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    Elk No way to put in wordsthe grace and beauty of these elkas they ford the…

  • In the Beginning – Poem 509

    In the Beginning – day 509 was the wordbut that’s King Jamesthe word John spokewas λογοσ…

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    Carolyn’s Ashes Among the ashes that were all the firehad left behind my friend who’d losthis…

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