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One Gay Man’s Perspective

Poetry from the Pen of The Wordsmith™🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

From tragedy, angst, and anguish comes something at once beauteous and empathic.

1 min readJun 28, 2021

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This is a pencil sketch of a writer seated at his cluttered, book-strewn desk holding a scroll in his left hand and a quill pen in his right. On the scroll is the quote “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader,” from Robert Frost. In the background is a circular window with one pane open. In the right middle ground stands a hat rack with his hat, coat and satchel hanging from it. At the bottom is the quote “One day, I will find the right words, and they will be simple,” from Jack Kerouac.

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Ellemeno

How Many Firsts Can There Be in One Man’s Life?

Life brings many first-time events, some of them milestones

8 min readMay 25, 2024

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The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™
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Ellemeno

Fathers and Sons

Is it a dream realized or denied?

10 min readMay 10, 2024

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Color photo. In the foreground, a father lifts his baby son up above his head. In the background is a stunning sunset.

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Rome Magazine

Lamenting the Loss of Civic Responsibility

Do you know where it went? Do you care?

10 min readApr 30, 2024

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Black and white photo of a row of letter-sized papers with “America” printed at the bottom of each and displayed from foreground to background.

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The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™
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Ellemeno

The Bunny and the Diva

New Year’s Eve, 1986

9 min readApr 29, 2024

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Black and White photo of two champaign glasses half filled in the left foreground against a champaign-colored background.

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The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™
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Ellemeno

Never Go Back; It’s Too Damned Depressing

Let childhood memories live on in happy ignorance of reality

13 min readApr 22, 2024

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Color photo of a Welcome to Leoti sign at the edge of town

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The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™
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Ellemeno

The Great Train Adventure

A marvelous ride to nowhere and back

6 min readApr 17, 2024

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Color photo of a bright orange Union Pacific diesel locomotive

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The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™

Dear Alexei,

Commenting on your article “The Greatest Song”[1], I would nominate a different song, not that you asked and not that "One" is not a great…

1 min readApr 12, 2024

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Ellemeno

Grandma and Grandpa Were Key to My Living a Just and Well-Founded Life

Knowing and learning from them was a privilege

6 min readApr 8, 2024

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A black and white photograph of an elderly person resting her hand on a younger person’s arm in a gesture of loving support.

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The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™
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Rome Magazine

Israel’s Use of AI in the Israeli-Hamas War

Is it condemnable or admirable?

9 min readApr 7, 2024

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Israel’s Use of AI in the Israeli-Hamas War

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The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™

The Wordsmith🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸™

Alex (Steve Alexander)/Existentialist Extraordinaire/Opinionated & grumpy gay septuagenarian contrarian content in his current station/[email protected]

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