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David Laulainen
David Laulainen

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Published in Somnia

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caterpillar

the ferns are pushing up through the rain like spiders and ginseng, faces in the trees smattered with venom from the sky

Humanity

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caterpillar
caterpillar
Humanity

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Published in Momentum

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Anti-racist Word Finder

A dialogue on language for a more inclusive society — I grew up in Seattle — on traditional Coast Salish land — in the ’60s and ’70s. As a child, I didn’t truly understand the counterculture protests and the civil rights movement. Still, I saw that music, fashion, and hairstyles were changing — and with them, attitudes. I was —…

Anti Racism

3 min read

Antiracist Word Finder
Antiracist Word Finder
Anti Racism

3 min read


Published in Somnia

·Sep 21, 2022

waterfront

setting in the west the red sun of the east spills into the sea. young lovers on the waterfront tongues like tangerines and radishes stain their shirtfronts with the wet flower of the sun. soaking my head among the red kite fish kites swimming fatly along the waterfront dark eyed children play like dogs dizzy from…

Waterfront

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waterfront
waterfront
Waterfront

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Published in Somnia

·Sep 20, 2022

crepuscule

twilight yawns over the sea caramel orange and mahogany and beds down with a blanket of waves amongst the starfish a sea of stars

Twilight

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crepuscule
crepuscule
Twilight

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Published in Somnia

·Sep 20, 2022

raindance

we called the clouds in for this occasion and set them to thunder and cymballine rain

Raindance

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raindance
raindance
Raindance

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Published in Somnia

·Sep 20, 2022

Obscurity in Glass

I sit alone in my car in the Metro station parking lot, the chill wind filtering through the cracked window. It is quiet—very quiet—and dark. I am watching the taxicabs. Oily black and aging metal, the taxicabs extend the line with mindless purpose—coasting, pushing, taking up room. …

Urban Perspectives

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Obscurity in Glass
Obscurity in Glass
Urban Perspectives

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Published in Oh, Brother!

·Jan 11, 2022

Philatelists

Every stamp has a story — The art of stamp collecting — philately — might seem like a thing of the past, given how much these days we use email, social media, and shared drives in the cloud to send messages, documents, and photos. But postage stamp collections are anything but passé. My millennial friends who…

Family

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Philatelists
Philatelists
Family

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Published in Oh, Brother!

·Jan 11, 2022

Scavengers

There were container trucks everywhere, most of them backed into black-bumpered loading docks, which were at a height that only our heads were high enough to see over. We didn’t care. Our attention was focussed downwards, intent on scanning the gravelled staging area for bright pieces of metal. We were…

Family

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Family

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Published in Oh, Brother!

·Jan 11, 2022

Role Models

My brother and I used to collect all kinds of things, but one of the more expensive activities that resulted in uneven collections were our respective obsessions with plastic models — small versions of larger things that we had to assemble ourselves with glues and cements. Both of us had…

Family

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Family

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Published in Oh, Brother!

·Jan 11, 2022

On the Dole

Product placement has always been a part of many a corporate strategy to get goods and services recognized and top-of-mind, from daytime television shows originally sponsored by US soap manufacturers to fast food characters in bright, cartoonish costumes. And so, somehow my brother and I received the ultimate take-home promotion…

Family

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Family

2 min read

David Laulainen

David Laulainen

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I write about how small achievable changes to everyday habits can have bigger global impact. Stories: medium.com/oh-brother / Poetry: medium.com/somnia

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