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Address for Peace
First Read September 21st in Boulder Park to a Modest Crowd of Peacemakers
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Sonnet for Dawn
written June—September 2024
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Philosopher, Traveller, Magician, Lover
a Tale of the Violet Cycle from Ser Templeton Esq.
I hope You know
from willa beale
An Erotic Poem
for You.
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Note from a Symp
from Ser Templeton Esq.
Of a Pale Oasis III
writ April—August 2024
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Ancient Lullaby
A Tale of the Violet Cycle by Ser Templeton Esq.
Selections from 'Skipping Stones'
Three Dozen Poems from My First Collection w/ Commentary
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Poem on Comedy
for that Greatest of Arts
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Poetry

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Sonnet for Dawn
written June—September 2024
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I hope You know
from willa beale
An Erotic Poem
for You.
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words words words i
from Nashoba-tek & willa beale
Note from a Symp
from Ser Templeton Esq.

Vicious, Legendary

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Philosopher, Traveller, Magician, Lover
a Tale of the Violet Cycle from Ser Templeton Esq.
Ancient Lullaby
A Tale of the Violet Cycle by Ser Templeton Esq.
Verveine the Violet & Vicious, Legendary
Two poems of the Violet Cycle translated from the original Shar by Ser Templeton Esq.
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Address for Peace
First Read September 21st in Boulder Park to a Modest Crowd of Peacemakers
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Do I Contradict Myself?
Notes on Three Lines in a Famous Poem
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Identity & Spaces: On Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi'
Spoiler-free remarks on Susanna Clarke's 'Piranesi'
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Thin Blue Line
written 17 July 2023
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Just Stop
Insouciance & the Quest Against Thinking — co-authored by Ser Templeton Esq.
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Journal

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Journal X: Wisdom
The Writer is Foolish
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Journal IX: Confessions
The Writer is Guilty
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Journal VIII: Poetry
The Writer is Well-versed
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diary ii — correspondence with will edgcomb
from willa beale
Journal VII: for May's Decay
The Writer is Late
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words words words i
from Nashoba-tek & willa beale
Journal X: Wisdom
The Writer is Foolish
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Note from a Symp
from Ser Templeton Esq.
look to Them
from willa beale
The Anxiety of Influence: My Elders
from a Prompt from Céilí Galante
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Selected Haiku
Seventeen Selections of Seventeen Syllables from the Whole of My Writings
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Journal IX: Confessions
The Writer is Guilty
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Of a Pale Oasis III
writ April—August 2024
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this is how i am, but not who
from willa beale — writ May-August 2024
Ancient Lullaby
A Tale of the Violet Cycle by Ser Templeton Esq.
Selections from 'Skipping Stones'
Three Dozen Poems from My First Collection w/ Commentary
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Do I Contradict Myself?
Notes on Three Lines in a Famous Poem
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