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  • “The End”

    . . . of this poetry journal. How many days – weeks – months are we…

  • “Breath and Blood”

    . . . I thought that was what all this was about— all the shuttering of…

  • “with eyes open”

    . . . Finally our first warm days and all the trees are acting strange— leaves…

  • News Collage

    News Collage

    Good morning–midday—evening, depending where on the globe this finds you! Today’s “poem” is a collage of…

  • “Not Sure”

    . . . Not entirely sure why alongside stats of infection and death the news charts…

  • “Forget-me-nots”

    . . . grow thickly, starry upstarts clustered around perennial bushes which slowly add green to…

  • “Rosary”

    “…we want to keep these images,/rubbing them between thumb and forefinger/with all the smoothed, routine comfort…

  • “Canadian News”

    . .. . a reporter asks Ottawa if they can truly trust China’s data response: we…

  • “I am not a counselor”

    . . . I know it. He knows it. I am here only to serve one…

  • “How to Give a Gift”

    . . . Choose from what is in your house. Decorate with dryed out Crayola markers.…