Author name: Dan Swanson

Though hope sustains in fixed amounts, it’s how you handle doubt that counts.

Good chemistry cannot be based on words that leave an acid taste.

Branch out, they say, as you grow tall and take on new pursuits. But you will learn, as seasons turn,

In winter, I want melon, and in summer, I miss snow; I guess every season makes me wish for two

Some poems are rhythmic drumbeats that keep pounding in your brain. Some poems are lazy rides astride a winding lyric

My lower school librarian would save me books she’d find because she knew I’d read them through and they’d improve

I tried to use telepathy but no one seemed to get it. So, I tried to write a poem and

Fabricate convenient fictions and you’ll fool distracted eyes. But, with time, your contradictions will become exposed as lies.

Does wealth make one wise? Or does it confuse? Aristocrat eyes can cast bizarre views. The more that you own,

The mysteries of outer space are worth our time to probe, but we can’t shirk the basic work of saving