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Always Easter

Posted on May 11, 2024 by J

Here is another late-night instant lyric. The Christian imagery is plain, but so is something pagan running alongside it. Poetry meant so much to me when I was young, obsessed me so entirely at times, that I swore to do … Continue reading →

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Tail-Biter, Explained

Posted on May 9, 2024 by J

Here is another ‘tail-biter’–a species of poem in which the ending rings round and reveals the beginning in a different light. Go back and reread, and it will be a different poem that it was the first time. These poems … Continue reading →

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Lonely Working

Posted on May 7, 2024 by J

‘Here’ is a little story of how I came to be. Late at night and quick as lightning: 6 May 2024 Your Lonely… She came dressed in a robe of such shimmering colors– look at the state of my arms’ … Continue reading →

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Slippers

Posted on May 5, 2024 by J

It was late at night, as usual. Lines started running through my head. A bit of whimsy slipped through, although it’s serious too. We are slippers in the sense of ‘time slips,’ slipping into the Imaginal: 4 May 2024 In … Continue reading →

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Old-Fashioned

Posted on May 3, 2024 by J

Everything I make is at least a little old-fashioned, but this tiny lyric is especially so. It came to me after a friend shared some verses about flowers: 2 May 2024 Whose Heart? Your heart describes a fairy-ring where all … Continue reading →

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Beltane

Posted on May 1, 2024 by J

Lately I have marked the ten-year anniversary of my partner’s death. This came last night, after a long break. We shall see what follows: 30 April 2024 Still Beyond Telling Clear through the midst of the storm as the air … Continue reading →

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Singing-Over

Posted on September 18, 2021 by J

The rain just started pouring down outside. I am so happy to hear it. I love rain–this is a rainy coastal place, and it has never yet rained too much for me. The sound of it brings quietness with it … Continue reading →

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So Much For That

Posted on August 27, 2021 by J

The book I was working on wound up yesterday. I only felt the end coming on a couple of days before that, but I had also been feeling a bit slowed down and listless compared to a few months earlier. … Continue reading →

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Never-Ending Indeed!

Posted on May 11, 2021 by J

There’s no point even trying to catch up here–so much is in development. It’s all magic. I reached menopause, or ‘croned,’ about ten years ago. I could scarcely believe it–I had outlived my treacherous uterus! It was a most welcome … Continue reading →

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Happy Thursday!

Posted on May 6, 2021 by J

Night before last I ordered a special present for myself and my home, a canvas print of Love Leading the Pilgrim by Edward Burne-Jones. It was the last painting he finished. He dedicated it to Algernon Swinburne, my chief poetry … Continue reading →

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