Archive - Captive Liberty

The forest's sun-dearthed valleys

Sep 22

August 2024

A Novel Pregnant with Meaning

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Aug 30

July 2024

We Only Possess What We Give Away

An unusual odor socked Donovon Guffey on his bungalow stoop between turning the bolt and twisting the knob.

Jul 4

June 2024

«Après moi, le déluge»

Louis XV's vision of pitch and gopher wood

Jun 5

April 2024

The Butcher And the Jeweler

Apr 27

March 2024

Rastelli the Programmer

When he was still alive, I met the legendary hardware hacker Ur at a computer engineering conference in Hamburg.

Mar 27

To catch some good vibes

The Vibe-Giver stands At the end of time, Tossing beautiful dreams across the past. Like breadcrumbs to ducks, They fall where they may, Into far-flung…

Mar 12

February 2024

The Dead Expanse

During those long in-between times After the slow fade to blackness of the previous world Before the daybreak of signs with a fresh “Let there be…

Feb 23

January 2024

Exhaling in Poetry's Shade

A monk in saffron robes sits among the roots of a Bodhi tree.

Jan 31

To Redeem Those Yearning for Final Salvation

Outside I paced, in March's cold. I looked like you that day, Dressed in your colors, Baptized in your curls. You invited me in, and I thanked you. You…

Jan 14

December 2023

The Valley in Steinbeck's Box

A verse retelling of the 1955 John Steinbeck novel, East of Eden

Dec 31, 2023

A parable of the Pure Land

Dec 18, 2023

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