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Word Work

Kim Nelson

Poems, paintings, essays and asides about living with wonder in our increasingly complicated world.

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Photo from my kitchen. Gorgeous mug handmade by North Carolina potter Jenny Cartee .


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Like sugar

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you

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A gorgeous moment from a recent beach walk

Attention is the most valuable thing any of us can give.

the words

were right there

waiting

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do my thing

word work

wordplay

wordsmith away

instead

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Sycamore leaves curl, stiffen and fall

landing on lanes, lawns and walkways

leaving mottled branches

naked in the wind, dancing

dancing and hosting parties

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‘Purple Haze’ Agastache

Do you think Agastache knows

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