Benjamin Kibbey
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Award-winning journalist, Army vet and current freelance writer living in the woods of Montana.
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I am more broken Than I may seem, dear, If I have done well With my disguise. If I have softness: Hardness cored-empty. When I have patience: Fatigue looking kind. If I have strength, now: Earth dense and tamped-down. If I have goodness: Well then, there's a thing...
By Benjamin Kibbey4 years ago in Poets
7 ways poetry can make your writing better
Before we get started... In the Army, a saying I frequently heard was, "this is a way, not the way." Essentially, there are a lot of methods and approaches to pretty much any problem, and you never want to get so deep into the idea that there's only one way to get there that you fail to be adaptable.
By Benjamin Kibbey5 years ago in Poets
Looking Back
When I reach the peak, And view the paths And roads I’ve walked, run Crawled along the way If I shed a tear, or quiet grow, Let it count as prayer, most sacred kind For all the dreams that drop behind For all the things we lose with time For all the things we gain and keep, For all the living done asleep.
By Benjamin Kibbey5 years ago in Poets
A lot of nonsense...
I have seen the tears enough to know they don't add up; I have seen the smiles, and know they don't subtract. In all of these oceans, in all of these lands, a drop in the bucket and lives like the sands, and where I started is a faded memory that seems like a fairy tale from here.
By Benjamin Kibbey5 years ago in Poets
Drive: and now, eventually
"There's a tone of voice reserved for affection, the kind that says even just the thought of you has given the other person a pleasant dose of brain chemicals. It comes with newest loves and oldest friends, and drops a soft veil around two people that makes all the rest of the world seem significantly less important."
By Benjamin Kibbey5 years ago in Humans
