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It Will Not Let Me Rest

Posted on June 26, 2017 by J

I won’t let it rest, either: 26 June 2017 34 Love Held Strong I don’t know how to work a heart that pounds like hooves all night, all day, and won’t lie down and let me go to sleep no … Continue reading →

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After the Bloody Assizes

Posted on June 26, 2017 by J

More has been going on than I can capture in words, in prose. As always, song conveys so much more. This is what I presented the last time I read in public. I knew then, and stated, that it was … Continue reading →

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Fate’s In a Roil

Posted on September 22, 2016 by J

I wrote a pretty good post for this piece, then lost it in trying to upload it. Thank goodness I always compose real poems in Word and copy and paste my new lines here. Just so you know, it was … Continue reading →

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In This, and Any Other Hour

Posted on August 15, 2016 by J

Less than one hour ago: 15 August 2016 13 All Feathers, Under Skin She’s laid aside the supple skin of woven silk that graced your nights for such a long, uneven time, the ghost who goes through shaded lights and … Continue reading →

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Stars Are Sentient Beings, and They Sing

Posted on September 23, 2015 by J

23 September 2015 23 Blessed Equinox Gemma—Gemma Renee Strong Beauty’s Live Bond Overflow greener than fields at the height of glad summer, come shimmering over the sky we hold up our weary heads just this last midnight to watch as … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 2, 2015 by J

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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