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Viscera Virginalis
Liturgies II
Jan 29 • Lewis Peterson

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Viscera Virginalis
Liturgies II
Jan 29 • Lewis Peterson
Il Sycofante
Liturgies I
Jan 15 • Lewis Peterson
This poem is but a mirror
Infant Music V
Dec 30, 2025 • Lewis Peterson

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Every Misfits Album, Ranked
Spooky Season 2025!!!
Oct 5, 2025 • Lewis Peterson
The Metallica List: Metallica’s albums ranked from worst to best. (preview)
Metallica is my Napoleon Dynamite. It's brilliant at what it does, and it's really easy for me to “throw it on”. Metallica is the ultimate “throw it on…
Apr 3, 2025 • Lewis Peterson
My top 20 albums of the year 2024
I think it might be safe to say that my 2024 was the year of the unassuming record—the year of the feel-good classic.
Jan 1, 2025 • Lewis Peterson

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Il Sycofante
Liturgies I
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This poem is but a mirror
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Dec 30, 2025 • Lewis Peterson
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Dec 25, 2025 • Lewis Peterson
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My name is Lewis Peterson, I'm a husband, father, writer, poet, and teacher of English Language Arts. For Want Of began as a platform for my music opinions, and has since evolved into a space for my short poems as well.
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