RHYTHM IS THE INSTRUMENT

Ministry without religion, since 2013.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

EQUINOXIOUS

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When the summer comes, we greet its terms as pure of intention  and eminently logical—it’s obvious to us we deserve its gentle embraces, sof...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

OF CONSEQUENCE

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I have heard it said  that thunderstorms are angels crying  up in heaven. Two tears for Auschwitz and Hiroshima, perhaps;  and one for Pilot...
Monday, September 21, 2026

CHRONOS AND KAIROS

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When it moves too fast, even mastery  will break stuff. There’s a time to make  appointments—and a time  to test your patience.  For instanc...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

ITE MISSA EST

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A life isn’t finished at the moment  when it ends, but when  nothing more can be added to it, and nothing less subtracted— in other words, w...
Friday, September 18, 2026

SEQUITUR

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Vanity must have its place, just as sour grapes deserve their fable. After all,  several mirrors  are still the best way for you to be able ...
Thursday, September 17, 2026

AIMLESS Rx

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First off: get buzzed on the brightly dark  shadelight,  as cool-filtered  by hundreds  of recondite maple leaves; now, you are ready to jum...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

UNLEARNING

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They say the right moment is the moment when  the flower opens. And so, I guess, here I go: having the temerity not to grow but protect sti...
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Dan Smart
Dan Smart is a writer, musician, and animal caretaker from Chicago, IL. His poems have appeared in The Los Angeles Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, The Ocotillo Review, The Blue Mountain Review, Jabberwock Review, Little Stone Journal, Red Fez, and The Legendary, among others; and his first full-length collection "The Flowers of Nonchalance" was released in 2023. In addition, he has sustained the daily poetry blog "Rhythm Is The Instrument" since 2013, which presently contains nearly 4,000 original poems.
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