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marychristinedelea
May 81 min read
What Do I Care for Morning by Helene Johnson
What Do I Care for Morning by Helene Johnson What do I care for morning, For a shivering aspen tree, For sun flowers and sumac Opening...
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marychristinedelea
May 51 min read
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry (published in The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry, Penguin, 2018) When despair for the...
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marychristinedelea
May 11 min read
After I Came Back from Iceland by Sheenagh Pugh
After I Came Back from Iceland by Sheenagh Pugh published in Poetry For the Earth, edited by Sara Dunn with Alan Scholefield, Fawcett...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 281 min read
In Perpetual Spring by Amy Gerstler
In Perpetual Spring by Amy Gerstler (published in her book, Bitter Angel, North Point Press, 1990) Gardens are also good places to sulk....
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marychristinedelea
Apr 241 min read
After Looking into a Book Belonging to My Great-Grandfather, Eli Eliakim Plutzik by Hyam Plutzik
After Looking into a Book Belonging to My Great-Grandfather, Eli Eliakim Plutzik by Hyam Plutzik (published in his book, Apples from...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 211 min read
On the Recovery of Canis Familiaris from Sputnik 2, 1957 by Bailey Blumenstock
On the Recovery of Canis Familiaris from Sputnik 2, 1957 by Bailey Blumenstock (published in The Maine Review, Issue 6.1, 2020) Before...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 171 min read
I tell my children by Victoria Chang
I tell my children by Victoria Chang published in her 2020 book, Obit (Copper Canyon Press) I tell my children that hope is like a blue...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 141 min read
Her Perfect Dad by Kathleen Aguero
Her Perfect Dad by Kathleen Aguero (published in her 2013 book, after that, Tiger Bark Press) I'm Carson Drew. I disappear, don't...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 101 min read
Seeing the Eclipse in Maine by Robert Bly
Seeing the Eclipse in Maine by Robert Bly (published in 1997, and here) It started about noon. On top of Mount Batte, We were all...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 71 min read
Path of Totality by Niina Pollari
Path of Totality by Niina Pollari (published in her 2022 book, Path of Totality, by Soft Skull Press) Something set you into motion. A...
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marychristinedelea
Apr 31 min read
A Blessing by James Wright
A Blessing by James Wright (published in Above the River: The Complete Poems) Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota, Twilight...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 311 min read
Ballad by Sonia Sanchez
Ballad by Sonia Sanchez (published in her 2007 book, Homegirls & Handgrenades, White Pine Press) (after the spanish) forgive me if i...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 271 min read
Girl Scouts Visit the FBI, circa 1975 by Jane Satterfield
Girl Scouts Visit the FBI, circa 1975 by Jane Satterfield (published in The Common, Issue 3, 2012) Fox’s series the X-Files starred David...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 241 min read
Can You Really Get By on Three Chords and the Truth? by Ace Boggess
Can You Really Get By on Three Chords and the Truth? by Ace Boggess (published in Jenny, Issue 015, Fall 2018) I like to think of the...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 201 min read
Reading Late Anabasis by Ishion Hutchinson
Reading Late Anabasis by Ishion Hutchinson published in Connotation Press There is nothing strictly immortal, but immortality. —Thomas...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 171 min read
Living Room by Marie Ponsot
Living Room by Marie Ponsot The window’s old & paint-stuck in its frame. If we force it open the glass may break. Broken windows cut, and...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 131 min read
Haiku by Natsume Sōseki
Haiku by Natsume Sōseki Over the wintry Forest, winds howl in rage With no leaves to blow.
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marychristinedelea
Mar 101 min read
The Letters of Robert Oppenheimer: Postscript by Hildegarde Flanner
The Letters of Robert Oppenheimer: Postscript by Hildegarde Flanner (originally published in a review of the book The Letters of Robert...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 62 min read
The Pivotal Kingdom by Alice Fulton
The Pivotal Kingdom by Alice Fulton (published in her 1994 book, Powers of Congress, David R. Godine, Publisher) A head capsized the wild...
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marychristinedelea
Mar 31 min read
A Voice Speaking Out by Faye Turner-Johnson
A Voice Speaking Out by Faye Turner-Johnson (published in Sky Island Journal, Issue 7, Winter 2009) I have a voice that roams wild...
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