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Day 211 of 35 (Day 1 of NaPoWriMo)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • Leave a comment

Slowly, silently, now the moon gives permission. The phlox will bloom And dreams, sticky sweet, will pink the morning. *April is National Poetry month. If you want, join me and lots of other writers as we attempt to write a poem a day. Here’s a link to prompts you can use or ignore: http://www.napowrimo.net Continue reading →

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Day 184 of 35

Posted on March 5, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • Leave a comment

Found harmony in clay and dappled sun. A tomato seed took root beside lavender, and though it rests in the midst of their run between house and  tree squirrel, even the dogs have been delicate. Continue reading →

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Day 154 of 35

Posted on February 3, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • 1 Comment

It was the way he stood, ending proximity. His arms folded like a woman clutching her purse in a dark alley. You could fit a counter between us. I could be checking his coat or taking his order at dawn in a twenty-four hour truck stop. In the length of an ellipsis, I wrote a … Continue reading →

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Day 148 of 35

Posted on January 28, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • 1 Comment

As she watched Josiah repairing the wood-stove, she nearly wondered aloud. What the hell was she doing? Why come back here? She had no good answer for that; or, more accurately, the answer didn’t seem enough. This baby. Josie was once almost her father-in-law, but she had walked out on his son and this baby … Continue reading →

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Day 142 of 35

Posted on January 22, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • Leave a comment

To tell the story, I have tried to move the woman across the street. She needs to be in front of the neighbor girl whose eyes will seem to have changed color while the woman was gone for more than a year. Continue reading →

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Day 141 of 35

Posted on January 21, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • Leave a comment

Almost. Continue reading →

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Day 133 of 35

Posted on January 14, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • Leave a comment

Days like pages of handwritten manuscripts were caught by the wind, rearranged and lost. I will call that editing and leave it be. Continue reading →

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Day 126 of 35

Posted on January 7, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • Leave a comment

Before the beautiful assistant climbs into the box, I leave, afraid he will forget the rest. Continue reading →

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Day 121 of 35

Posted on January 2, 2013 by sevenhousesdown • 1 Comment

I was often sick when I was little. There were excessive bouts of strep-throat and numerous ear infections. They finally removed my tonsils when I was 6, and that took care of it for a time. Later, I seemed to develop a sensitivity to winter, and a persistent bronchitis would set in until spring. But … Continue reading →

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Day 109 of 35

Posted on December 21, 2012 by sevenhousesdown • Leave a comment

Did the NRA really just call the mentally ill “evil,” and assume that all “sane” people are “good?” Really? Continue reading →

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