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Sep
On Waiting for the Sunflowers to Die
Death is tender for me, as I imagine it's tender for many. This morning, a beautiful blue winged
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27
Aug
Offering
This summer, bless our landlord's kindness, we received a new, beautiful kitchen. The week before the demolition, I
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07
Aug
When Your Friend Asks What She Can Bring to the Party
This May my youngest child graduated from high school, then boarded a plane for Sweden a few days later. To
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18
Jul
Killing Cockroaches
When I first moved to Texas, someone told me that everything bites and stings here. It's true -
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25
Jun
Let + July poetry workshop, Writing Through Illness, with One Art
Many of you know I've had a journey through illness these past few years, since I became ill
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29
May
Everything is Here
This month is a month of endings. My last child graduated from high school and my nest has emptied. My
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21
May
Love Song to the Embodied World
As I write to you, I feel the slips of hair that fall around me these days, itching my arms
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27
Apr
Opening the Package
I order a lot of medication and supplements to care for my body's guest house. Some arrive by
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21
Apr
Unlearning
Ooh-eee, this poem was not easy to write. And - there is so much relief and healing in putting the
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11
Apr
Driving to Work
This poem came about this winter, when I was driving to one of my jobs, working as a substitute teacher
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