26
Oct
When You Find a Grocery List in Your Poetry Journal
When people ask me what I do, I tell them I'm a writer. The next question is often
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23
Oct
On A Day When You Don't Feel Enough
Today's poem is for my young friend Liam. Liam is 19, in his first year of community college,
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17
Sep
What Eyes Have Not Seen
This summer brought an unusual gift: a month long, grueling spell of vertigo, when I couldn't close my
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06
Sep
Doppelganger
I spend a lot of time at the pharmacy these days. On any given day, I take 6-7 prescriptions -
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02
Sep
New Math
A few years go I heard a saying from Sufi teacher Hazrat Inayat Khan that continues to teach me -
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30
Aug
Autumnus
Last week our friends came to visit as they took their son to college. The next day, in the early
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22
Aug
Dropping off Your Son at School
Last night we hosted friends from college who'd just dropped off their middle son at college an hour
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01
Aug
Shoe Lessons
This week found me in my living room, sewing in the wee hours after my son asked me to repair
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26
Jul
Meeting an old friend
I've told you many stories of the pond that lives down the road from my house. But first
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12
Jul
Remembering a great dog
There's a New Yorker cartoon, with a dog laying on the couch at the therapist's office.
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