Beyond the Pale
John BlaseMeredith Lee and I were sitting on the back deck a few weeks ago, she was telling me a story and stopped to ask, What are you looking at?" I guess I'd left eye-contact or something. I answered, "Everything."
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A Gathering of Rituals
The ruddy shepherd-king took only five smooth stones into that giant-battle. Of course he needed only one, but hell why not be ready just in case, right? One of the practices to keep my mind sharp in these aging days is to memorize poetry,...
Wednesday's Poem
You graduated from that ivory seminary with a young wife
and a new son me but with no job, no church. Not yet.
But because God so loved you and your young wife and
new son me, the Baptist banker from Kansas called to say
We’ve prayed. W...
Not Be Bly
for everything there is a season
Now is the season of the scarf. I’m on the hunt for one bold, but not flashy.
Searching for one truly wild. Long ago I swallowed the photo of Bly striding
through the amber. Wind swept head. Flagstaff ne...
We're Not Doing the Best We Can
My book gang is reading Martin Shaw’s Liturgies Of The Wild. We call ourselves a “gang” because “club” feels too staid, like The Jonquil Club or something and that’s not us. I mean, we may get tattoos before it’s over. Anyway, I’ve read a f...
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