The Meskill Report ☼
an independent literary & philosophical
publication by R. Meskill
observational writing on how we experience life
The Reports
Essays, philosophical commentary, & poetry ·
on how our beliefs and perceptions shape our experience of the world around us.
Perspectives Report
Existence & Meaning Report
Reflections & short essays ·
on the nature of free will, conscience, existence, and the meaning of life.
recent essays
short form poetry ☼
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01 · City Nights
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City nights in rain
Lights reflecting on the street
Peace in the chaoshaiku | 01
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02 · Freedom
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Freedom is falling
Freedom is rising back up
Freedom, the unknownhaiku | 02
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03 · Purpose
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Purpose is the pulse
of the fiercely beating heart
awake and on firehaiku | 03
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04 · Renewal
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First sun of summer
Glowing rays of light and hope
Renew us once morehaiku | 04
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05 · Return
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Sun sets as I sigh
So concludes another day
Yet the sun returnshaiku | 05
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06 · Precipice
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On the precipice
Sky above and rocks below
Find out if I fly
haiku | 06 -
For when you lost someone
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Our world is not the same without you,
But heaven is better with you there.
A part of us left the Earth that day,
But part of you stayed with us here.free verse quatrain · elegy
Once you’ve lived through enough phases in life, you can see that, for better or for worse, times will change. Yet your soul, the inner core of who you are, will always remain.