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    New Poetry collection "Upon Departure" was released today!!
    John Roedel
    • Apr 8
    • 1 min

    New Poetry collection "Upon Departure" was released today!!

    So excited (and nervous) to announce that my latest poetry collection “Upon Departure” was just released today. This is a collection of...
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    In the face of war I’m so small. Yet love is big.
    John Roedel
    • Feb 26
    • 1 min

    In the face of war I’m so small. Yet love is big.

    I can’t make the world be peaceful I can’t stall tanks from roaring down roads I can’t prevent children from having to hide in bunkers I...
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     my unsolicitedValentine's Day wish for you
    John Roedel
    • Feb 12
    • 1 min

    my unsolicitedValentine's Day wish for you

    my love, quit waiting on someone else to finally love you the way that you deserve to be loved you only get so much time here quit...
    1,244 views1 comment
    the way to Earth
    John Roedel
    • Jan 10
    • 4 min

    the way to Earth

    God dried his tears and waited for the next brand new soul to enter the departure room. The Divine drew a slow deep breath. Time stopped...
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    Remedy is out!
    John Roedel
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Remedy is out!

    "Remedy" has been PUBLISHED! I'm profoundly terrified and excited to announce that my newest collection of poetry is now available for...
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    New Book: Remedy (coming so so soon)
    John Roedel
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    New Book: Remedy (coming so so soon)

    ~COMING SOON TO A HEART NEAR YOURS~ The 40 poems included in this collection are all the prescriptions that my invisible angelic doctors...
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    crying means you made it
    John Roedel
    • Oct 12, 2021
    • 1 min

    crying means you made it

    if you can still cry it means you can still breathe and if you can still breathe it means you are still alive and if you are still alive...
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    A Study in Reverse Origami (VIDEO)
    John Roedel
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Study in Reverse Origami (VIDEO)

    I was born with a last name and all the expectations that came with it from birth, I was crafted to be an origami swan to have perfectly...
    1,381 views3 comments
    Hospice Theology
    John Roedel
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hospice Theology

    Me: Hey God. God: Hey John. Me: What should I say to somebody who is about to die? God: The exact same things you should say to everybody...
    2,983 views7 comments
    Before the cosmos - my love, there was you
    John Roedel
    • Aug 31, 2021
    • 1 min

    Before the cosmos - my love, there was you

    Long before there were any stars When the great empty void was packed full of a hundred-thousand other even emptier voids There was a...
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    Curiosity Saved This Cat
    John Roedel
    • Aug 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Curiosity Saved This Cat

    “Why haven’t you quit yet?” My Depression asked me as I sat fully clothed in my empty bathtub. I didn’t answer. Instead, I just stared at...
    1,758 views3 comments
    (Video) The Anatomy of Peace
    John Roedel
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 1 min

    (Video) The Anatomy of Peace

    (this poem was formerly titled "How to Live With My Body" There is only inhale There is only exhale There is only this moment There is...
    6,125 views9 comments
    You, the Unbreakable Water
    John Roedel
    • Aug 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    You, the Unbreakable Water

    Me: Hey God. God: Hey John. Me: I'm about to break. God: Why do you think that is? Me: Because life just keeps getting harder. God: Then...
    2,941 views2 comments
    Sardines
    John Roedel
    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    Sardines

    be so very careful when trying to fit in with everybody else because you just might ~ stay fully wild, star child ride your watermelon...
    3,748 views6 comments
    The Anatomy of Peace (formerly titled "How to Live With My Body")
    John Roedel
    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Anatomy of Peace (formerly titled "How to Live With My Body")

    my brain and heart divorced a decade ago over who was to blame about how big of a mess I have become eventually, they couldn't be in the...
    56,228 views22 comments
    Become! Become! Become!
    John Roedel
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Become! Become! Become!

    Don't change! ... Become! Become! Become who I made you to be.
    4,875 views2 comments
    Welcome to the Age of The Beautiful Weirdos
    John Roedel
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Welcome to the Age of The Beautiful Weirdos

    normal had its time as the DJ ~ normal played the same songs over and over
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    The Debt of Love
    John Roedel
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Debt of Love

    Look, grief doesn't always mean being sad. Grief can arrive equally in laughter and anger.
    8,754 views12 comments

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