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A dangerous profession
When writing poetry, it helps to have an enemy.
jeanne meinke
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Thank your teachers
And raise their starting salaries, too.
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Twitterati
Can a good poem be squeezed into 140 characters?
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Rumblings
Wall Street protesters and the fall of the Bastille.
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Poet’s Notebook hits 100 (columns, that is)
One milestone leads to consideration of another.
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Spartans
Longing for bravery in ancient history and local football.
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No Arab Spring for Iraq
And there’s no reason for America to keep its soldiers there.
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The workers’ song
A song reminds us why labor got organized in the first place.
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Sun worship
Wonders abound in the universe, even if at times they’re a little confusing.
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Once more, with oomph
An unexpected revival of my brief Polish film career.
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Global-warming doubters and the long hot summer
Poet’s Notebook: Peter Meinke feels the temperatures rising.
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Poet’s Notebook: Level the scales of power
Like Athens in 6th century B.C., America needs reformers.
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Pascal’s wager
Why believing in God has always been a wise bet.
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The eye of the needle
If our country wants to talk the talk of Christianity, it needs to walk the walk.
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Legacies
Truths about life’s accomplishments in a sappy poem even Hillary Clinton swears by.
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The fan problem
The Rays and the Orchestra share a common deficit, no matter how well they play.
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The need for speed
Faster transit might even impress a homebound poet.
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Not my cup of tea
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