Between Two Rivers

Projections

On rethinking the past, present, and future. For all of my friends and family, here and abroad.

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April 23, 2025

academia, America, Belgium, English literature, future, intellectual life, life, literary studies, literature, past, politics, present, professionalism
The Prodigal

On a year of change. For Derek Walcott.

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April 21, 2025

Atlantic, change, life, love, peace, Photography, Poetry, self, time, waves
A New Testament

To mutual love.

A sculpture by Auguste Rodin of two clasping hands. On view at the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia.
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April 20, 2025

darkness, light, love, Poetry, skin, testament, touch
Excursions

Warning: includes video recording of disturbing violence.
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April 18, 2025

academic history, America, commuting, excursions, life, New York, Painting, past, Philadelphia, Photography, Poetry, present, Prose, violence
Spring (XIII)

Three conclusions.

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April 14, 2025

America, Belgium, flowers, gardening, gardens, grief, hope, loss, mother, planting, Poetry, spring
Spring (XII)

On sleep.
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April 13, 2025

America, Belgium, dream, future, grief, morning, past, Poetry, present, sleep, spiral, spring
Spring (XI)

On the present.
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April 12, 2025
Spring (X)

On waves.
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April 11, 2025

black, blue, bruise, darkness, echo, Poetry, sight, sound, spring, waves, wound
Spring (IX)

On gardening.
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April 10, 2025

fences, flowers, gardens, labor, plants, Poetry, spring, weeds
Spring (VIII)

An imagined remembrance.
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April 8, 2025

elegy, love, magnolia, mourning, Poetry, remembrance, spring