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Strays
Unable to Turn Away I’ve never written about the yearling running scared through the trash trees, across the cracked asphalt by the train yards and abandoned industrial park, running headlong, delicate limbs, plunging, heedless, with fear and panic and desperation, escaping because that terrified deer still runs, crashing ahead deep within me every moment and will– until…
Nature, Beauty, and Healing
The old monk was ill and far from his homeland. When asked about his illness, he had great difficulty making himself understood. Various tests were applied and remedies tried, but it was clear he was getting worse as each day passed. The abbot grew desperate and decided to send him to a nearby monastery up…
SIX NEW POEMS
SIX NEW POEMS Dealing with the Devil The snake’s tongue touches on deeper down into the darkness of all my appetites, given to me by the One, who made the snake and the death dealing flea, made the virus, and the man, the hero, planet poisoner, god killer, savior, made woman, wisdom’s source, more beautiful …
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