Between Two Rivers

Caravan

A vision of language.
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November 9, 2024

caravan, desert, language, Poetry, words
Losing It (III)

On personal and professional identities.
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November 3, 2024

academia, colleagues, dissertation, eighteenth-century, English literature, identity, life, Prose, reunion, work
Losing It (II)

After John Milton.
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November 2, 2024

America, hell, Milton, Paradise Lost, Poetry, politics
Losing It (I)

On the big man, and the littler one who thought he could have it all. After John Milton.
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November 1, 2024

America, epic, Milton, mock-epic, Paradise Lost, paraphrase, Poetry
Revisions (October 2024)

On a month—and more—of writing.

University of Pennsylvania campus, in Philadelphia.
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October 31, 2024

America, color, culture, fall, leaves, nature, Northeast, Philadelphia, Photography, poetics, Poetry, politics, Prose, writing
Future Tense

For the children.
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October 30, 2024

America, children, future, Poetry, politics
Allegiance

On promises. With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.
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October 29, 2024

allegiance, America, American flag, dVerse, patriotism, Poetry, promise, quadrille
Attachments

After A. R. Ammons.
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October 28, 2024

attachments, Belgium, coffee, free verse, glass, gratitude, movies, Poetry, rain, tea
The Big Nothing in the Middle of It All

Life through a (w)hole.
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October 27, 2024

bagel, breakfast, cream cheese, free verse, nothing, Poetry, something
Silverfish

On blind things.
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October 26, 2024

insects, land, motion, movement, Poetry, settlement, silverfish, violence