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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 6

while waiting for the eclipse • the flowers turn toward the light Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 4

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

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 3

then let me go first • wednesday is hard Continue reading

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Day 2 NaPoWriMo 2024

This familiar paper cup • This brown cardboard sleeve… Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 1

Mom and I are having a busy week of appointments and such but tonight we listened to Ada Limon host three other poets: Kevin Young, Patricia Smith and Ilya Kaminsky and an actor, Crystal Dickinson reading from her newly released … Continue reading

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