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A Constant TemptationIt is a constant temptation, / to get in the boat that brought you / and row again, not home / but t
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Jul 21, 2021
Why I BelieveThe thing is, the lesson is, I survived. / Never mind the rust or the abandonment / or the sabotage
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Apr 12, 2021
A Lack of NavigationIt is a strange thing, brass, half compass, half sextant. / No one in the antique shop knows exactly
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Feb 22, 2021
The Meaning of EnoughSun cuts through the slats of the fences, / light and shadow on the sand. / The ocean is calm today.
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Feb 21, 2021
The Beauty of a Momentary DiscomfortIn the markets of Venice, snails writhe, / not merely fresh but alive, clambering / one over the oth
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Feb 16, 2021
Rust on the WheelsOutside the rail car is untouched. / Seventy years old and it appears ready / for the next journey /
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Feb 9, 2021
Fire EscapesPoetry fails you. / A season of too much sameness / has left you flat, a creature more of habit / th
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Feb 3, 2021
Travel By TrainIt has been so long. So fast. / Images blur the windows in the early morning. / A glimpse, a flicker
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Jan 28, 2021
The In Between PlaceIt is that in-between place, / between dusk and dark, / dark and dawn, / when the streetlamps are su
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Jan 28, 2021
The Back RoadsThe Back Roads / Somehow, you always take the back roads. / Narrow. Twisty. The long way around. / S
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Jan 27, 2021
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