Monthly Archives: June 2013

Sorrow’s Flower Is So Small a Joy (for Christian Wiman)

A shallow puddle in the backyard cries out to be filled in. But you are full, I say, full already. Can’t you see my depression? the puddle asks. Ducks on their way north love you as you are, I said, … Continue reading

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Prayer for a Fallen Mentor

Humility’s a virtue with a zest and disillusionment a grace for the mighty of our race, as thy merry eye for lameness can attest. From you I learned to keep my powder dry to value patience on a wound lest … Continue reading

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I Have a Dream

I woke up on main street in a capitol city on a sidewalk of pearls awash in self-pity. My mattress obstructed pedestrian flow. A padrone down the way said I just had to go. My eyelids were stitched but as … Continue reading

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Robert Frost’s Horse Has His Say

There he goes again,lost in another blizzard,talking to himself.

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