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Everywhere I Turn

From today’s Writers Almanac

Riveted, by Robyn Sarah from A Day’s Grace: Poems 1997-2002.
It is possible that things will not get better
than they are now, or have been known to be.
It is possible that we are past the middle now.
It is possible that we have crossed the great water
without knowing it, and stand now on [...]

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We are moving forward from Heidi’s death, slowly. Two steps back, half a step forward. We spent the last few days remembering her, watching movies, looking at photos and using a lot of tissues. Last night, J and I drove to a wildflower preserve out in the Columbia Gorge and we said goodbye to Heidi. [...]

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Beauty or Flight, by Denver Butson

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Loss

Nothing
Nothing sings in our bodies
like breath in a flute.
It dwells in the drum.
I hear it now
that slow beat
like when a voice said to the dark,
let there be light,
let there be ocean
and blue fish
born of nothing
and they were there.
I turn back to bed.
The man there is breathing.
I touch him
with hands already owned by another world
Look, they [...]

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