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OK, you win – I’ll pray
I’ll pray for youTo feel the love you preach.To live the laws you teach.To cross the breachOf what you say and what you do. Love thy neighbor If they look…
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I Lost My Voice
I lost my voice. Maybe it’s wrong to say I “lost” my voice. The truth is, I gave it away. I gave it away to ten years of institutional writing.
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A Gorilla Story and the Kwita Izina
David Attenborough’s new documentary, A Gorilla Story, is all over the news right now. Of course, every time Sir Attenborough sneezes, it’s all over the news because he’s as close…
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Intruder
For the raccoon in the cherry tree Still as the grave,The intruder perches,Willing himself invisible.Knowing that he’s been seen. With the sun rising,Time is against him.Stillness his only protectionAnd his…
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The Old Gods
Give us back to the old gods, The dark gods, The gods we worshipped at night. The ones who came to us As wolves, As storms, As famine and fire.…
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Designing a Trip? What Story Will It Tell?
Can you imagine reading a book with the chapters on “shuffle?” There would be no order to it. The story wouldn’t build on itself. There would be no sense of…
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I Pity the Influencers
Their digital lives look so glamorous and perfect. Their fit, scantily clad bodies make them look like a different species from those of us with the hard-earned pallor and plumpness…
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Can we please redefine “well-traveled?”
There is so much chatter these days about how 2026 will be the year that travelers want “authentic, meaningful” experiences rather than cookie-cutter trips. Oh wait…I meant that’s the trend…
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The Silence of Birds
I heard the roar from below, at a distanceLoud, like an elephant in the water or a boat being pulled up on shore. Looking for the source, I saw nothing…
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Fierceness
Where is the fierceness in nature? Surely it is in the storms, the volcanoes, the lion bringing down a gazelle. So why do I feel it in a sunset? Why…
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