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Buying Windmills When they started pulling tainted milk products I thought Oh crap, it's time to stop with the chocolate. But then, thinking further, I thought it's only a little milk and what about dark... More »
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I ran across this poem recently and it really struck me: They moved in unison like dancers in a ballet, the spider, twenty inches from my rifle, the VC, twenty feet farther out, in line,... More »
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For the past few years I have sent an entry to the Ralph Nading Hill literary contest, sponsored by Green Mountain Power . This year they sent me the usual response telling me I was... More »
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JULY WIND Something pattered against the screen. The wind, I thought, rattling its bars, or a sudden evening shower. I saw nothing, so continued doing nothing. Then, the nothing became a bat fluttering to the... More »
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On the eve of our national holiday of independence, a classic poem to remember the days when things were happening in that regard (courtesy of the Academy of America Poets ): Paul Revere's Ride ... More »
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JUNE RAIN The night is quiet except for rain sussurating the meadow’s grass. Rain taps the bending blades, loosing scents of soil, of summer. Through the window I watch the gray clouds, the dimness soaking... More »
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THE PLACE WHERE LOVE LIVES In this place there is a small wind. It rearranges dry leaves and covers and uncovers objects resting in sand. The sun is hot but there is shade. In the... More »
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The season for this poem has passed, but it helps to remember the winter when the summer offers its warmth. MARCH ASH Ten below and two in the morning. I stir the ashes in the... More »
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JUNE RAIN The night is quiet except for rain sussurating the meadow’s grass. Rain taps the bending blades, loosing scents of soil, of summer. Through the window I watch the gray clouds, the dimness soaking... More »
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THE LETTER I receive a letter telling me I will receive a letter. It wears a strange stamp, a cryptic return address. The next day I receive a letter telling me I will receive a... More »
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