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a bi-weekly reading of a beloved poem or excerpt from my bedside table, accompanied by a few stray thoughts and, on occasion, work in progress.
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Vining toward repair
I was sick. The friendship economy always wins. I published some poems.
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We sang songs
Listen now | On feeling a way through the day, one line at a time, when everything is hard and also on fire. Plus two poems by Naomi Shihab Nye and…
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Better questions
Good questions, the lessons, a check-in for spring, and three new piping hot poems.
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My apologies to everything
One poem reminded me of another poem and now this is where we are. Forgive me.
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We live instead
Here's a new fun game called more or less to help us get through the dark days. Let me read you two poems, two very good poems.
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A secret providence
The wedding industrial complex is designed (like everything else) to make us miserable! Happy almost anniversary to me and my friend here! Also a…
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Take the breath
The name of the game is to just keep breathing. Let's get a little unhinged and listen to a guided meditation, which isn't that at all.
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These days
A meditation, I suppose, on grief. Plus I read you two poems and also a third, but it's still a work in progress. Just like the rest of us.
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The girls believe in ghosts
I'm ready to change. I too can get spooky. I'll prove it. I wrote a ghost poem.
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Rattling and singing
A birthday (mine), Good Poems (many), plus some new year's resolutions.
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Another way to soften
I'm learning to bake bread, fail softly, say my prayers. I'm learning to learn my lesson. I'm offering you poems. This week we have a special guest.
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What the heart wants
An update on my ancient dog and the trouble with being human. Also a celebration and poems about horses.
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