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Rock face is rounded in gentle furrows,
I started my writing life as a sociologist, which for me is akin to being a tourist in one’s own milieu: seeing the familiar and expected with new eyes.
The barge furrows the canal,Continue reading “Lamentation”
(for Annabel Weinstein and Harry Castelli)
I live in a forest of pale maple.Continue reading “Kitchen Dream”
A week ago, they had a conversation,Continue reading “Rules of Engagement”
Sisters bound together, clutch a length of fraying ropeContinue reading “After Anne Died”
Flurries slice the air sideways,Continue reading “Aunt Anne Comes Home”
(to the memory of Norman Konlup)
Forager, you found
treasures in the cracks
This is the only time I get to be alone,Continue reading “Artemis Waits in the Carpool Line”
(for Bob Usher)
The too-soon babies pulsed their hearts intoContinue reading “The Man who Saved Blue Babies”