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formal verse poetry and commentary at rainharp.com

Times Are Quickening Now

Spring has come, true and real: 3 May 2015 3 Other-Wise Love The huge, wet, soft music rained down on us ceaselessly; sleep was disrupted where limbs would embrace. I cannot understand how I was first made to bless myself, … Continue reading

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Oh, Hello Again!

Yes, it’s been that long. Yes, I’ve been seemingly quiet, but no such thing in real life. Soon to follow is my latest report, but first I want to share a significant part of the soundtrack to the work I’ve … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

Of course, I saw the new year in in my customary way: alone, and singing. Here is what I heard, as live as may be, and unedited: 1 January 2015 1 Begin as You Mean to Go On Most candles … Continue reading

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Still At It

Work goes on, regardless of all else. Here is an intermediary report: 23 December 2014 22 Will You? Will You Not? Close as air, when it’s inside, is all the voice I hear. You cry across the very narrow valley … Continue reading

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Bessie’s Testimony

Bessie’s Testimony The title of this post is a near-mystery, and for that reason I wish to honor and publish it. It came up when I tried to copy and paste the verse text to follow into my Word file … Continue reading

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Please Don’t Try to Know Too Much

New tonight, after many old loving thoughts and memories: 15 November 2014 15 Please Don’t Try to Know What Love Means Here All night, I walked out too far and too long, and somewhere along the cold way, I went … Continue reading

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Tell It All

Things are going to get weirder before they get normal again. 28 October 2014 24 Tell It. Tell It All Far and alone and so lonely I wandered, and when my soul left as I lay half-adream, I knew I … Continue reading

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For You

27 October In Memoriam for Jay, most luminous of corvids If you will, please go back to the very first post of this blog, and note the date on the poem there. Here’s a link: 3 June 2014 RAIN HARP … Continue reading

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In the Sweet, Salt Bye-and-Bye

I just put up a post that was entirely prose. Forgive me! That is so unlike me, and I cannot let it stand. This happened last night: 17 October 2014 14 In the Salt Bye and Bye Twine and untwine … Continue reading

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Meta-post: True Souls

18 October 2014 Metta, True Souls! Soon after starting this blog, I recall noting that the visitors revealed by my site statistics were remarkably diverse. This has continued to be the case. I am really amazed and very, very pleased … Continue reading

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