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a murder of old friends
From this side, dry, withoutbenefit of steady rain,it is hard to know if two crows flyingfrom one gabled roofto another are more or less thana murder of old friendsundaunted by gray skies and mid-April’s touchof winter not yetwilling to let … Continue reading
call and response
For the time being, Spring hasstopped, cold, in thisApril moment. Two cardinals singcall and response in twotrees before sunrise. You can hear her warming her handsby the fire of theirscarlet voices, enticing herto stay.
an absent god
Crowds with a look in their eyethat would make you thinkevery one they contain has seenthe whole horror of the last century, like they were all burnedby every fire, survivors,every one of them absent mindedlybearing all the sins of the … Continue reading
back to china
I return to China Sunday (2 March) and–apart from a quick trip back for the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival at the beginning of April–will be there through July. In the past, access to Blogger has been blocked on the Chinese … Continue reading
a new theory of cats
Urban birds have taken to singing at nightbecause it is too noisy for their melodiesto be heard during the daytime…-The Guardian, 25 April 2007 I’ve heard robins singat night in Sheffieldnow, because they cannotmake themselves heardabove the noise of every … Continue reading