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Michael Simms: The Crows

We barely recognized ourselves
But the crows knew
Who we were and where we’d been
Why we returned

November 29, 2025 · 64 Comments

Alice Friman: The Road Not Taken

I stood at the window
leaning my head, there
where the glass was cool
and looked out at the trees
bare now in January

January 1, 2025 · 13 Comments

Larry Levis: Family Romance

Abstaining clouds that passed, & kept
Their own counsel, we
Were different, we kept our own counsel.

October 11, 2024 · 19 Comments

Tony Gloeggler: New House

I try 
not to think of all the time I spent 
going over what went wrong 
between us, how badly I missed 
who I wanted her to be

December 23, 2023 · 8 Comments

Jose Padua: How I Came to the Valley

How is it some people never stop to consider
what they’ve taken away from someone else—
The effect of light and shade on what they see,
noise and silence on what they hear?

May 23, 2017 · Leave a comment

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