Randall J. Greene

Why I Love Words and Paper

February 20, 2023 » Blog, Poetry, Stories

Words, if you look at them, are a binary of black and white, ink on a page. But when we listen to them, when we see them for what they mean, they shine.

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The Joy and Pain of My Storytelling

February 8, 2023 » Blog

Continually I find myself unable to capture the details in my imagination as words on a page. It's an awful cycle. I love it.

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Grandfathers, Death, and the Character of Life

January 28, 2023 » Blog

I was fortunate to have three grandpas in my life. It’s strange having all three of them gone. An entire generation of men in my lineage has passed. I feel the weight of it, as if a mantle has been passed to my father, and the mantle he wore has been passed to me.

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God is Love, Not a Slave Lord

January 18, 2023 » Blog, Christianity

Despite what Paul says, I don’t think God desires us to be slaves of God.

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A Found Poem About Friendship Based on a ChatGPT Poem About Socks

January 5, 2023 » Blog, Poetry, Stories

When I asked ChatGPT to write a sonnet about socks, it did! And a surprisingly coherent one, too. But then I wanted to see if I could take what it created and turn it into something new.

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What I Mean When I Say “Something New”

January 3, 2023 » Blog

Yesterday I said I was starting something new: a “web log” or “blog” for short. That was a joke, because blogs have been around for a long time now. What I actually mean is that I’m going back to something old.

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Starting Something New

January 2, 2023 » Blog

So here I am. It’s the second day of January. I’m starting something new. I’m calling it a “web log” or “blog” for short. (It's okay to laugh, that was a joke.)

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Piracy

July 9, 2022 » Prose, Stories

A very short story about a man longing to return to his past.

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Self Portrait

July 7, 2022 » Poetry, Stories

A verse reflecting on myself and the things most important to me.

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The One I Have to Tell

July 4, 2022 » Poetry, Stories

I want to tell stories of majesty and grandeur, but it's far more important to me that my stories be honest, true, and those majestic stories aren't mine to share.

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