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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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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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Running the River Regret

Running the River Regret

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

Running the River Regret   It’s an easy put-in, but Bull Sluice to Shoulder Bone is a run of holes that might claim…

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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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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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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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Come October

Come October

Posted on September 23, 2018November 25, 2018 by Debra Shirley

Come October   Come October, I seem, always, to be meeting my self again, as if I’ve been away   or forgotten to…

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