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STOIC POETRY | A Stoic returning home
I might go out Into life, To see what is there, And then return in peace. Or, I might stay, Seeking peace; Wondering always... What there...
Kurt Bell
Apr 25, 20201 min read
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STOIC POETRY | The places I've never been
October 31, 2019 Dear Eric, It's a neat trick to neither lament nor attempt to remember the lives we did not live. For we all walk...
Kurt Bell
Nov 2, 20191 min read
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STOIC POETRY | My slower footsteps may not delay the orbit of the sun
How much distance do we travel when we stand still? How far and fast do we go while asleep in our beds? And how hasty our journey even...
Kurt Bell
Oct 26, 20191 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Life as a distraction
October 24, 2019 Dear Eric, Do you remember the flashy show we made of our youth? No, of course, you don't. You can't remember...
Kurt Bell
Oct 24, 20194 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Minding a sore foot
October 22, 2019 Dear Eric, Our talks back then were so full of optimism. Our youth spoke only of life, and of the optimistic promise of...
Kurt Bell
Oct 22, 20195 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Leaves upon the sea
October 12, 2019 Dear Eric, Would you ever have not taken your own life? Though I do not believe in fate, I'm convinced you had no real...
Kurt Bell
Oct 12, 20192 min read
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STOIC POETRY | A job well done
October 11, 2019 Dear Eric, I think we all desire to do well. And by this I mean to not just get by, but to complete our work to the...
Kurt Bell
Oct 11, 20192 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Prepared to arrive
October 10, 2019 Dear Eric, You not only knew the exact place and time of your death but you indeed even walked there. You went alone. I...
Kurt Bell
Oct 10, 20193 min read
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STOIC POETRY | A house called Stoic
October 9, 2019 Dear Eric, My home was found at last with a school and way called Stoic. You never knew this journey, I think. We both...
Kurt Bell
Oct 9, 20192 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Be safe... But not too safe
October 8, 2019 Dear Eric, And what of the fearful things of this world...? You knew some of these, and yet you fell at the first major...
Kurt Bell
Oct 8, 20193 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Die alive
October 7, 2019 Dear Eric, Every genuine adventure ends in a new life. How many lives can be lived in a lifetime? One is enough...as long...
Kurt Bell
Oct 7, 20192 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Back into the woods
October 6, 2019 Dear Yumiko, There's investment in adventure which yields return throughout our remaining days. For me, this is...
Kurt Bell
Oct 6, 20194 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Winter writing
October 5, 2019 Dear Eric, There's a place I go to work. It's way out in the desert - almost two-hundred miles from my current home by...
Kurt Bell
Oct 5, 20198 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Life at an oasis
October 4, 2019 Dear Eric, Do we borrow from tomorrow when we live in an imagined better day? Maybe not. Perhaps this is how we make way...
Kurt Bell
Oct 4, 20193 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Many places to sit, nowhere to rest
October 3, 2019 Dear Eric, I think you could have rested quite comfortably upon a log, or a big rock, or on the sand, or a seat at the...
Kurt Bell
Oct 3, 20193 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Sailing backwards
October 2, 2019 Dear Eric, What is the cost of yesterday? The cost is now. What is the value of yesterday? The value is maturity - but...
Kurt Bell
Oct 2, 20192 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Selecting the right picture frame
September 30, 2019 Dear Eric Looking back now from the vantage point of three-decades, I can see that we both lived and portrayed lives...
Kurt Bell
Sep 30, 20192 min read
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STOIC POETRY | A gaze that is straight
September 29, 2019 Dear Eric, Your gaze never once appeared to waver. Was this due to your youth? Was that it? Was it the strength and...
Kurt Bell
Sep 29, 20193 min read
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STOIC POETRY | Getting off the boat
September 28, 2019 Dear Eric, I wonder who you became before you were no more? I only met you that one time after our lives parted ways...
Kurt Bell
Sep 28, 20196 min read
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STOIC POETRY | The low-road to justice
September 27, 2019 Dear Eric, It's too bad our talks together never explored the issue of morality and justice... As I would have enjoyed...
Kurt Bell
Sep 27, 20193 min read
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