Kendall Defoe
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Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. No AI. No Fake Work. It's all me...
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Deny, Defend, Depose...and Die?. Top Story - December 2024.
I am going to make the assumption that you have been following current events in the United States over the last week. I am going to imagine that you have some very strong opinions about what happened both on the streets of New York...and online. And I am going to assume that you will hear me out and accept my particular take on this (no trigger warnings necessary or provided).
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in The Swamp
Gimmie Shelter
I never thought that a piece devoted to “the warmth, comfort, and the joy found during winter’s coldest moments” would involve the bus services of my hometown, but this is where I found such peace of mind and all the combined elements above during what was surely the coldest and darkest time I had on a return trip home.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Families
Liberty or...?
A link to the challenge: It was an easy decision, so he knew what he had to do. The boy was brought to his office in the middle of recess, and Mr. Daniels wanted to give himself a half-day. This was one of the kids that he never thought he would have to deal with, a kind-tempered boy he had seen delivering the greeting to several visitors when they bothered to consider his school important. And the name was…?
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Fiction
Political Eleven
There is value here: not binary; not zero. Together? Lucky! Does this go to...? * Thank you for reading! If you liked this, you can add your Insights, Comment, leave a Heart, Tip, Pledge, or Subscribe. I will appreciate any support you have shown for my work.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Poets
Review of "The Fight"
Fifty years can be a very short jump in time… As I mentioned in a previous piece, Jake Paul just defeated Mike Tyson in a match where a much older fighter was expected to destroy a much younger and less experienced up and comer (Paul is 27; Tyson, 58). All the material and reviews I read before the fight supported that argument. I was almost tempted to put money down on it…but I did not. And I did not watch the fight. A part of me knew that all the experts and all the prognosticators were looking at the fight with the wrong ideas in mind. Many of them wanted a name they knew to take back what was once his; they wanted history to keep rhyming.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in BookClub
Political Ten
The Romans were right (binary: one and zero). It marks all of us. Apt... * Thank you for reading! If you liked this, you can add your Insights, Comment, leave a Heart, Tip, Pledge, or Subscribe. I will appreciate any support you have shown for my work.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Poets
Invisible Men
Dear You-Know-Who, This is very personal for me, and I know that as you read this, you may wonder why I have not included your specific title or name as a form of address. I have my reasons, and I think it will be clear – at least to one of us – why I have decided to send you this letter.
By Kendall Defoe about a year ago in Humans
