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Marcia Moderato
Here in the fledgling dawn, the sky / has yet to decide what color to wear. / I tug the chain and the ceiling fan
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Sep 21, 2024
Hypothenar
I often wonder why he hated me, / what it was that drove him, / and what I had done to deserve it.
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Mar 28, 2022
Remember Chocolate
Remember chocolate / when it's just out of reach / when it's stained into your warm fingertips
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Jun 26, 2021
You'll Find Sparrows
You'll find sparrows, my mother said / Not in the thick, / nor the deep dark
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Jul 16, 2019
Lemon Meat
The only time I've ever thought / to step out in front of a bus, / and feel its treads roll me out
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Feb 2, 2019
Cedar Trees
It’s not you I miss; / not your cherry red hair / or the crack in your voice
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Nov 30, 2018
Chicago in July
Biddle-ding deedling, / Hear the sound wind chimes make / Summertime rolling in
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Feb 17, 2016
Sonnet #1
I walked along the quiet streets we knew / from years ago when we were just sixteen. / We lost so much of what we had, between
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Dec 15, 2015
My Mother and Father Share a Candid Smile in 1988
Their noses share an awkward shape, / both too large for their faces, drooping / low and out, the crests aiming down
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Nov 9, 2014
My Father's Faith and Politics
I stood slumped into the corner / of two converging granite counter tops, / struggling to focus on what
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Nov 7, 2014
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