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Dan Sturn
    My main portfolio contains 6 items.
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[Bottle in the River]    (E)    # 1462725:
        A book of Poems illustrating whatever you, the Reader, thinks.
[The Pattern that Connects]    (E)    # 861973:
        . . . . all patterns that connect all patterns that connect . . . .
[Nature: God's Art]    (E)    # 861975:
        . . . . and when His song sings through, it is many times about you . . .
[We have a Write to Escape]    (E)    # 861979:
        and to write is not too wrong!
[Short Stories]    (18+)    # 1638579:
        I don't write a lot of short stories, and here's where I store them.
911 Twenty Ten    (E)    # 1707130:
        My tribute to 911.
#861973:   The Pattern that Connects    (E)     [Top]
. . . . all patterns that connect all patterns that connect . . . .    (58 items)

Age    (E)    # 1652263:
        . . . . . . . . . . . it's all relative.
Promises, Promises    (E)    # 1608987:
        It is now, as it was in the beginning . . .
Earth Eagle    (E)    # 1657958:
        Inspired by an encounter with seven wild turkeys.
Towards There    (E)    # 1482063:
        My attempt at prayer.
Found    (E)    # 1624426:
        Enlightenment, being born again, being surprised by the mirror. It's all the same.
You Can Love    (E)    # 1461923:
        From Bottle in the River
Trespasses    (E)    # 1479298:
        As we forgive those who trespass against us . . . .
John 8:7    (13+)    # 860950:
        about the mirror we all gaze into
Meddle Station    (13+)    # 1475593:
        The art of meditation is a battle with your thoughts.
What Choice?    (E)    # 1720635:
        Inspired by Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken.’ See preface to poem.
Stream of Khan . . . Science, Ness    (E)    # 1510110:
        A response to a review of my poem, "The Letter."
Visitor    (18+)    # 1718731:
        To my friend that I met on my porch . . .
Connected Clarity    (E)    # 1707881:
        The most calming feeling of all is the notion that we are all connected.
Number Nine    (E)    # 1682208:
        Know Exodus, then read.
Ant Faith    (E)    # 1642611:
        Fables, Proverbs, Psalms . . . . unified.
Manners    (13+)    # 1641407:
        Advice for meeting celebrity.
The Enemy Within    (E)    # 1638120:
        Inspired by Proverbs 25:21 and 25:22.
The Walk    (E)    # 1632137:
        I guess this is about the ups and downs of learning.
General Kin    (E)    # 1624427:
        Science and Religion Intersecting
Way Through    (18+)    # 1620445:
        Time proves floods come one drop at a time.
Christ Has Died . . .    (E)    # 1616149:
        Christ has risen, Christ will come again.
The Dream King    (E)    # 1602789:
        Up all night in a dreamless fight . . .
The Good Man (metered version)    (E)    # 1598504:
        . . . . . whatever . . . . .
Ex-Catholic    (E)    # 1551984:
        I, the Catholic Buddhist, return to the original Liturgy . . . relieved.
Luminosity    (E)    # 1532054:
        My appeal to Whomever to take away this depression.
Sun Comes    (E)    # 1495501:
        Insomnia? Try worshiping the sun!
Wore-in Piece    (E)    # 1492594:
        The struggle between mind and heart continues . . . .
Equanimity    (E)    # 1488565:
        Sometimes I catch my "would-be enemies" acting just like me.
Recess Kids    (E)    # 1486849:
        The playground of my mind, so busy these daze . . . . .
The Good Man    (E)    # 1598321:
        . . . "whatever" . . .
Was Reincarnating    (E)    # 1740605:
        Time for a little humor . . . .
Between Was and Reincarnating    (E)    # 1744122:
        A sequel to the poem, "Was Reincarnating."
We're All Made!    (E)    # 1743763:
        If everything is comprised of more things, then there is no such thing as . . . . thing.
This Is Not Now    (E)    # 1744542:
        While journaling, I often discover I've been daydreaming while looking into the ravine.
Prajna    (E)    # 861297:
        Prajna - wisdom, seeing things as they truly are. Bodhisattva - warrior of compassion.
The Four Noble Truths    (E)    # 1738615:
        About happiness and expectations.
No Self    (E)    # 1741700:
        Reality is only a concept.
En Lightning    (E)    # 1847043:
        Punctuation, spacing, and cadence! Reach, touch, and let it lighten our being!
Grandma's Not Gone    (E)    # 1836185:
        To Grandma . . . . 1914 - 2012
To Those Who Kept Me Up Last Night    (E)    # 1832033:
        An ode to my night-owl daughters.
Of Hearts and Dreams    (E)    # 1832026:
        There's that dream that makes everything seem better.
Letter to My Jehovah Witness Friends    (E)    # 1829362:
        I need to straighten something out with a couple who have taken a great interest in me.
Liberation    (E)    # 1828734:
        Freedom (from addiction, anger, etc.) requires us to face that wich causes us to "reach."
Mara's Bane    (E)    # 1827910:
        Under the Bodhi Tree, Buddha battled the forces of Mara.
Heaven and Hell    (E)    # 1824363:
        Religion in the now.
Essence    (E)    # 1823354:
        What is the essence of reality?
Reflections from the Dark    (E)    # 1823314:
        Equanimity, non-self, connectedness.
I Love the Ending    (------)    # 1819039:
        What is water, and what is the state between water and steam?
Lowest Common Denominator    (E)    # 1818551:
        A response to Armorbearer's response to Gravity.
The Way Things Are    (E)    # 1786572:
        Just beneath the surface of the mud, there's more mud. - David Crosby
Keep Holy the Sabbath    (E)    # 1783928:
        I don't think the fourth commandment was established to set up our calendar structure.
Those Happy Moments    (E)    # 1783205:
        My wife helped me understand why she likes to watch The Royal Wedding. Then this came.
Ripply Effect    (E)    # 1781061:
        Goofy experimentation with Onomatopoeia, made-up words, and cause and effect.
Steak in a Sushi Bar    (E)    # 1781052:
        We Americans expect Steak in a Sushi Bar way too often!
Just a Vessel    (E)    # 1758088:
        Sometimes we become attached to our goals.
An Ode to the Mirage    (E)    # 1752767:
        Dedicated to the principles of entropy, quantum mechanics, and assembly.
UndependunT    (E)    # 1746518:
        I didn't want to journalize, but made myself, and this came.
The Message    (E)    # 1746030:
        Came to me as I was watching TV.
#861975:   Nature: God's Art    (E)     [Top]
. . . . and when His song sings through, it is many times about you . . .    (29 items)

One and the Same    (E)    # 1847670:
        Equanimity.
Sky Diamonds    (E)    # 1840515:
        I love looking up to see the sign of change . . . the Sky Diamonds!
Hawk Wind    (E)    # 1820519:
        Came while journaling.
Mahogany Bay    (E)    # 1781048:
        An ode to Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Honduras, where I spent part of my recent vacation.
Cruise Assembly    (E)    # 1776568:
        Getting ready for a cruise, learning that all "existence" is assembled, inspiring this.
With a Strong Brush    (E)    # 1727234:
        Playing with Images.
October    (E)    # 1714667:
        At the end of summer's life, joy.
Almost Fifty-One    (E)    # 1705559:
        Personal Poem about my age.
About U.S.    (E)    # 1679425:
        Finally, something from the Muse about BP.
Leaves the Hunter    (------)    # 1661257:
        I'm counting on my abacus the reasons to hunt in the 21st century.
September, Indiana    (E)    # 1653671:
        Sorry about the timing, it's just the way my pruning process works.
Anticlimax    (E)    # 1653148:
        Glum after the goal gained.
Knowing    (E)    # 1650510:
        I'll cede to the Isle of the seed.
The Triangle    (E)    # 1649234:
        Memories of my 96-year-old Grandmother. Update: She's 97 now!
Cost of Lost    (13+)    # 1645295:
        Still aching for my daughter, who ran away on her 18th birthday, with a 26-yo ex-convict..
Twins of a Gazelle    (13+)    # 1631165:
        Inspired by the Song of Solomon.
In the Name of    (E)    # 1624428:
        Another poem written in the dead of night. Original name: Insomnia 120509.
Moon at Day    (E)    # 1624423:
        I always love looking up on a cool day and seeing the moon.
Looking At the Fire    (E)    # 1620153:
        The sky is clear tonight.
The Lessons of Fathering, 2009    (E)    # 1613805:
        To she who let he take her from me.
The Pile    (E)    # 1613799:
        A rose in a compost pile, eventually becomes compost.
Chest Thumping    (E)    # 1613793:
        To he who took my daughter.
Summer's Fall    (E)    # 1611211:
        What does Autumn stand for?
Parenting    (E)    # 1525099:
        My babies are growing up.
Nature Never Hastens    (E)    # 1495836:
        What motivates nature?
Creation    (E)    # 1490904:
        If you know what this is about, tell me!
Butterfly Down    (E)    # 1486972:
        Every fall comes a terrible tragedy, all around us.
My Leave    (E)    # 1483962:
        Morning fire.
'Tween Summer and Fall    (E)    # 860635:
        inspired by the word "summer" . . . savor it, for it will soon end.
#861979:   We have a Write to Escape    (E)     [Top]
and to write is not too wrong!    (28 items)

Multivalence    (E)    # 1476373:
        This is my theory on art, architecture, and poetry. As of 2009.
Multivalence    (E)    # 1476585:
        Illustrating my theory of Multivalence as it applies to the ultimate form: religion..
Style    (E)    # 1476586:
        More about my theory of Multivalence. This focuses on poetry itself.
Valence (at least three)    (E)    # 1512010:
        Represents Multivalence. Though dictionary lists 3 meanings, notice hotel, curtains, etc.
Scent A Meter    (E)    # 1481250:
        Ground rules for protesting meter and form.
Shag Bark Pruning    (E)    # 1481268:
        Does the Muse, organic as it is, really want us to prune the message with form and meter?
Truncated    (E)    # 1480118:
        In an ongoing protest against meter, this Poem rues the act of cutting words so they fit.
Obscure Demur    (E)    # 1493323:
        duh DUM DUH dum . . . against a form, this poet is . . .
Sonnet Zero    (E)    # 1479029:
        My rebuttal to form, meter (or do you say metre?), and forced structure!
Rites    (E)    # 1485656:
        Form and Meter . . . . is it a religion? Do we have a rite to use free verse?
Pruning Poetry    (E)    # 1600985:
        This is what writing is about.
Waves of Love    (E)    # 860982:
        for those who find writing is meditation
The Book    (E)    # 1602799:
        We writers wrestle with sleeplessness.
The Book (Religious Version)    (E)    # 1602759:
        To those who journal through insomnia!
Unificity    (E)    # 1512699:
        An ode to to the Poetic Responses of the Armorbearer.
Reviews    (E)    # 1486850:
        This started out a signature, but Flower liked it so I made it a poem.
Revision    (E)    # 1482732:
        Do the words in our journals hibernate until we return to "prune them?"
Drive-by Not, Please    (E)    # 1481458:
        An appeal for an in-depth review.
The Long Dash    (E)    # 1847672:
        Reviewers often say, "I don't like the long dash."
Revision Too    (E)    # 1840524:
        While "pruning" old Poetry, this came to me.
Double Agent    (E)    # 1822364:
        I was thinking about politics while looking at my piano, and this came to me.
Word You    (E)    # 1820684:
        Bored in the journal, I pulled out some dictionaries.
Journatation Made Easy    (E)    # 1781044:
        Journation (what causes me to hear my Poetry) is writing 3 pages every day without fail.
Sloganography    (E)    # 1727214:
        Irritated during journaling, this emerges.
The Wind is the Breeze    (E)    # 1720886:
        Among Other Things (like how we write)
The King's Daughter    (E)    # 1649305:
        What started as killing time in the journal, ended with an hour of playful pruning.
Days of Rays    (E)    # 1611456:
        Transition. From: Journal to Portfolio? Summer to Winter? Rebirth?
Bio (for Karen Crump's Class)    (E)    # 1503516:
        This is a bio for Karen Crump's Poetry Class.
#1462725:   Bottle in the River    (E)     [Top]
A book of Poems illustrating whatever you, the Reader, thinks.     (3 items)

[Part 1: Finding the Flow]    (E)    # 1462727:
        24 poems, meant to be read in order.
[Part 2: Stuck on the Bank]    (E)    # 1462728:
        21 poems, meant to be read in order.
[Part 3: The End: We Sea!]    (E)    # 1462733:
        26 poems are meant to be read in order.
#1462727:   Part 1: Finding the Flow    (E)     [Top]
24 poems, meant to be read in order.    (24 items)

Morning Dream    (E)    # 1462737:
        The morning rain is good for the dry garden, but bad for the planned picnic!
Yea Plunge    (E)    # 1462742:
        The fingertips of “that I am” send sailing a bottle that lands in a river.
Journatation    (E)    # 1462743:
        Introducing the art of journaling as a form of meditation.
Gravity    (E)    # 1462919:
        Learning impermanence raises a new question: What causes the river to run?
Winter    (E)    # 1462922:
        When the river freezes, it's like we can walk on water!
The Concept: Reality    (E)    # 1462923:
        What is the river? The banks or the water itself? Or is it the force causing it to flow?
Now    (E)    # 1462925:
        When did the water turn to steam?
Transition    (E)    # 1462929:
        The Poet searches for that point in time prior to the future and just after the past!
Swimming    (E)    # 1462931:
        Meditation is at times very frustrating, a struggle against the past and the future.
Geometry    (E)    # 1463386:
        Journaling, as a form of meditation, can open the window to the Muse. But is it safe?
Eve    (E)    # 1463396:
        In case listening for the Muse isn't safe, the Poet explores the first of many religions.
Transformation    (E)    # 1463433:
        In architecture, borrowing a solution for your own design is called "transformation."
Conversation    (E)    # 1463516:
        In a conversation with Jesus, the Poet “releases the lies.”
Orthodoxy    (E)    # 1463435:
        About those nuts as well as those that protect us!
Cookbook People    (E)    # 1463436:
        Missing from the cookbook: how to light the fire!
One Meaning    (E)    # 1464029:
        The Poet decides he just can't commit to one meaning for life.
Bottle in the River    (E)    # 1464033:
        The Poet asks the Reader to help him catch the bottle.
Letter    (E)    # 1464036:
        In the bottle is a letter . . . .
Message In the Bottle    (E)    # 1464856:
        A legendary monk crossed a body of water riding on an oar. Perhaps he was a Poet Warrior!
Discipline    (E)    # 1464040:
        Discipline can be helpful, until we become attached to discipline.
Exasper    (E)    # 1464435:
        Sometimes we let our assumptions ruin our own moments.
The Poet Warrior    (E)    # 1464565:
        Crashing onto the bank, the Poet thinks his poems are the Arms of the Poet Warrior.
Stuck    (E)    # 1464851:
        The Poet longs for the euphoria that meditation used to bring.
Un-repressing    (E)    # 1464858:
        Warning: “cleaning your closet” brings monsters into the rest of the house!
#1462728:   Part 2: Stuck on the Bank    (E)     [Top]
21 poems, meant to be read in order.    (23 items)

Camping    (E)    # 1465156:
        The Poet Warrior rests on the bank.
Fire    (E)    # 1467956:
        The Poet must camp in the fire of pain, fear and uncertainty. From Bottle in the River.
Reacting on the Bank    (E)    # 1468137:
        Once out of sorts, getting back into the flow isn’t easy. From Bottle in the River.
Attachment    (E)    # 1468139:
        A droplet in the sky is falling, hoping to land in the river. From Bottle in the River.
Fathering    (E)    # 1468142:
        Fear causes actions that put us in a new place of fear. From Bottle in the River.
Parallax    (E)    # 1468143:
        A man who walks the tracks singing. He was killed. From Bottle in the River.
Another Butterfly Effect    (E)    # 1468145:
        A nature poem about terrorism and our culture of fear. From Bottle in the River.
Stay Now    (E)    # 1468148:
        Some of us are lost in hope as much as fear. From Bottle in the River
Mother (image)    (E)    # 1463231:
        This is a concrete poem.
Mother    (E)    # 1463227:
        Concrete poem about our mutilation of trees. From Dan Sturn's Bottle in a River.
21st Century Contrition    (E)    # 1468805:
        A poem about the disappearance of the Honeybee. From Bottle in the River.
The Clearing    (E)    # 1468806:
        The Poet realizes he is not a Poet Warrior. From Bottle in the River.
Day and Night    (E)    # 1468807:
        Day and Night are married right, as sure as the path of the sun. From Bottle in the River.
Presence    (E)    # 1468161:
        A nature poem about reaching, guilt, and just being. From Bottle in the River.
Start Where You Are    (E)    # 1468809:
        We should just start writing without regard to what we write. From Bottle in the River.
Jour    (E)    # 1468810:
        Journaling can help you “listen” to your muse.
Thought Journey    (E)    # 1468812:
        Journaling focuses us to be aware of our thoughts. From Bottle in the River.
Middle Child    (E)    # 1468813:
        This poem is preceded by a blank page. From Bottle in the River.
Blade    (E)    # 1468163:
        It's a continual process of cutting through one layer of lessons after the next.
Story    (E)    # 1468845:
        Concrete poem about meditation. From Bottle in the River.
Story (The Image)    (E)    # 1468847:
        Illustrating Microsoft Word's change tracking in the concrete poem: Story.
a poem is . . . .    (E)    # 1469915:
        The Poet reaches into the river and pulls out, from the stream of thought . . . . a poem.
Confidence    (E)    # 1469916:
        Awesome lightning does its thing with so much confidence. It has a purposeless purpose!
#1462733:   Part 3: The End: We Sea!    (E)     [Top]
26 poems are meant to be read in order.    (26 items)

River Rising    (E)    # 1469919:
        It’s raining now; way too much. From Bottle in the River.
Flood    (E)    # 1469923:
        Though the flood brings uncertainty and destruction, it also brings renewal.
Wet Basement    (E)    # 1469930:
        The Poet recognizes that impermanence is here to help us back into the flow.
Age of Terror    (E)    # 1469932:
        The Poet finds himself floating in a pool of fear, stagnating with the rest of culture.
Way Muse In    (ASR)    # 1470160:
        Ode to the muse or the river or the dreamtime or whatever . . . From Bottle in the River.
Daydream    (E)    # 1470755:
        Going into a dream and coming out. From Bottle in the River.
Daydream Connection    (E)    # 1470756:
        Back in the daydream, the Poet learns we are connected to all living things!
Together    (E)    # 1470757:
        We are connected, even if we live on different planets. From Bottle in the River.
Togetherness    (E)    # 1470758:
        We can achieve togetherness if we all live with the right intentions.
Life    (E)    # 1471442:
        Uncertainty connects us. From "Bottle in the River."
Genes    (E)    # 1471443:
        There are instructions connecting one generation to the next. From Bottle in the River.
Sequence    (E)    # 1468459:
        A poem based on the mathematical series found in nature, art, music, and genetic research.
You Can Love    (E)    # 1474520:
        Loving Kindness connects all beings. From Bottle in the River.
Eleven    (E)    # 1474523:
        We believe in such things as the number eleven, can we believe the river leads to the sea?
Sea Saw    (E)    # 1474524:
        But will the river truly lead us to the sea? From Bottle in the River.
Small Talk    (E)    # 1474527:
        Though called "small talk," the weather is actually not so small after all.
Ocean In Tension    (E)    # 1474528:
        Finally, the Poet makes it to the ocean, and it’s not blissful like heaven.
Ocean Intention    (E)    # 1474530:
        Learning that lessons are endless, bliss nonexistent, the Poet returns to the river.
Rescued Me    (E)    # 1475432:
        Okay . . . is it about me, rescued; that I was rescued; or the one who rescued me?
Not Like I Thought    (E)    # 1475433:
        Nothing is ever as we think it's going to be. Perhaps dying is the true awakening.
Translucence    (E)    # 1476594:
        The river, bodhichitta, and fear are one.
Waves of Love    (E)    # 1476595:
        Having gone down the river to the ocean again, the Poet learns to ride the waves of love.
Preamble    (E)    # 1476596:
        Could be about before I met my wife, or a message to my daughters' boyfriends.
Wake    (E)    # 1476598:
        An ode to the muse, or bodhichitta, or whatever causes the waves!
Evaporation    (E)    # 1476600:
        Evaporation of the ocean is what creates rain, which drives and feeds the river.
The Seventh Day    (E)    # 1476603:
        On the Seventh Day, the Lord threw a party and made a toast!
#1464944:   LinkedIn WIP    (E)     [Top]
Article for XXXXXXX November 2008 issue.    (2 items)

Story Idea / Interview Questions    (E)    # 1465143:
        WIP of an article idea and potential interview questions.
Article Proposal    (E)    # 1465134:
        An e-mail thread between my "alter-ego" and a magazine publisher.
#1478652:   Letters from College    (E)     [Top]
A series of fake letters that reflect on current issues. Prose, not poetry.    (2 items)

Letter from College: 09/28/08    (E)    # 1478658:
        The student explains why talking to his enemy is just not feasible.
Letter From College: 09/22/08    (E)    # 1478660:
        The student needs money, bad! We need to act immediately!!
#1587757:   Working Title: Remote Security    (E)     [Top]
A new article idea to facilitate a speech I'm giving at a conference in October.    (1 item)

Proposal E-mail    (E)    # 1587767:
        An e-mail to the editor of xxxxx Magazine, who has already published me.

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