Between Two Rivers

American Pastoral

Against making greatness again.
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October 5, 2024

pastoral, Poetry, politics, violence, whiteness
Primaries

With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.

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October 4, 2024

blue, color, dVerse, experimental poetry, Poetry, primaries, red, white
Slow Conflagration without Flame

At the Manasquan Reservoir in Howell, NJ.

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October 3, 2024

autumn, death, fall, Field Notes, fire, flame, hiking, leaves, New Jersey, travel
The Unraveling Begins

On the mind and body. After Louise Glück and John Pomfret.
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October 2, 2024

body, desire, mind, Poetry
With the Slightest of Hands

With thanks to dVerse for the prompt.
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October 1, 2024

dVerse, longing, Poetry, quadrille, sorrow, string, thread, truth, water
Revisions (September 2024)

On a month of writing.

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September 30, 2024

dVerse, Poetry, Prose, Revisions
Elliptical

A birthday poem.
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September 29, 2024

aging, birthday, doubt, ellipsis, Poetry, resilience, wisdom
Set Theory

On unions and intersections.
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September 28, 2024

complement, intersection, math, Poetry, set theory, union
An American Dream

Only in this country.
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September 27, 2024

America, dream, Poetry, politics, school, sonnet
Jazz

Playing it out. For J. V.
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September 26, 2024

blues, dVerse, free verse, jazz, Poetry