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Photo & Poem: Beginnings

  Dream Horse He’s midnight black with steely eyes, on hooves so light they make no sound as he sails...
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Photo & Poem: Calendar

Tufting the Corgi Do I need a sweater? The evening air has cooled thinner, the time on the clock doesn’t...
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Photo & Poem: Beginning the Fall

  A heat so profound that horses were knocked back, sheltering all day in small shade, relief for the sparse...
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Photo & Poem: Roots

  There was a single elm on the short path from the house to barn, its trunk no larger than...
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Photo & Poem: At a Writing Workshop

  At a Writing Workshop A dog stalks the sofa, gazing with one eye and then crossing his nose to...
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Photo & Poem: Surviving Vulnerability

  Dark eyes, older than her years, the horse’s shoulder shows damage, thick scars and a stilted gait, the opposite...
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Photo & Poem: Say Her Name

  As you say her name, your voice drops deep, a tight raspy croak. Not haunted with loss, but shaken...
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Photo & Poem: Ducks and Geese

  Seven iced-over winters followed by sweet bugs on long summer days. Flightless old girls with twisted toenails and dim...
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Photo & Poem: A Smoky Memory

  A dusky pink summer dawn, stepping out the porch door, halt. Dread at the smell of unnatural heat. How...
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Photo Challenge & Poem: All Time Favorite

Directions Turn on the dirt road at the bottom of the hill, then go past the big curve. Slow on...
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