I stop along 44 –
I’ve chosen the out of the way route across the state –
and snap a photo of an abandoned shack.
It’s as perfect a composition
as I’ve ever captured:
on each plank of vertical siding, grey, weather worn edges frame
rich streaks of golden brown.
The entire structure leans right
towards the plot’s one tree, 20 yards off:
a [...]
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I am looking forward this year to introducing students to blogging, as I have found it to be a positive place for a person to express thoughts and hopefully communicate with interested parties. In some ways, I have felt that a blog is an opportunity for an aspiring writer to skip the muddle that is [...]
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I am smiling at you,
my two-foot companion, sitting
on the toilet seat brushing your teeth
with passion, as I shave.
The backwards toothbrush bothers you none;
you stroke the plastic handle across your incisors
and play for me
perhaps Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies.
Perhaps I too evoke a smile each morning
when I look into this foggy mirror
considering the day [...]
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Of Mice & Men Worth It
