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Grieving Moon

Grieving Moon

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

Grieving Moon   The house bears down on him from up the hill.   He hunkers, a distant moon, uneasy on the front…

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Sun, Descending

Sun, Descending

Posted on February 21, 2021February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

Sun, Descending   Yellow sky, pale as a breath, crescendos into flames running the rim of earth. Pitch silhouettes of cottonwood trees ripple…

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The Evolution of Clouds

The Evolution of Clouds

Posted on February 21, 2021February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

The Evolution of Clouds   Memories play out, slow, mutable clouds shifting subtly across the expanse of blue years,   becoming truer than…

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At the Hands of a Poet

At the Hands of a Poet

Posted on November 25, 2018February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

At the Hands of a Poet   Neruda heats me up with “I want to do with you what spring does with the…

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Between Love and a Hard Place

Between Love and a Hard Place

Posted on October 12, 2018November 25, 2018 by Debra Shirley

Between Love and a Hard Place   Just days after he moved his young bride into the house, he went on a rampage,…

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The Sound of a Marching Band Always Did Make Me Cry A Little

The Sound of a Marching Band Always Did Make Me Cry A Little

Posted on October 12, 2018November 25, 2018 by Debra Shirley

The Sound of a Marching Band Always Did Make Me Cry a Little   The click and throb of a drum corps slays…

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The Ocean of You Never Changes

The Ocean of You Never Changes

Posted on October 12, 2018November 25, 2018 by Debra Shirley

The Ocean of You Never Changes   Look inside. You will see it’s true. Even when you were very small, birds held the…

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Nola

Nola

Posted on September 8, 2018November 24, 2018 by Debra Shirley

Nola   I. Night   French Quarter split by stinking Bourbon Street, wrought iron tongue of the old south, festooned spreading sweet-spot on…

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What Must Go Unsaid

What Must Go Unsaid

Posted on May 2, 2017February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

What Must Go Unsaid   If I had a moment alone with you, we’d lie under a sun-threaded maple, the full lengths of…

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Promised Land

Promised Land

Posted on April 30, 2017November 24, 2018 by Debra Shirley

Promised Land   She was born on the prairie in 1935, some place east of Oklahoma City, a town that no longer exists….

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