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On Raising Ravens

Fledgling,
Broken wing,
Carefully nursed,
Shielded,
Nourished,
Loved.

Healthy again,
Vantablack wings,
Powerfully beating,
Propelled skyward,
Fueled by,
Benefactor’s eyes.

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On Success

I have a ten-page curriculum vitae,
And a one-page life,
Footnote my regret.

The River of Life

The placid waters flow,
Lazily this summer day,
But I hear the falls.

Short Story Previews (text and author’s reading)

You can both read and hear my reading of the first pages of each of the ten short stories in my Mindscapes collection by clicking on the above screenshot that links to a YouTube video. The book is available in paperback, Kindle and Audible editions at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HBW3A02/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i12. The Aubidle audiobook version produced and read by Dale Wilcox is also available free of charge with a new, free and no-obligation one-month membership to Audible at th...

Amor Vincit Omnia (preview)

Amor Vincit Omnia
by
Victor D. López

Copyright Victor D. López 2019
No portion of this copyrighted book may be copied, posted, transmitted or otherwise used in any form without the express written consent of the author.

Last night I found the love of my life. She was drowning in a shallow pool of muddy water, not far from my door. I rescued her, gently carried her home, revived her and tenderly washed her body clean as she trembled beneath my gentlest touch. Her tears soon dried as she found ...

Change the World

Change one person’s life,
For the better through your works,
And you change the world.

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Heads No Longer Turn

Heads no longer turn,
Every time you walk on by,
But you still turn mine.

Requiem for Ethics

Deontology was the canary in the coal mine whose death and replacement by teleology opened the gates to the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Mistakes/ Errores

Mistakes

Mistakes are the tools,
That the Creator grants us,
To sculpt our own souls.

Errores
Los errores son las herramientas,
Que El Creador nos otorga,
Para esculpir nuestras propias almas.

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Greatest Ambition

My greatest ambition:
That all of my students will,
One day outshine me.

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