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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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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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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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