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Literal (poem)

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Saying "I Love You" (poem)

Saying “I Love You” Saturday I show him the video of the trip you and I took after we first met.  It was almost four years ago. The tape starts with a pond along the highway to Valdez.  There are … Continue reading

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Sermon (a poem)

“I take as my text the Book of Job — / for are we not like him, innocent, / suffering, crying out for justice? / are we not like him, each of us / surrounded by these righteous, / these pious friends who so love us, / who console us with false accusations, who comfort us with lies?”

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Ballad of the Splash

In honor of National Poetry Month, & also in honor of breakup (which is Alaskan for the time of year we’re now in, when the ice & snow melts & everyone’s car is splashed with mud) — here’s a poem … Continue reading

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Spiritus Mundi

This is the poem, written in 1995, mentioned in the previous post. Spiritus Mundi From the hot core of the planet come these rocks I bend to pick up near the railroad tracks and mud flats, green with algae at … Continue reading

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Field of Words

On top of all the other blogs I’ve added to Blogspot, it seemed appropriate to add one especially devoted to my whole purpose for being on this planet: writing. I expect to share occasional snippets of writing here, along with … Continue reading

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