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OPINION #3: A Quick Essay on the Horse

--- There has seldom been so forgotten a love story as that between man and the horse. Emerging from a long evolution stretching back nearly 50 million years, t...

Poetry #10: Eulogy for the Ones We Left Behind

Eulogy for the Ones We Left Behind I can recall looking inside the yellow-poplar cabinet of my heart. I can recall its rhythm; Knock-knock-knockin’ to the sound...

Poetry #9: Obroni!

Obroni! Nyame Nwu na Mawu God will die before I do. I will not fear this devouring land; We must learn to spare each other. For it is here, That the young must ...

Poetry #8: Damnation on Dakota Dock

Damnation on Dakota Dock When I was old, We’d take the stroll and find our reflections in splintered ice. But now that I’m young, Winter is done; I’d see my new...

Poetry #7: Sojourn on Saudade Ridge

Sojourn on Saudade Ridge And behold, The gift beget of my struggle: Saudade Ridge. I turn, To face the setting sun. Below, I see the stream, Like a carpenter of...

TEP Photography Challenge - Round 3: BnW Animals

- - - My maternal grandparents breed and raise Morgan horses in Oklahoma for a living; it is from them that my family has caught the horse-fever. This gorgeous ...

Poetry #7: For the Xunaa Mothers

For the Xunaa Mothers Dear mothers in Hoona, Do you hear the Raven’s call? It is carried by the North wind you so desired to escape. You see your husbands, Your...

OPINION #2: What is the American Identity?

What features define the American mindset? What conglomerate of traits compose the American mind? The American archetype has become a global standard, more or l...

Poetry #6: Horseman's Ode

Horseman's Ode In the dark, I meet your skin. Your veins run like hidden rivers beneath you, Carrying the spirit of your immutable heart. It pulses, Like the li...

Poetry #5: Church on Chochmo's Hill

Church on Chochmo's Hill Have you seen the Church, That sleeps on Chochmo’s Hill? It waits, Unwavering, In the aspen clearing. The grass is brought to lull, Sub...

Poetry #4: Ocala Prophets

Ocala Prophets Ever slowly, The boat crawls between singing waters. The sun, Sinking below the endless line of longleaf pine and mangrove, Grasps at what little...

CONTEST: Slap the Spammer! SBD prize

.jpg) Spam is an art. And so is responding to spam. How do you slap the spammer? How do you show them how it's done? @diebitch and @nobyeni are looking for the ...

Poetry #3: New River Gorge had a Kid

New River Gorge had a Kid Like soldiers of winter’s old, We climbed the bluff, Under the authority of none but our own. Far behind us (past the creek one of us ...

Poetry #2: Eulogy for the Watermen

Eulogy for the Watermen You watched the birth of day; Dawn casts waves of gold. And only you understand the salt on the breeze, The tears in the valleys, The wi...

Poetry #1: Oklahoman Evensong

Oklahoman Evensong The eyes with which God sees me - I look up and meet His gaze. On a dark summer night, The stars gave me a new home. I soon fall asleep - The...

OPINION #1: Where Humanistic Theory Falls Short

I have just recently finished reading an expertly compiled article by the user @nolnocluap concerning the historical development of Humanistic theory in psychol...

My Self Introduction: A Personal Genesis

.PNG) Hello --- My last name is Burns, and this is my IntroduceYourself (and hence, first) post on SteemIt. As I understand it, trust seems to be something of a...