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Facing the new year: 2023
Facing the new year: 2023
I was born under the archer, a sign of things to come. Perhaps. I don't put stock in that kind of thing. A good God-fearing woman became my wife…
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After James Agee's "Let us now praise famous men . . ."
“Let us now praise famous men.” I know. The book’s already been wrote. Here is a poem, almost a sonnet no less — to tell you what’s really going on…
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Poem for Jahari/Elegy for the Ancestors
Happy 13th birthday, Jahari!
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Poem from my morning walk
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Still Under Construction: for Aretha
Still under construction – For Aretha I can’t pretend it was just like any other summer day. We gathered early, after coffee, for the morning plenary…
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Sonnet for a Saturday Morning
Sonnet For A Saturday Morning by Raymond Maxwell via #soundcloud
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Narcissus
Narcissus We stare into our computer screens – it is retina display, of course – clearer than one’s reflection on a still pond. The image we see of…
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