From An Invitation to Poetry, edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz. On loan (rakkity knows what that means) from Chris. from “Clearances” When all the others were away at Mass I was all hers as we peeled potatoes. They broke the silence, let fall one by one Like solder weeping off the soldering iron: […]
The Carrizo Plain in the sky . Thanks to shinydome and rakkity. Silence There is the sudden silence of the crowd above a player not moving on the field, and the silence of the orchid. The silence of the falling vase before it strikes the floor, the silence of the belt when it is not […]
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From shinydome’s son to shinydome to the blog. The Carrizo Plain which is between Bakersfield and Paso Robles.
Lot’sa moms Jennifer will have to help me here, but I think: her sister, her mother( Nancy), Jennifer, unknown, Jennifer’s grandmother. I’m guessing the baby in Jennifer’s arms is her eldest daughter. View larger image e.e. cummings – i carry your heart with me i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my […]
Lot’sa moms Jennifer will have to help me here, but I think: her sister, her mother( Nancy), Jennifer, unknown, Jennifer’s grandmother. I’m guessing the baby in Jennifer’s arms is her eldest daughter. View larger image e.e. cummings – i carry your heart with me i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my […]
Chris, the internet reader, sent me this link . If you have any interest in Bruce Springsteen, it is one of those ìmust reads.î Susan arrived yesterday as I was putting dinner on the table. Matt did his caged lion act, forced to sit with us twice as long as normal. After dinner, he bolted […]
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Averno Louise Gluck Averno. Ancient name, Avernus. A small crater lake, ten miles west of Naples, Italy; regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. 1 You die when your spirit dies. Otherwise, you live. You may not do a good job of it, but you go on — something you have […]
With permission, I’m posting this email Adam sent to both me and his father. The New York Lighfair was enormous, though lacking some familiar names. Lots of big names don’t show a booth, both because of industrial espionage, but also the cost — the bigger you are, the harder to distinguish yourself, so the more […]
Adam sent me this photograph about a month ago. This river to be is now all river. View larger image Matt is on Spring Break in Florida and we are going to be in Chatham on the Cape until Monday. No computer access and no updates unless the Benedict Arnold Twins, Adam and Dan, chime […]
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