Poems
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Two Suns Won
I took a picture of sunrise this morning. It was cold on the beach, not so cold my hands froze, but brisk, the way my dog likes it. As you […]
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Why the Sun Won
IT CAME OUT OF A CLOUD LIKE THE SUN like a spinning something all gas, spun into fire, burning at the core and all the way out, making light, giving heat. […]
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Science and the Soul
The Size of Greatness When I was younger and dumber only a boy in the 8th grade, my science teacher told us, not to mess around thinking how big the […]
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Star Stuff
The Earth is spinning at over a thousand miles an hour. That’s how fast I’m moving right now, sitting in one place wiggling my fingers. How did I get here? […]
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Walking in the Fog
This morning right at daylight I was walking in the fog. The sort of fog that soaks your hair that makes it seem you’re walking through a glass of fat-free […]
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Figment
Waking up in the dark, before the earth rotates and the sun appears to rise, I sit on the edge of a bed, facing a wall-size mirror. I position […]