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liberty, tenedor, sandalwood

Posted on Mar 28th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Before Saying Any of the Great Words We already know: first we must agree on which they are; but let us acknowledge that they exist: they resound in all their weight and gravity down Nevsky... More »

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sky ghosts

Posted on Mar 20th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Sky ghosts speak to your deep red mornings remember the velvet work of present voice lks 3/19.09 ( This is another from the haiku magnetic poetry kit I got recently.)

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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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rock and far views

Posted on Nov 28th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Arriving Again and Again Without Noticing I remember all the different kinds of years. Angry, or brokenhearted, or afraid. I remember feeling like that walking up the mountain along the dirt path to my broken... More »

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summer again

Posted on Jun 21st, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Summer Again I step out into the snow, my eyes shut, But the light knows how to pass My porous lids and I can tell That in my words it's again the snow That swirls... More »

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Most Days

Posted on Nov 16th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Most days, when stilled or slowed by Waiting, when progress pauses And my engine idles at red lights Or I stand in line, My mind collects and condenses a restless storied catalogue Of histories, inventories,... More »

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How We Forget Things

Posted on Oct 13th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

How do we forget? what are the ways we lose track of flavor, of words spoken, of song, of color and texture? Of the scents of our childhood, despite their persistence and the supplication of... More »

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Broken Places

Posted on Apr 20th, 2007 by Laura : graceriver Laura

This is the first thing I've written in awhile that wasn't pretty much sheer prose with poetic underpinnings. I had the idea for it last time I was over in Monroe, where I grew up.... More »

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