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		<title>A Race of Some Fame</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Based on that song of No Name On the first part of my journey,I was focused on the road ahead,I dove down the dune and shot for the moonI ran until I was redThe first thing I saw made me stumble in aweAnd the sky was cloudless aboveThe heat was hot and the sand was softBy the end of the day I was dead. I’ve been through the desert on a race of some fameIt felt good to be out of the rainIn the desert, you can run for your...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/a-race-of-some-fame/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>Seoul has a dream</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It dreams of light and life,<br />
of vibrant color and vast urban spaces.<br />
It dreams of incorporating culture with economy...</p>
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		<title>Coffee and a Laptop: What other superpowers do you need?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On Beginnings Eleventh grade exposed me to an altogether different breed of educator; a man named Jon Rondesvedt, who bursting with enthusiasm for history, philosophy and the classics, issued us a challenge: turn in a typical paper or compose a poem. A daring dyslexic, I accepted…He beamed at my first foray, while his endless wonderawakened in me thatinescapable enthusiasm for the written word, thatlove of travel,and thatpassion forteaching.  Wanderlust came early in my imaginings, but a singular poem by Langston Hughes stirred my spirit to action. It was Dream Variation and much as Hughes had done in 1923, I struck out that summer, discovered languages and unexpected inspiration in...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/coffee-and-a-laptop-what-other-superpowers-do-you-need/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>A Plethora of Posts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Hero</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>you hear nothing<br />
but your beating heart<br />
and the swish of air<br />
the ball arcs<br />
you leap…<br />
and the crowd roars!</p>
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		<title>Calamity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sweat and soot<br />
bead brow to brow<br />
as the fire writhes<br />
in deadly determination<br />
matched only by your own<br />
single-minded, stiff-necked, staying power<br />
your unbending brawn<br />
face to face with this fire. </p>
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		<title>Consensual Communication</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 23:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The way your tongue wraps around those words, so sexy my soul salivates. Here, at room’s rear, I hang on every turn of phrase, back-arching through every bit of banter, every burning urge… surging, spurred auditorily, in every curve of word, every scent of sass, seared with sweat… Triggering the chill and churn in bated-breathed anticipation of your next exquisite utterance… With every observation cool and common, or heated and heartful erotic thoughts in waves awash in notions both naughty and natural haunting and hypnotic. Yeah, even that offhand assertion...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/consensual-communication/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>DARE</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dare to be dangerous. Dare to dance. Dare to speak up. Dare to say whatever is in your heart. Dare to be beautiful. Dare to say don&#8217;t touch. Dare to say when it&#8217;s ok. Dare and be Dangerous! [for Ella]</p>
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		<title>Sitting at Starbucks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>(this is not about Starbucks the ubiquitous; it&#8217;s about a certain place, certain personalities, people that know my drink and have my mug at the ready, people that are happy to see me &#8212; that Starbucks in Itaewon central, that Starbucks is gone now&#8230;) Every day, laptop laden, I make my way to inspiration way, a soft-cushion destination for some deep-seated thought. Sitting at Starbucks, half aware of the chatter of the chit-chat girls And the coffee shop gangnam guys The table circles The pseudo art, the big green sign...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/sitting-at-starbucks/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>insomnia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 17:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>transcendental ly speaking, my tired mind is tweaking</p>
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		<title>Ode to a Snowy Scooter in Seoul</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Missing my chariot, my sleigh, my zip zap zing&#8230; my t’aint no thing, be there in a flash, my traffic bypass, my bit of sass &#160; ~ by Peter N. Liptak If you fancy this poem share with a friend, (or a foe… you never know) so that others might stumble past — ’TIS ALL THE FASHION! From feast to famine, a poets line is thin. Follow my lean lead, come walk with me in wonder, then, if you will, PUT THE CASH IN! No Paypal account is required. Poets must eat…...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/ode-snow-covered-scooter/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>The rift… the drift</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>IloveyouhorriblyIloveyousorely IloveyouintentlyIloveyourelentlessly IloveyouweaklyIloveyoumeekly Iloveyoudailyhourlyweekly &#160; &#160;</p>
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		<title>Forsaken</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>is it so easy to leave love to rush off without a word to run away spurred by anger for what occurred is it not absurd to let go of something so sought after as affection to leave me lost my eyes glossed over exhausted from lack of rest once blessed with affection enchantment and emotion the delight of devotion of passion and piety discarded for anxiety rejection~ i protest! without even a call… was it love at all</p>
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		<title>Nodeul Ferry Riverside</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sitting in the sap of spring by the weeping willow, wondering …whiling away and wondering if the flow of time can be tied &#8211; have you tried? Binding it by a stretch of willow at the trunk to catch the flow of time and tide By and by, near the Nodeul ferry riverside &#8212;&#8212; Twig and twine tying time to the tree Trust not its boughs and branches, not me, To stop the page of life’s mystery the blue ever flowing by mindless of the willow’s strength, and my sigh...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/nodeul-ferry-riverside/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>Trapped in Joe&#8217;s Shirt Pocket</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 17:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>(Class in Ford Hell) Square block, black and gray floor locked A red light dungeon, candle dark neon danger Dollar bill flat frogs hang iron chained Like Escher wall coverings for the mentally unwell Riveting me to a garden green Tantalus chair Eyes ever searching, returning windowless To eight poets aching for sun One watch watching Smiling face timing minds Testing poet speed traced in an underground particle chamber Accelerating minds Tracking lap times, leap frog mental jumps follow Frisbee neon bright thoughts. Two poets accelerated to thought speed Swollen...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/trapped-joes-shirt-pocket/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>Feeling Feral</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ferral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitten]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>How does one tame a feral kitten, With lots of love and a thick-ass mitten! Hiss and spit, Hiss and spit&#8230; That&#8217;s the gist of it.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/feeling-feral/">Feeling Feral</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Bag Lady and the Union Man</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A lot of people don&#8217;t realize what&#8217;s happening to us… What&#8217;s happening to the middle class, to the working class, to the blue-collar class, to me, to you, to the union man. A lot of people forget because they want only to forget: Hey bag lady You old bag You hag You&#8217;re a drag Bag lady Hey bag lady Sitting on the bus Trying to discuss All you do is cuss Stay away from us Bag lady Hey bag lady When you nag Nag Nag For a fag Or a...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/bag-lady-and-union-man/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>Zen and the bicycle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Sporting Chance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Travels]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/zen-bicycle/">Zen and the bicycle</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Goodbye Korea</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2016 05:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Caffeinated Contemplations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goodbye]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=1164</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Visa hot in hand... 'merica here we come!<br />
But when will we land? And what will become<br />
of the friends who made this place home, those expat alum...<br />
How do you say goodbye to 20-year associates, to the long friends, the Seoul mates that made this place almost home?</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/goodbye-korea/">Goodbye Korea</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>A nation ignored</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 06:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[citizen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DPRK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Jong-Un]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What happens to a nation ignored?<br />
Will it wither on in an untoward state<br />
or rise up pen and sword with hate?</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/a-nation-ignored/">A nation ignored</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>How NOT to make New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2016 04:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Caffeinated Contemplations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New year's resolutions]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>How many New Year’s resolutions have been left by the wayside, homeless and unwanted, begging by the roadside only a few weeks, days or even moments into the New Year? Why trudge haphazard into an uncertain transformation, only to slip back into bad-habitsville. Leave the resolutions to those with real resolve!</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/new-years-resolutions/">How NOT to make New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Again Tomorrow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2015 02:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Love's Name]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[walk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I love you in every long lonely walk home<br />
from the fall of autumn<br />
to the deep quiet of winter<br />
through the early rising spring<br />
to the lazy daze of summer.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/again-tomorrow/">Again Tomorrow</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Early Rendezvous</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2015 21:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>If I had happed<br />
upon your early midst<br />
of springtime slumber<br />
naked and sparkling<br />
in sunshine's dew,<br />
would your form be still<br />
for my curvaceous ovations?</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/early-rendezvous/">Early Rendezvous</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Too Long Separate</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2015 01:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lips]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I listen to the ballads of my blue mind<br />
and think of you.</p>
<p>You are in the taste of blotted lipstick<br />
on the lip crests of my morning.<br />
You are the swift stroke and new razor<br />
greeting the rough-hewn stubble of my face.<br />
You are every drop of wet<br />
in the shower of memory.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/too-long-separate/">Too Long Separate</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>My Travels</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2015 00:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Your eyes are moors.<br />
Your hands are angels.<br />
Your hair is Autumn.<br />
Your lips are frosting.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/my-travels/">My Travels</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Four and More</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love's Name]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[despair]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I love you like music<br />
and hope<br />
and tears.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/four-and-more/">Four and More</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Rioja</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Rioja<br />
I passed through your land and wish to return.<br />
I glanced at your face and my home I'll now spurn.<br />
I gazed in your eyes and your will I must learn.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/rioja/">Rioja</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>On the Journey</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2015 03:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[My Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/journey/">On the Journey</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>My Sweet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2015 13:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Late into the night your image appears<br />
slowly, like Cassiopeia, to grow<br />
in little specs of pure light<br />
to challenge darkness and danger.<br />
In full brightness you dance in my vision,<br />
gliding graceful<br />
billowing swan grey with filmy mist...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/my-sweet/">My Sweet</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Colors</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The trees are blue, blue is orange<br />
red and white<br />
See me here in your midst<br />
standing right<br />
In front of you alone holding on<br />
to your sight...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/colors/">Colors</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Sabine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I will always say<br />
that for me Sabine began<br />
with her hair<br />
and ended<br />
with her lips...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/sabine/">Sabine</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>RED</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2015 06:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[RED]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Red<br />
why do I crave you<br />
was Oedipus trapped<br />
is my penis at fault...</p>
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		<title>Prologue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2015 05:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Achilles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greeks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theban]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>We only ask that in your readings<br />
of this, the play and all proceedings,<br />
be now thus of Theban mind<br />
and unto gods so be kind.<br />
Knowing that the gods are real<br />
as the Greeks of old did feel,<br />
lest thou must in fear conceal<br />
thine own little Achilles heel.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/prologue/">Prologue</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Light bulb</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2015 05:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[crush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light bulb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squish]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>If you sit on an idea<br />
for a while<br />
you just might<br />
squish it.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/light-bulb/">Light bulb</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>The origin of Moses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 05:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetic Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry Explained]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The poem &#8216;Moses&#8217; was in large part inspired by this particular scene of a graphic swine slaughter from the 1993 documentary &#8220;My Brother&#8217;s Keeper,&#8221; which coincided with a incident that happened to someone close to me.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/the-origin-of-moses/">The origin of Moses</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Not A Clue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2015 05:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Why did she swallow the fly anyway?<br />
Where is this woman?<br />
Trapped in an endless song<br />
Strangled by the shoehorn of our dreams<br />
into an insane tune<br />
a rotating door of death...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/not-a-clue/">Not A Clue</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Teddy&#8217;s Camp</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cabin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camp songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counselor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer camp]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>With mom’s goodbye, the tears flow.<br />
A hug, a wave… it’s time to go<br />
Teddy gets on the bus to start<br />
off for camp, sad to part.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/teddys-camp/">Teddy&#8217;s Camp</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Teddy’s Day</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/teddys-day/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teddy bear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woohoo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A happy set of sunbeams smile in<br />
Through the window, the sun risen.<br />
Teddy’s eyes begin to brighten,<br />
All set to take the day’s sights in.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/teddys-day/">Teddy’s Day</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Gone fishin&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chat with a cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[river]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Do fish like plaid<br />
I do . . . Do you?<br />
My hat is plaid.<br />
It's a plaid hat.<br />
A plaid fisherman's hat...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/gone-fishin/">Gone fishin&#8217;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Hats</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/hats/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 19:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A little Burst o Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bartholamew Kubbins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hats]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=909</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>I am the boy who wears hats.<br />
Like Bartholamew Kubbins,<br />
I wear them for protection.<br />
I wear them for warmth.<br />
I wear them for flair,<br />
Or to keep my hair—from flying.<br />
Some I never wear,<br />
Only hang them up<br />
Like dreams upon the wall... </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/hats/">Hats</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Moondance</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/moondance-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 10:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frozen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pure night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=812</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>My little moon<br />
Dance<br />
Moon bright<br />
Pure night<br />
Snow quiet<br />
Deep<br />
Miles of air<br />
Frozen<br />
To frame this night.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/moondance-3/">Moondance</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Word</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/the-word/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2015 22:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=582</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>A man in transcendental clothes accosted me in the street.<br />
He asked me for a moment's strength<br />
to beg a word and busk a poem's length.<br />
A simple request, straightforward and true.<br />
He'd write his best and I'd give him his due.<br />
But at word's cost, my mind went blank.<br />
My patience was lost. My heart sank...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/the-word/">The Word</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Blaze</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/my-every-line/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2015 01:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Love's Name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grammar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=699</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>You are my every line<br />
my conscious grammar<br />
my pen<br />
my hammer.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/my-every-line/">Blaze</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Coffee Shop Blues or The Cool Cap</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/coffee-shop-blues-or-the-cool-cap/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2015 08:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baseball cap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[billowing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue denim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue jeans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cool blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cool blue denim baseball cap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i'm blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My cool cap]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=656</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>I'm wearing a hat today It's blue<br />
"Why is it blue?"<br />
You might ask... As I do.</p>
<p>My blue hat<br />
My blue cap<br />
My cool cap...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/coffee-shop-blues-or-the-cool-cap/">Coffee Shop Blues or The Cool Cap</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Cupid&#8217;s Discovery</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/cupids-discovery/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A little Burst o Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quiet]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I love a child<br />
A newborn smile<br />
A great cry<br />
From a firm slap<br />
To the supple bottom<br />
Of my quiet words</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/cupids-discovery/">Cupid&#8217;s Discovery</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Lie of the Living</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/the-lie-of-the-living/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2015 20:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A little Burst o Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beyond words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warped word]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woods and lake]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Soaring in the space above words,<br />
it lowers its view to woods and lake,<br />
circles and sees...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/the-lie-of-the-living/">The Lie of the Living</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Northrup Mall</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/northrup-mall/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyebrows frozen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northrup Mall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radiator red]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tundra beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[your cold command]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I appeared<br />
eyebrows frozen<br />
radiator red ears...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/northrup-mall/">Northrup Mall</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>White</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/white/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2015 05:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intoxication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kisses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[millennium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On a warm twist of winter<br />
At 5:30 in the morning of Korean calm<br />
An early bus slips past the chot noon [first snow]<br />
Sailing down in windless clusters<br />
Like whispers<br />
Wetting windshields...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/white/">White</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Untitled</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/untitled/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greek Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1991]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cassiopeia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediterranean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seven sisters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spectacle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stars]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Oh the stars<br />
how could i forget the stars<br />
the spectacle of the Greek night<br />
the great chasm of black<br />
that connects to<br />
the lingering blue of the Mediterranean...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/untitled/">Untitled</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Knossos</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/knossos/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greek Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1991]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dry and delicate dust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glorious armies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locusts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minoan ruins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mycenae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palace stones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Can you hear the locusts<br />
all around?<br />
They surround the palace<br />
and siege the Minoan ruins with sound...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/knossos/">Knossos</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Grammar Lesson</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/the-grammar-lesson/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2015 18:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Love's Name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adverbial phrase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conditional possessive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conjunction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grammar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>You are my grammar<br />
as I am your object<br />
to accept your subject's intensifiers.<br />
Set me off in any sentence position.<br />
I go as well before or after your verb.</p>
<p>I predicate your clause and need no passive voice<br />
as your active verb<br />
is always there to curb my adverb...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/the-grammar-lesson/">The Grammar Lesson</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Blaze</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/blaze/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 07:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Love's Name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conscious grammar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hammer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart weak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inner fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pen]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=623</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>You are my inner fire<br />
my silver sharp<br />
love's harp<br />
burning desire.</p>
<p>You are my runner girl<br />
of fated sneaker...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/blaze/">Blaze</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Illuminating ‘i’ Bubbling Bright</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/illuminating-i-bubbling-bright/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alphabet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bubble topped]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colors clashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linear lined]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purple and green]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Linear lined then bubble topped,<br />
Striped and spotted, it started and stopped.<br />
Purple backed and shadow racked…<br />
The lime launched the first attack.</p>
<p>Colors clashing, firing bright<br />
Bubble blotted and daringly dotted,<br />
The lines below, armed with might.<br />
That is where the warring i’s I spotted...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/illuminating-i-bubbling-bright/">Illuminating ‘i’ Bubbling Bright</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Death</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/death/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 07:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grim reaper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survival]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Death came by. Said hi.<br />
Not ready said I.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/death/">Death</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Recollections of Han</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 22:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[avenues aflood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bustling traffic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cicadas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daedeok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geumgang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I am the Han]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recollections of Han]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seoul]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Cityscape<br />
As evening approaches,<br />
And night extends the sky’s expanse,<br />
A neon canopy is cast over the vast extent<br />
Of Seoul’s story unfolding<br />
Framed by bustling traffic and avenues aflood with people.<br />
A tale reflected in the quiet river,<br />
Soulful and scenic,where its Han runs deep,<br />
Its water forever infused with history’s narrative<br />
And composed by nature’s recurring chronicle....</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/recollections-of-han/">Recollections of Han</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Formation of the Celts</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/formation-of-the-celts/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greek Sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carthage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great Greek world]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greeks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hubris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mesopotamia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persian ports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyre and Issus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xerxes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Through dreams portents and visions<br />
I found the Fertile Crescent’s<br />
Mesopotamian world<br />
Of Darius and Xerxes<br />
From Cyrus’ long descent.<br />
Ships flew fast from end to end<br />
Close guarded by Persian ports<br />
At Carthage, Tyre and Issus,<br />
To gather up the world and<br />
Place upon the feet of men<br />
Whose hubris plays undaunted...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/formation-of-the-celts/">Formation of the Celts</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Moses</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/shotgun-moses/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adrenaline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cold earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dagdae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echu Ollathir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faucet at her throat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire and water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innocence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israelites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jabbed the jugular]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Messiah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naked]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no prayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain and blindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raised without God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red fright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red spitfire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shotgun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft pink skin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speckles of red spitfire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squealed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strabo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the boar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thick straw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thin metal side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trailer's edge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacant veins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[viral spray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[without God]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>There she stood in the thick straw,<br />
legs still unsteady from the twenty-<br />
five staggering miles between farms,<br />
staring out at the sun, warm and bright,<br />
where Moses stepped into the trailer...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/shotgun-moses/">Moses</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>IN LOVING MEMORY OF</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/in-loving-memory-of/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Love's Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[at rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dismal symbolism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyes laden with memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last hours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifetime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open casket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pallbearer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unburdened with memory]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=591</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Born: February 9, 1924</p>
<p>Dear Mother,<br />
You never asked me for advice<br />
to show me how human<br />
or frail you are.</p>
<p>Your life and experiences<br />
so freely shared with others<br />
are absent from my world.</p>
<p>And what about your childhood?<br />
It could not be so unremarkable<br />
to grow up with such<br />
a large family.</p>
<p>I suppose I waited to long<br />
before I started to ask<br />
those questions of Rosemary…</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/in-loving-memory-of/">IN LOVING MEMORY OF</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Immunity</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/immunity/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A little Burst o Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contemplations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spider]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Who am I to swallow a fly]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=585</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Who am I to swallow a fly<br />
Your thoughts or ideas<br />
may tickle my insides<br />
make me chuckle and think<br />
or worse yet<br />
it may carry a germ of insight...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/immunity/">Immunity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Where is the lost and found for a love lost?</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/where-is-the-lost-and-found-for-a-love-lost/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Love's Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[train]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=410</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>“Try the train station,” an ally alleged.</p>
<p>“Where will it take me,” I wondered back,<br />
“heart in hand,<br />
past the epicenter of Insanity station...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/where-is-the-lost-and-found-for-a-love-lost/">Where is the lost and found for a love lost?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8217;twas brillig there in Bikram land</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/twas-brillig-there-in-bikram-land/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Sporting Chance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bikram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lock the knees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=400</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hot and humid as I manned the mat,<br />
streached and strung - out like a band,<br />
wrecked with the wet of overwhelmed glands and that<br />
constant voice of calm command. ..</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/twas-brillig-there-in-bikram-land/">&#8217;twas brillig there in Bikram land</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Apple Me, Papple Me, Tapple Me too</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/apple-me-papple-me-tapple-me/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technologically Speaking]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=337</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Apple Me, Papple Me, Tapple Me, too<br />
decided to buy the iPad too.<br />
"Hooray!"<br />
"What fun!"<br />
"It's time we do!"<br />
Cried Apple Me, Papple Me, Tapple Me, too...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/apple-me-papple-me-tapple-me/">Apple Me, Papple Me, Tapple Me too</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>I know</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/i-know/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I know]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seamless satisfaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soul’s refraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=245</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>how<br />
to locate<br />
your soul’s refraction<br />
of seamless<br />
satisfaction</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/i-know/">I know</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Last Breath of Night</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/last-breath-of-night/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[die]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last breath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Last Breath of Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sucked life]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=242</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Morning let me die with you<br />
for your breath is more promising<br />
than death...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/last-breath-of-night/">Last Breath of Night</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Webbed</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/webbed/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eight legs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webbed]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=240</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Spinning<br />
Eight legs<br />
Smiling she waits<br />
Silently<br />
As I dance<br />
I tremble with love<br />
And twist about...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/webbed/">Webbed</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Gift of Flight</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/the-gift-of-flight/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gift Of Flight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suicide]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=237</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Up lifting down…<br />
air currents race<br />
as they chase each other<br />
in the dusk chill...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/the-gift-of-flight/">The Gift of Flight</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>desire</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/desire/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my fall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my will]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I daydream oft of redemptive blood<br />
splayed about<br />
the room<br />
about me...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/desire/">desire</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Last Chance</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/the-last-chance/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a tractile smile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eternally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holler and bellow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kneel and plead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my demons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my gut hollow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pain and strife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sap my destiny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Submit and follow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subside]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When my demons come for me<br />
I won't go with them willfully.</p>
<p>When my demons come for me<br />
They chase my shade eternally<br />
to holler and bellow<br />
"Submit and follow."</p>
<p>When my demons find my shadow<br />
all weak, my gut hollow...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/the-last-chance/">The Last Chance</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Moondance</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/moondance/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frozen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moondance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quiet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>My little moon<br />
Dance<br />
Moon bright<br />
Pure night<br />
Snow quiet<br />
Deep<br />
Miles of air<br />
Frozen<br />
To frame this night</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/moondance/">Moondance</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Roar</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/roar/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 09:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[do what]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[echoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gasping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[madness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seething]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Do-what the music dictates<br />
Do-what… Do-what</p>
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		<title>The Dead</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/the-dead/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 14:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't cry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[don't don't]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forsake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[think]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Don't know!  Don't think!  Don't wrong!  Don't drink!<br />
Don't fear!  Don't quake!  Don't doubt!  Don't ache!<br />
Don't break!  Don't forsake!  Don't!  Won't!<br />
Don't green!  Don't blue!  Don't mean!  Don't sue!<br />
Don't you!...</p>
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		<title>When we die&#8230; do we fly?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 18:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Should DEATH be capitalized when its publicized in the pages of the obituary&#8230; or to the contrary? Should we eat our words in respect or be direct in our contempt for the bastard or just get plastered? When heroes great meet their end does he bend to send his prey in capitols large on the barge to journey&#8217;s end &#8211; the great beyond or duties abscond? When we die&#8230; do we fly an empty sky does our soul take off in a flutter or melt &#8211; like butter? When I...<a class="read-more" href="https://petespoetry.com/when-we-die-do-we-fly/">read more</a></p>
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		<title>Study of a Woman</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/study-of-a-woman/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 04:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devilish nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[femininity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lasciviousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lips]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pouty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>onthed evi lishna tureo fwo mense ductioni sanol dmansr e aliza tio noft hetru enatu reofw hatw omenc allfe mininit ythet rueex tento fwhic hme nwis einye arsan dexperi enc ebeyondal loth erswi llne verfat homth epow ersoffe mininit yarederi vedfro mman ysourc esfir stthefel inegrac eofeas ymov ementands leeklin escaref ullycur vedth enthesh arplin edcuri osityo fpoutyp erfecti onnott oforge tthelac iviousn essofla vishli psandfin al lytheet ernalte aseofthet remblingta il.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/study-of-a-woman/">Study of a Woman</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Dream</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/the-dream/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 05:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devilish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memory of youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[menace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[up and down]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[womanness]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The eyes make a woman<br />
somehow surreal<br />
dark and devilish<br />
somehow drastic<br />
in their opposition<br />
to the cool curves<br />
of the slick mountain<br />
roads I followed<br />
up and down...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/the-dream/">The Dream</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>No Sadness Cafe</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/no-sadness-cafe/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 11:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blackness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[espresso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strangers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I love espresso,<br />
So sweet and so strong.<br />
My eyebrows dance<br />
As I sip soft blackness,</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/no-sadness-cafe/">No Sadness Cafe</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Being me</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/being-me/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A little Burst o Truth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being me]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[belligerent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E.E. Cummings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exigent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[true]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=162</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>What's that you say?<br />
"Courage today?"<br />
I'll stick to my insolent self-assuredness,<br />
infuriating, unfriendly and full of fight...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/being-me/">Being me</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Think</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/think/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=155</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Think, thank, thoughts coming unglued, falling unfastened, the feeling ensued with words tumbling from the pages of my mind, eyes blurred, a flash of white, then blind my world unkempt, disorderly, in disarray&#8230; what meaning shall i take from today?</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/think/">Think</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Footloose</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/footloose/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Love's Name]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love’s art]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=149</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Full of spirit, footloose and fancy free,<br />
we wandered within,<br />
filled glasses, toasted fine friends<br />
and I found my eyes fixed on Sunmi...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/footloose/">Footloose</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Valediction</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/valediction/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Love's Loss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sadness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valediction]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=146</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>is it so easy to leave love<br />
to rush off without a word<br />
to run away spurred by anger<br />
for what occurred</p>
<p>is it not absurd...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/valediction/">Valediction</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Moments</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/moments/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Letters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=139</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Remember that battered piano room at the Student Union at ASU. The notes always a welcome lesson to the tune of the day. The moments seemed to linger like in no other place, in a darkened comfort from the desert sun they hung - musky in the air. Full and soft.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/moments/">Moments</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Sleepy Pete</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/sleepy-pete/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetic Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neighborhood of our knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slumber]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A tale of intrepid beginnings, a nap and a flowery bloom of sorts. A story that left little Pete a changed snoozer and plenty awake for the flight of fancy soon to come.</p>
<p>One day, not so long ago but in a place, well not really a place (as our friends here were in transit – that means going from one place to another… </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/sleepy-pete/">Sleepy Pete</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Where does YOUR poetry come from?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[OPP - Other People's Poetry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[creation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[originality]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Poetry of Theft</p>
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		<title>The moment</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/the-most-sublime-is-the-momen/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetic Inspiration]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>"The most sublime is the moment of death."<br />
가장 숭고한 순간은 죽음</p>
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		<title>Run</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/run/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetic Inspiration]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Run to find some part of yourself yet undiscovered.</p>
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		<title>A state of play</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetic Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flirtation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roughhouse]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Entering a state of play<br />
What shall we do today?<br />
Join in some imaginative roughhousing,<br />
a flirtation of fancy,<br />
maybe a game... come out and play!</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/a-state-of-play/">A state of play</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Procrastination</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetic Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Wilson Little]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[not doing it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nothing to do; lots to do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procrastination]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/there-is-no-pleasure-in-having/">Procrastination</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Twists &#038; turns</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetic Inspiration]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=274</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Twists &#38; turns: the road of life is rife with wrong ways bad days, hinderance &#38; hurdle, on the way to what? The great abyss is before me&#8230;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/twists-turns/">Twists &#038; turns</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Chocolate</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/chocolate/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Death and Chocolate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chocolate]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Chocolate</p>
<p>bare moon<br />
death storm<br />
summer delicate<br />
sweet tongue<br />
chanting<br />
lazy<br />
moment</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/chocolate/">Chocolate</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Minnesota Wonderland</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chestnuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Christmas<br />
 is in the simple joys of living<br />
It’s in reading a story to the kids at bedtime<br />
 and having your neighbors over for dinner<br />
It’s in a good bottle of wine<br />
 and a mug of hot cider after two hours of shoveling<br />
 and eggnog in the morning while still in your robe<br />
It’s in black and white movies<br />
 and old Frank Sinatra records<br />
 and waltzing in the living room when you’re sure nobody’s around...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/minnesota-wonderland/">Minnesota Wonderland</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Autumn Vows</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://petespoetry.com/?p=106</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Innocence</p>
<p>Capture the winds of innocence<br />
shades on the moon<br />
glowing soft in the distance...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/autumn-vows/">Autumn Vows</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ballad of the Winds of Silence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A voice rose to greet me in the forest<br />
as if it came from nowhere<br />
It seemed to surround me<br />
pervading everything<br />
It echoed<br />
in the crackling twigs of my footfalls...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/ballad-of-the-winds-of-silence/">Ballad of the Winds of Silence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Hope</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/hope/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cottonwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rainy reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wet trunk]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>An old cottonwood stands jauntily outside my window<br />
I sometimes watch it as I lie in bed<br />
when the cool smell of rain is on the air<br />
I can hear the wind in the distance<br />
but the tree stays quiet... </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/hope/">Hope</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Notes from the Spiritual Brothers on Togetherness</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/notes-from-the-spiritual-brothers-on-togetherness/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ihduhapi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lake independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waterfront stairs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Leaves moving like waves on the wind<br />
and the sunshine filtering through on the breeze<br />
to spin the spectrum on a multitude of greens.<br />
The trunks stoic and brown and still<br />
tower over the stairs diving down to the wide<br />
waterfront...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/notes-from-the-spiritual-brothers-on-togetherness/">Notes from the Spiritual Brothers on Togetherness</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Native Earth</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/native-earth/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ancient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nakai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talons]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Earth Spirit</strong></p>
<p>nakai<br />
i float<br />
on your flute</p>
<p>you, Shaman, call<br />
the canyon mouth<br />
opens<br />
to breathe<br />
to sing</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/native-earth/">Native Earth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Returning</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/returning/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dead poets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orange note]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plaid youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the lake]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Like an orange note<br />
of<br />
plaid youth<br />
carried on the low hang<br />
of mist<br />
rolling...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/returning/">Returning</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Nepal</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/nepal/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nepal]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Nepal</p>
<p>Palettes,<br />
Drawing dreams,<br />
Sketching the duration of sleep<br />
it seems, I paint my dreams with all the tints and tones...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/nepal/">Nepal</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Yosu</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/yosu/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yosu]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What dwell amid the rows of cement collars,<br />
astride the mounted hills stepped with sustaining grass<br />
and winding from the Seoul of late descent<br />
came by morning of early trained mass?...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/yosu/">Yosu</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>By some magic of music</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/theres-something-magical-abou/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetic Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magic of music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subliminal]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>There's some magic of music,<br />
the way a tune can move,<br />
your mood altered in an instant;<br />
an express line to the soul of expression<br />
infecting with inspiration,<br />
subliminal and subconscious.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/theres-something-magical-abou/">By some magic of music</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Missionary Man’s Monarchy</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/a-mission-mans-monarchy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[My Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hermit kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horace allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kojong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missionary]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>An Ode to Allen</p>
<p>Steeped in 500 years of Confucianism<br />
The heritage of a dynastic Yi hermitage<br />
Indoctrinated its population in the prism<br />
Of expanding stasis, getting on in age.</p>
<p>Here begins the story of Horace<br />
As he happed on the hapless case<br />
Of Kojong and his hermit race<br />
In a time of encroaching barbarians and Yi’s passing grace... </p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/a-mission-mans-monarchy/">A Missionary Man’s Monarchy</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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		<title>Incline</title>
		<link>https://petespoetry.com/incline/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Liptak]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[My Travels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heuk Seuk dong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music of memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhythm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[velvet eyes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I remember following up the long incline<br />
Of cement stairs<br />
Along the steep sided alleyway<br />
To the peak of our expression<br />
And the open expanse...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://petespoetry.com/incline/">Incline</a> appeared first on <a href="https://petespoetry.com">Pete&#039;s Poetry</a>.</p>
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