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NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 16

along the driveway, in the woods
yellow daffodils here and there
a few are gifts left by the folks
who lived here before, and who died Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 22

I only know that • the act of sitting still • is a great teacher Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 14

snow by the mailbox • three feet away in the ditch • bright yellow flowers
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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 28

waited hopefully • for the first hummingbird • but only rain Continue reading

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