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gray sufficient

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Steven Schroeder

Rain arrives as ordered on the first dayof mourning, gray sufficientfor thirty thousand, silent, and counting. Counting. They say birds vanished,left the sky without songbefore the earth brokeon the crest of a slow waverolling plains to mountains. The wholeworld shuddered … Continue reading →

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close enough

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Steven Schroeder

Two young raccoons slip downthe wet branch of a maple treeto a knot on the trunkwhere they can seethe progress of a gray cat. Heeyes them as he nears, and onescrambles up the branch, lookingback to see if he is … Continue reading →

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fallen prose

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Steven Schroeder

Prose enough to fill an autumnfell last night from trees shaken by wind.Sweepers who rose with the sunand bai tou weng sing brownyellow orange red to poetry on gray stonegreen grass earth the color of rust. Whenthe arc of fallen … Continue reading →

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