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Your bias is showing
Jokes about minorities can be funny — except when the jokers are dead serious.
poet’s notebook
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Army summers
The upsides of being drafted into the U.S. Army.
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Hey, Will! Happy Earth Week!
Shakespeare as mulch, and other green thoughts for National Poetry Month.
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Riding the waves
The changes keep coming. Can we stay above water?
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Peter Meinke’s Poet’s Notebook: Ernesto’s place
If Cuban embargoes were lifted, we could all experience the country Hemingway loved.
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A dangerous profession
When writing poetry, it helps to have an enemy.
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Thoughts for the new year
The situation may be scary, but our choices are clear.
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The heartening protests of 2011
The young are protesting again, and that’s good.
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A fine dusting of faith
Religion worn lightly is a beautiful thing.
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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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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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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.