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  • Why you shouldn’t punish your athletes

    Why you shouldn’t punish your athletes

    Time to get with the times and abandon those old-school coaching methodologies! Here is why you shouldn’t punish your athletes.

    Rhys Desmond

    July 12, 2020
    Coaching & Leadership, Recreation
    Fun, High-Performance Environments, Punishments, Youth Sports
  • King of the Hill (Part 2)

    King of the Hill (Part 2)

    When Matthew finds out he has cancer, he travels all the way to Scotland to be with Emilia – “the best friend he ever had.”

    Rhys Desmond

    April 10, 2018
    Personal Development
    Cancer, Emilia Elder, King of the Hill, Matthew Nortel, Scotland, Short Stories
  • King of the Hill (Part 1)

    King of the Hill (Part 1)

    When Matthew finds out he has cancer, he travels all the way to Scotland to be with Emilia – “the best friend he ever had.”

    Rhys Desmond

    April 10, 2018
    Personal Development
    Cancer, Emilia Elder, King of the Hill, Matthew Nortel, Scotland, Short Stories
  • Incompatible

    Incompatible

    Incompatible: the feature film. A tale of two hearts only playing once, never to return.

    Rhys Desmond

    February 25, 2018
    Personal Development
    Breakup Poetry, Heartbreak, Incompatible, Poetry
  • Sleepless

    Sleepless

    You waited for the moment I opened my heart, to tear it apart. You waited for the second of weakness, to turn long-term into briefness. You had gone sleepless.

    Rhys Desmond

    February 20, 2018
    Personal Development
    Breakup Poetry, Heartbreak, Poetry, Sleepless
  • Owls at Night

    Owls at Night

    A sonnet about an animal that quietly dominates the night.

    Rhys Desmond

    January 27, 2018
    Personal Development
    Albert Shaw Poetry Prize, Creative Writing, Free Verse, Nature, Nature Poetry, Owls at Night, Poetry, Portfolio, Sonnet
  • Forest Disjoint

    Forest Disjoint

    An award winning free-verse poem speaking to themes of nature and deforestation.

    Rhys Desmond

    January 27, 2018
    Personal Development
    Albert Shaw Poetry Prize, Deforestation, Forest Disjoint, Free Verse, Nature, Nature Poetry, Poetry, Portfolio
  • Love is never infinite

    Love is never infinite

    It’s as though you laughed when you tore my heart. I painted a picture. A fruit bowl of art. Love is never infinite.

    Rhys Desmond

    January 18, 2018
    Personal Development
    Breakup Poetry, Breakups, Heartbreak, Love Poetry, Poetry
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