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Warp and Weft: The Architecture of Longing

Warp and Weft: The Architecture of Longing

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

Warp and Weft: The Architecture of Longing   Always thinking of the next move, she never arrived, fully, in the place she happened…

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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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At Last Count

At Last Count

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

At Last Count   The cells multiply, coagulate, assemble in lumps and masses, demand to be counted.   My doctors speak in centimeters…

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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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Since April

Since April

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Debra Shirley

Since April   Your mother has died, You are motherless. These are two distinct pains.   One follows you, room to room, a…

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In the Face of Such Abundance

In the Face of Such Abundance

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

In The Face of Such Abundance   This lovely, laden spring has left me quivering, a mouth just kissed.   The bloom on…

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Always in August

Always in August

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Debra Shirley

Always in August   Festooned in flaming trumpet vine and daylilies, tomatoes just coming on, really, and afternoons still bearing down on our…

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Sweet By and By

Sweet By and By

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Debra Shirley

Sweet By and By   I am a mayfly, blue-winged olive here one day then gone, entire life spooled out over a sunlit…

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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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Eyes Lifted

Eyes Lifted

Posted on October 12, 2018November 24, 2018 by Debra Shirley

Eyes Lifted   Bruised sky, purpled breath of a fall late in coming.   Rain dribbled windows smear the catalpa tree, emerald to…

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