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A Letter to the Young Me

On May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 By wastedpilgrimIn LifeLeave a comment

Dear Tug, It’s just the name Dad calls you. Him and Roy Walker. What you call Roy, Pride, isn’t going to stick, either. Nicknames are going to get boring. By the time you reach, well, your age now, most nicknames are going to be related to your last name. Dut, for instance. You’re going to …

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Why I Haiku

On November 4, 2014November 4, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn Writing3 Comments

I’m surprised at myself. It wasn’t suggested to me. I didn’t borrow it from anyone else. It just occurred to me that the poetic haiku works very well on Twitter. I’m sure there are haiku Twitter accounts, probably hundreds, maybe thousands, but they don’t show up on my timeline, and I haven’t followed any. While …

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