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shards of clay

Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

The Ladder Rabbi Moshe (of Kobryn) taught: It is written: "And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth." That "he" is every man. Every man must know: I am clay. I... More »

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Incoming, redux

Posted on Mar 24th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

The twitch begins behind my left eye, The dusty one, lazy in long hours, The one once patched and hidden, then tweaked and tendered Into working. Prepared to wait it out, I gather myself Into... More »

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Three Bucolics

Posted on Mar 8th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

These are from Maurice Manning's book of poetry, Bucolics. I heard him read at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia, not far from here, several years ago.. He's a fine poet and one of my favorites.... More »

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Tag

Posted on Feb 15th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

somewhere between this tag of words and the place it's never been a window frames what shines like water but could be anything, even a sky. lks 2/15

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chords of deep music

Posted on Feb 9th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I keep running across this lately. three times in the past three days. The Man Watching I can tell by the way the trees beat, after so many dull days, on my worried windowpanes that... More »

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the brother of childhood

Posted on Jan 13th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

On impulse I picked up Judson Mitcham's now out of print  first volume of poetry, Somewhere in Ecclesiastes, this evening and turned to this poem. He is from my hometown and I've loved his poetry... More »

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for Otter

Posted on Jun 6th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

  For Otter, as promised. This poem has meant a lot to me over the years. I was trying to recall the "story" that I wanted to tell you all about it, but I can't remember... More »

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The Lives of the Animals (two by Robert Wrigley)

Posted on Feb 9th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Poor Animals But the animals have no money, she says. They're poor. So I say no and explain the light and the dark, how one is endlessly spent on food, the other rest, like hamburgers... More »

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What's your greatest dream?

Posted on Aug 5th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Probably it's the dream where I'm walking in a dense green forest and am surrounded by calm currents of colored breeze. white lights shine in the trees and I can see the whirl of a... More »

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