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Talking All Night

Alfred Nicol

I asked my friend, the poet,how she was getting by.โ€œWork and tears,โ€came her reply. โ€œAnd listening,โ€ she added,โ€œin silence, to be sure.I listen closernow than before. It is a...

Addendum

Alfred Nicol

Give to Caesar what is his,namely, everything there is. I see a lot of eyebrows raised.Letโ€™s check the books. Youโ€™ll be amazed. An x. An o. A hug and...

The Guitar Maker

Alfred Nicol

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

Alfred Nicol

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...