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I am no good without the winter sky
Poem IV
Jan 11 • Joe Deany-Braun
Every night three swallows carry my daughter away
Poem III
Jan 4 • Joe Deany-Braun
As silence falls once more
"We are so many things all at once."
Dec 3, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
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On the threshold of no fear
Apr 4, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
Every night three swallows carry my daughter away
Jan 4 • Joe Deany-Braun
Dreaming the same strange dream over and over
Apr 18, 2025 • Jason Hardung and Joe Deany-Braun
And we are suddenly never quite the same
Mar 1, 2025 • Kristy Beachy-Quick and Joe Deany-Braun
Navigating the multiverse of the market
Jun 3, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
We come to something without knowing why
Nov 28, 2024 • Joe Deany-Braun
Hold hard then, heart
“This way at least you live.”
Oct 22, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
Sudden clarities of light and leaves
“The thing is so obvious it takes constant attention to keep it in mind”
Aug 11, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
What is a career?
Career, from Latin carrus, “wheeled circle.” It has the mouthfeel of carousel, that mundane zodiac; it intimates our progressive distance from the…
Jul 22, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
Restoring the intellect to the body
A book buyer's advice to authors, part two
Jul 14, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
Reading is a contact sport
"We are being battered by ideas, and we are changing."
Jul 4, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
Santa holds your invisible hand
Poem II
Jun 20, 2025 • Joe Deany-Braun
Beneath the surface of our personalities
A craftsman, gardener, and father on the art of reading in public
Jun 13, 2025 • Rico Lighthouse and Joe Deany-Braun
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