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The poems and prose reflect years of life as a hiker, stained glass studio owner, juvenile diabetic, dog lover, and devotee of modern art. Here, the reader will also find politically inspired poems and observations of this beautiful and changing world.

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Treasure

So where do we house this arrogance? In a jar on the shelf? Perhaps, the porcelain, blue, cracked one from your mother? She shared that, as well as that need she had to better everyone around her. You hover, as she did, looking for faults in the cards I may have missed in solitaire, a …

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Catfight

Starting with the fight in the hallway    near my freshman locker    across from my English class a hair-ripping, finger-nailed disagreement    escalated to a face slap    that split a lip   We watched…    guys yelling – egging them on this catfight     girls backing away    in groups, fingers to lips It went on forever –    well into …

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