D. J. Reddall

Joined June 2022

875 stories

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I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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For Prophet
Your trivial queries annoy the gods! Horse races, politics, lotteries, girls; I am not here to calculate the odds But to read the future as it unfurls
By D. J. Reddall24 days ago in Poets
Meathead
Humane, laughing hearts A bigoted crank from Queens Never a contest
By D. J. Reddall25 days ago in Poets
The User Agreement. Top Story - December 2025.
Pay no attention to the dire warnings The system is not broken It is working perfectly To create exactly this life For all of the participants in it
By D. J. Reddall27 days ago in Poets
Aesthetic Judgment
Representatives Should be chosen carefully They reveal our taste
By D. J. Reddall27 days ago in Poets
The River Speaks
We imitate the river on our way Destinations turn into departures As to and fro, night flows into bright day My horse is a methodical marcher
By D. J. Reddall28 days ago in Poets
The Wisdom of Hibernation
Winter speaks wise words In the language of the bear We need translations
By D. J. Reddall29 days ago in Poets
The Worrying
Thinking you know what you mean Such a subtle trap Words have lives They are born, they work, and they die Children imitate their parents
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
Habit & Custom
Escape a mad king Create a new republic Choose a new, mad king
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
Meet Me Nowhere
I am quite sure you are not out there, now How could you be? This is not a real home It is a rather sordid waystation Between oblivions
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
Keep Evidence
Fools deny the existence of giants Their minds have modest, confined dimensions Their worlds are formed from mundane elements
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
No Magic
There is no magic here: just streetlight sparkled snow But the fact is that these sparks seem to spin into constellations for my eye
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets
Unblocked
Make what it is like For you to be yourself, in The world, legible
By D. J. Reddallabout a month ago in Poets