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What do you like most about your life right now?

Posted on Jun 29th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Space. No work I absolutely must do. No definitive claims on my time. Freedom. A growing sense of divestment from my preconceived notions of how things have to look and seem.  It's empowering but often highly unsettling. For... More »

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a shout in the street

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

  It's midsummer and I'm standing in line at the airport, waiting for someone to check my bag. I burn my tongue on strong French roast coffee and try to read a letter I found... More »

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a consideration of candy

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Snickers bars don't last long when they're in the same room with Pixie Sticks. Snickers bars make friends with those who need them. Snickers bars get lost in the produce aisle very easily and then... More »

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What is your unique ability?

Posted on Apr 29th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I don't think I have one ability or talent that is entirely unique. There are unusual and almost singular capacities that I possess, though. For instance, I am capable of consuming an entire box of... More »

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A Flood Story

Posted on Apr 6th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Shattered by wild weather, We measure floodwater With ink and narrative. You listen to these rogue spirits, Becoming the rising geometry Of wet churning magma. I wonder at your simple repair, The moveless, lucid energy of... More »

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green thunder

Posted on Mar 31st, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Green thunder blooms for our  pebble moon though no wind will hear --a quick one from the ubiquitous haiku magnets

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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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a sweet and merry All Hallows' Eve

Posted on Nov 1st, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Yesterday was Halloween and the best one in many years for me. Halloween is in some ways my favorite holiday; I enjoy the whimsy and play of it almost as much as I did as... More »

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already elsewhere

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

Everyone Was In Love One day, when they were little, Maud and Fergus appeared in the doorway, naked and mirthful, with a dozen long garter snakes draped over each of them like brand-new clothes. Snake... More »

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wishful thinking

Posted on Jan 15th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. --Charles Simic

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