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Toy letter blocks

The letter A

Shame spiraling began in kindergarten

byJeff Steen
March 25, 2023
Sunrise

Hemingway wrote

Hemingway and Faulkner wrote and wrote

byJeff Steen
March 18, 2023
Aerial view of an orchestra

A moment before the symphony

There was a xylophonist that I saw and saw, 25 years too young

byJeff Steen
March 12, 2023
Office cubicles

Why the 4-day work week is unrealistic for modern America

A recent UK study on truncated work week hours is promising — but maybe not for

byJeff Steen
March 4, 2023

Jeffrey Steen

21 posts
  • Reflection
August 27, 2022

under me [it] so quite new

At 40, the hunt for a relationship has become a top priority

byJeffrey Steen
Abraham Lincoln
  • Essay
August 20, 2022

Between this house and the next

As our 16th president crowed, “No man may possess what we may possess

byJeffrey Steen
  • Poetry
August 12, 2022

The city

Sometimes, I have the opportunity to watch a tired city come to life

byJeffrey Steen
  • Poetry
August 6, 2022

Nighttime Verses

An experimental new project in verse, combining the optimism of affirmations and

byJeffrey Steen
  • Reflection
July 30, 2022

An American in Berlin

Wait, am I American or German?

byJeffrey Steen
  • Poetry
July 24, 2022

Have you seen the thousand stars?

There is some comfort in the twinkling skies of nighttime

byJeffrey Steen
  • Reflection
July 10, 2022

The paralysis of gift

I was always good at school

byJeffrey Steen
  • Poetry
July 9, 2022

rain storm, 31,000

Witness to the ravages of rain

byJeffrey Steen
  • Essay
July 3, 2022

The age of affirmations

We’re big on affirmations these days — but why?

byJeffrey Steen
  • Poetry
July 1, 2022

I have never taken a road trip

Can’t say I’ve experienced much of the open road

byJeffrey Steen
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