Monthly Archives: June 2016

Thoughts I’ve Been Thinking

Posted on June 30, 2016 by J

Oh, you know perfectly well it’s just another damned poem! Poetry, I love you so much, if you had a human body, I would know I am a ghost. Tonight, scarce ten minutes ago: We Have Borne This Before No … Continue reading →

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My Dear, Strange, Familiar Blog

Posted on June 16, 2016 by J

English is nominally my native language, but really, my source of expression and strength is song. This has been a terrible week in my country and among my loved ones, so of course I have turned my heart and hearing … Continue reading →

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Pridal Twilight Song

Posted on June 10, 2016 by J

Oh, never mind any commentary. Here is what my calling, and my answering, brought to me tonight: 10 June 2016 10 No One’s Dead, and No One’s Died They’ve neither tree nor limb on which to build a nest that’s … Continue reading →

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Weird, but Weirdly Wise

Posted on June 8, 2016 by J

8 June 2016 8 In Sight of What’s Wise My shivering ghost awoke lonely last morning, its thin cotton sheets soaked right through, and so cold. Why the high window lay wide open all through the night, I don’t know, … Continue reading →

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Words shared softly with another…

Posted on June 7, 2016 by J

Don’t mind; it was only a comment shared on another blog. This is the whole of it, with the poem I shared: Is it all right if I share too much, having just listened to your wonderful singing readings, thinking … Continue reading →

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