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Category Archives: Muse

When the cold wind blows

April 12, 2017

Does it startle you, shake you from oblivion, draw you to attention, to your fear? Or do you turn away …

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Late Sunday prayertime

April 6, 2017

How the rain pours down with heavy boots on our roof. We hover close to our papers someways happier for …

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March 2017

March 30, 2017

Slowly, slowly life comes back. Hair-fine roots far below the surface muster a wiggle, a stretch, and stir for us …

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To William Stafford

March 18, 2017

Upon opening The Way It Is after a week that convinces me that this dark marathon is much longer than …

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Early morning on Lake Shore Drive

February 25, 2017

maze of brown at the center, trees empty of leaves, row after row stretching to scattered hazel edging the lake, …

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Small endurances

January 15, 2017

Puddles of snow pool under shrubs – miniature glaciers for voles to cast through. Sparrows, geese, all as one gather …

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Last breaths

December 17, 2016

Evergreens surround your house, a fortress wall heavy with snow. In black recesses I wade, the snow bounds off the …

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Worth staying for

December 3, 2016

Dusts of snow edge the earth, uneven lines mark sun-warmed pavers. With under-parts protected, statuary gather new relief, dying grasses …

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11/20

November 20, 2016

Earth grieves each November, again finds itself wailing in sorrow, refusing to get out of bed. For its own tears …

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Wondrous grit of life

November 4, 2016

o’ wondrous pain, illuminating discomfort — how you have painted this earth to suit your ease, the slow swing of …

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