Category Archives: the creative process

May First, 2024

The still light of afternoon • shimmering with song, of • so many birds. I weep . . . (See more) Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 29

long enough pause here • to compose an elegy • waiting for a sign Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 27

Woke up this morning wanting to paint • Wanting to use the vacuum cleaner Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 26

Never a postmark • your words come to me again • unsullied Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 25

Always be learning. • Practice. Persistence. Beauty. • Always do the work. Continue reading

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