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Talking All Night
I asked my friend, the poet,how she was getting by.โWork and tears,โcame her reply. โAnd listening,โ she added,โin silence, to be sure.I listen closernow than before. It is a...
Addendum
Give to Caesar what is his,namely, everything there is. I see a lot of eyebrows raised.Letโs check the books. Youโll be amazed. An x. An o. A hug and...
The Guitar Maker
for Herbert Clancey Like the signature in maplewood of sun-splashed rain, this man’s bright pattern must remain beside the workbench where he stood smoothing the grain. Deprived of work,...
Animal Psalms
The Skunk (Psalm 23) I am anointed too, brushed with his broad mark. He leads me safely through the alley in the dark. The Mockingbird (Psalm 98) Hub of...