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the songs of solo A reader recently wrote me to say, “I jumped to your epilogue out of curiosity and found a magnificent poem, ‘A Matter of Time.’ Are these lyrics to a song as well as a poem? You cited AnderSongs 2020 at the end of the poem.” Yes, “A Matter of Time” is… Read More »Songs of Solo

morning frolic Around five that morning, the forest began to awaken. A symphony of pinks, oranges and yellows orchestrated their way over the blue-black horizon. Jays, crows, warblers, chickadees and waxwings (nature’s most insistent alarm clocks) created a raucous musical score of whoops, whistles, caws, squawks, chirps, and screeches—while the woodpeckers added their oddly syncopated… Read More »morning frolic

Kenai morning Last night’s fire had turned to ashes. Pulling myself up from my prone position with the aid of a nearby sapling, I had hobbled back over to the lakeshore, like old men do after sitting too long. I’d stood by the shore quietly, bidding farewell to the day. Another wolf call sent a… Read More »Kenai morning