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An essay, Voyager 1 and Strauss, by Jan Kraus is included in the 2026 St. Louis Writer’s Guild (SLWG) Member’s Anthology/. This essay celebrates two milestones—Voyager 1 will be one light year away from Earth in Interstellar Space November 2026—celebration of Johann Strauss II 250th birthday. Outer space exploration and music. What more could we ask?…
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I need Relief. My heart is heavy and my brain on fire. I yearn for Rescue. My thoughts are sad and my life feels hollow. I crave Release. My limits confine and my beliefs constrict. I must Refrain. My anger is ugly and my fury misplaced. I seek Redemption. My spirit aches to soar and…
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By the Rivers of Babylon I sit and weep for another home another timeThere on the tree I hang my guitarMy tormentors bid me to sing their songHate filled young men with bitter eyes and rifles and assault weaponsOfficials who profess to be hunting with rifles and assault weapons for those who oppose their beliefs…
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I appear as a minister’s daughterRather than a person with a past My persona ingrainedMy reality a constant clash I act with apparent compassionFilled with a sense of derision My actions entrenchedMy passions a constant collision Outside InsideInside Outside Conflict in the depths of perceptionDissonance at the heart of cognition Sleepless nights – restless daysHesitations…
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Published in the 2024 St. Louis County Library Anthology, incomplete. Here it is in total. See the image reflectedin eyespeering fromtreesblades of grassocean depth Listen to worryingstillnessas quiet aching awarenessgrows for each intelligentbeingFeel sadnessweigh upon your heartas one by onefellow life formsdisappearbecoming memoriesof beautylostfor those of usleft behindSee yourselfreflectedin eyespeeringHear yourselfquietlystirringachingFeel yourselfpassinginto extinctionby your own…
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Step into the Ring. Be fearless. Have confidence. Be peaceful and calm. Be strong and powerful. Know you are deserving. Be balanced. Be whole. Open your mind; Open your life; to fulfillment, limitless success, laughter and love.
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My essay entitled “My River” is included in the 2025 St. Louis Writer’s Guild Anthology, launched today Feb 14, 2025. Links to eBook and paperback below. All proceeds support the good efforts of the Guild.
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Come loose in the universeFreefall in space and timeat least twice a weekUnglue from the continuumGravity ignoredGlideFloatSoar on the currents of infinityEagle on the solar windDolphin on the lunar tide Jan Kraus 2025
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Perhaps it is appearing briefly as a shimmer at the end of a stranger’s hall at night or moving items just as the person turns away and back to a shelf they are organizing or triggering shivers down the spines of a group of teens in the park playing with a Ouija board. Perhaps it…
