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Whatever happened to Poetry Wednesday?

Alas.  I have let this one go.  Must be summer, with the kids either surrounding me nonstop or being outside once the June rains finally stopped.  Whatever it was, here’s a late entry, one of my own pieces:
 
mt. lakes, my 16th year
 
light rainfall last night –
the pine railings and planks of the deck
dry sweetly under [...]

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Not pity, but thanks

It started with a small lump.  Okay, not so small, but not huge.  Behind Cooper’s right ear, last week.  Could be from a bug bite.  Who knows?
Five days later it’s still there, bigger, maybe, with two more smallish ones new to join the first.  That’s when I call the doctor.
Doctor is thorough, encouraging.  Probably nothing, [...]

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This One’s for Pop

After a couple of weeks away, I’ve forced myself to sit my butt in this chair and blog. We were at Mom & Dad’s last week for our annual July trip.  Had a great time, though Mom was under the weather and I did some things alone with the kids that she would normally have [...]

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Poetry Wednesday

It must be the three weeks of rain that have me in this dark mood, or perhaps it’s just my personality.  What do you think?  Discuss.
Today I’m posting poems by Jane Kenyon.   Kenyon, a resident of New Hampshire, was a brilliant poet who at times was overshadowed by her more famous husband Donald Hall. [...]

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