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Jimmy Santiago Baca

Posted on Aug 23rd, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

This man's poetry moves me. My father's computer won't let me cut and paste a link to his website, but I will try again later.

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Dave Bonta's poetry and a fresh collaborative spirit

Posted on Apr 10th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I've enjoyed reading Dave Bonta's blog, Via Negativa , immensely over the past few weeks. Here are a few samples of his poetry, written in response to visual art by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Hicks-Jenkins' website contains... More »

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loving the words

Posted on Jan 27th, 2009 by Laura : graceriver Laura

The words loved me, and I loved them in return. --Sonia Sanchez I miss the places where writing poetry used to be. Where it took me. I feel sure those places are still there, but... More »

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Dawn

Posted on Dec 23rd, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

It's Robert Bly's birthday. Here's a poem of his. enjoy. Dawn Some love to watch the sea bushes appearing at dawn, To see night fall from the goose wings, and to hear The conversations the... More »

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the divine in the center of the dumb

Posted on Sep 27th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

I recently bought a used copy of Natalie Goldberg's book Top of My Lungs, a selection of her poems and visual art. The poems are heartful and luminous and the paintings are vivd and alive with color.... More »

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the flower of God's qualities

Posted on Sep 8th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

"Would You Bow?" If the Friend rose inside you, would you bow? Would you wonder where that one came from and how? If you say, "I will bow," that's important. If you answer, "But can... More »

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Kevin Young

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

I went to hear him read yesterday in Decatur, Georgia, at the Decatur Book Festival. A fine poet with a timely, strong voice. This is from his book of poetry For the Confederate Dead. I... More »

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a hut I have made

Posted on Aug 31st, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

A few weeks ago I went over to the little pond where I sometimes go to read, write, think, meditate, take pictures, pray. My mother's buried just up the hill and the forty acres that... More »

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Kazim Ali

Posted on Aug 17th, 2008 by Laura : graceriver Laura

                                   The Ninth Planet In the shadow cast by the end of time who will believe the earth was not merely a vast plain Faith requires a law to assure clay's obedience to gravity and... 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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