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Barbara Crooker
Barbara Crooker’s most recent book of poetry is Some Glad Morning.
And Despite Everything,
in this hard year where I lost it all and more, here comes May, which is more than I deserve, dripping in lilacs and bleeding hearts ...
In the Union Cemetery
just above the three short blocks of my little town, the oldest graves, dating from the early 1800s, are dark ...
Murmuration
Cold morning, November, taking a walk,when suddenly, up ahead, the trees unleave,and thousands of starlings lift off, an immenseriver of noise; they braid and unbraid themselves...
Day of the Dead
November 1st, the veil thinner, and we remember
those who’ve gone to the other side. Don’t worry,
I say, I’ll be there soon. But for now, I mark the presence...
Book of Kells
The text of the day is open to Luke, chapter sixteen,
verse ten. The initial N, made up of blond men...
Le Nid des Anges
But the store is closed, so we don’t know what it sells.And we can’t imagine where it is the angels go at night;do they settle in trees? Or do they really make nests,...
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Euonymus Alatus
Outside my window, the bushes have turned, redderthan any fire, and the sky is the same blue Giottoused for Mary’s robes. My mother says, if she still...