Category Archives: In the neighborhood

NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 16

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Mary Beth Frezon

no color edges • just whatever’s reflected • lips seal around it Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 8 – The Eclipse

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Mary Beth Frezon

the moon’s shadow • in a brief starring role • stole the spotlight Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 4

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Mary Beth Frezon

tree boughs scrape against • the edge of the roof, singing • with low vibrato Continue reading →

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Fixing the Mailbox

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

When I went out with my holiday cards, all zip-sorted and rubberbanded, I noticed that the rivet holding on the mailbox door on one side was gone.
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The Gettysburg Address

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. Continue reading →

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