, gloves on, concentrating on one simple task: counting the individual votes that make up a collective decision. The Governor, Lt. Governor, and Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA all spoke to their duties of receiving votes, protecting votes, counting votes. Beautiful. Peaceful. Government. The live-cams showed busy people…

Election

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I Saw Jesus
I Saw Jesus
Election

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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Oct 30, 2020

From the Trough

Must wash the muck Away In this dingy creek that flows on the way home. My father — Shamed — Works twice as hard To cover my inheritance. Wasted. Promise, promise him labor As servant not son To cover some — just some Of the damage I’ve done. Who is this Running this way? A man, Shameless, Exuberant, Like a silly girl?

Poem

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From the Trough
From the Trough
Poem

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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Oct 28, 2020

The Only Story

The earth hums. Beneath the din A guitar strums. The writer pens The only story there ever was.

Poem

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Poem

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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Oct 24, 2020

Counting the Cost of Medium

To attempt (or not) Medium authorship beyond dabbling — First a small devotion apropros for this moment: “Do not call conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they fear, nor be in dread. But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your…

Writing

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Counting the Cost of Medium
Counting the Cost of Medium
Writing

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Aug 19, 2020

The Bellicose Church

Musings of a Stranger to Evangelicalism — We have a problem. The politics of the day are a strong wedge far out-sizing the attractive force of fellowship among believers. Unity is lost under the rubble. …

Church

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The Bellicose Church
The Bellicose Church
Church

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Published in The South Will Write Again

·Jul 4, 2020

A Prayer for Independence Day

Timbers crack Capitals crumble A nation scrambles from the carnage wrought By a porcine joke Pretending to be king. Pleas fail For he is deaf. The bearers of his litter Honor lecherous vows While the country swoons False prophets Mirror with egos all their own For influence Splattering pigs’ blood upon altars Formerly sacred Let the destroyers pass on To their deserved scorn Let the nation recover itself

Independence Day

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A Prayer for Independence Day
A Prayer for Independence Day
Independence Day

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Hesperus J. Algonquin

Hesperus J. Algonquin

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