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March 3, 2012March 3, 2012

This.

My first reading. January 5, 2012 at the Natsoulas Gallery in Davis.

Posted in memoir, poetry, writing. Tagged adoption, gallery, memoir, poetry, poetry night in Davis, reading. 1 Comment
March 2, 2012March 2, 2012

Desert critters: part I

The tortoise is what I aspire to.      Methodical.      Steadfast.      Self-contained. I am no tortoise. I think of the lizards us kids would stalk and chase and hunt, not to kill, but to capture: live. To keep as a pet in a shoebox with some sand. Sometimes on those desert hikes you come […]

Posted in poetry, writing. Tagged desert, lizard, poem, poetry, tortoise.
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