Tag Archive: poetry

Nervous around the collar

January 17, 1991 My dismay began with a setting sun, Clear skies, and a red wafer on the horizon. Driving westward on I-20, news was proclaimed: we are dropping bombs from planes. My task, to keep the boys happy in…
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After Noon Prayers

    Most days my sight avoids the intersection of creation and sorrow.   Others are standing there. I see them; they are caught mid-step by the weight of loss.   Grieving in Mogadishu; running as Rohingya; neighbours on the…
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