Take a walk. Notice things. The scrubby park where you take the dog has been mowed. There is now a trail through the grass, thigh-high grass. Just yesterday it was April and you were walking through here looking at dead stems and discarded dog-fetching sticks. Now, on the day you’ve forgotten a fetch toy, you … Continue reading How To Survive the Last Day of School
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Crowing again
I've got to share a poet. He's a faculty member in the program where I'm currently a student, which is how I encountered him. When he reads, I feel like I'm in church. His book, Lawrence Booth's Book of Visions (2001 Yale University Press) knocked my socks off last winter. His new book, The Gone … Continue reading Crowing again