Truth, Applied is a collection of poems that refuse abstraction when it obscures what holds.
These pieces move beyond observation into assertion—naming distortion, confronting false equivalence, and testing what remains when power, perception, and narrative are stripped away.
This is not poetry that lingers in uncertainty.
This is poetry that lands.
The Collection
This collection continues to grow—new poems are added as they are written.
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The Bitters
Bitterness taken in. Tears tasted. A shared space where truth fractures quietly. A minimalist Maundy Thursday reflection by Tristan Robert Lange on denial, ritual, and the uneasy realization that something is already wrong.
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The False Dilemma
A question is asked—but not to understand. This senryu captures the tension of a false choice, where truth is cornered and exposed. A Holy Week reflection on logic, power, and the illusion of control.
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The Overturning
People love what looks good on the surface. But beneath the polished display, something else is at work. A short, sharp senryu by Tristan Robert Lange reflecting on hidden corruption, human desire, and the moment everything is exposed.
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The Great Substitution
What happens when Christ is not followed, but replaced? This poem reimagines the Great Commission as something darker—where power, fear, and control take hold in the name of faith.
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Alcohol Agnosia
A culture that mocks sobriety while celebrating intoxication reveals more than it realizes. This poem confronts the blindness surrounding alcohol normalization and challenges who gets to define what recovery truly means.
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amen
A minimalist philosophical poem confronting power and control through a reversal of Descartes’ famous assertion. “amen” explores existence as the root of thought—and the threat that independent thinking poses to systems that depend on compliance.
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