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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

Molly Fisk: Suffer No Fools

I woke in the dark
and watched light rise up
behind the trees, pale gray
to a backlit lemon yellow
turning gold and unlikely
blue, the colors blossoming

September 8, 2025 · 22 Comments

Michael Simms: Scarecrow

The scarecrow watched over 
His congregation, even as wind
And storms tore at his clothes
And the crows grew to know 
His indecisive guardianship

August 12, 2023 · 18 Comments

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