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A VERY FEW WORDS ON MEMORY OF EAGLES

Here are a very few words on how to achieve a transcendental experience in nature. First, get yourself alone on the water or mountain or...

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A FEW WORDS ON VICKSBURG’S FALLING

Updated: Aug 18, 2023 I wrote Vicksburg’s Falling on July 5, 2008, the day after the July 4 celebrations I didn’t attend. I would be just...

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A VERY FEW WORDS ON MIRROR TO NATURE

Sometimes, with wind and rain, even the main channel of Wilson Creek gets too choppy to enjoy. On those days, we often tuck into the...

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A VERY FEW WORDS ON WINTER FULL

Like it or not, the calendar has a way of sneaking up on us. I wrote this poem during advent in 2008. You can prepare for advent or not,...

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A FEW WORDS ABOUT TRIDUUM

In the Roman Catholic tradition, ‘triduum” refers to the three central days of Easter: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter itself,...

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A VERY FEW WORDS ON PALACE OF WISDOM

I think I commented earlier that sometimes with wind and rain even the main channel of Wilson Creek becomes too choppy to enjoy, so we...

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A VERY FEW WORDS ON HOME

I was not a happy child. In retrospect, I’m not sure why. I had good and loving parents. With my grandmother and her eccentric siblings...

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A Very Few Words on Easter

Easter once again has me thinking of Dragon Run, the cypress swamp that marks the boundaries of Gloucester and Middlesex Counties. I’ve...

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A FEW WORDS ON SAINT THOMAS SYNAGOGUE

Friends from the North – particularly Jewish friends – are often surprised that I grew up in a Richmond, Virginia that is home to a large...

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A VERY FEW WORDS ON AFTER OUR EXILE

Well, it doesn’t read like James Joyce. It’s not meant to read like James Joyce. But ultimately, After Our Exile comes from the same...

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A VERY FEW WORDS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

In the movie 1492, Christopher Columbus’s son Diego comments that his father would often wistfully say, “if only I could get beyond the...

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A FEW WORDS ON DAY OF THE DEAD

By the time I was 35 both my parents and my best friend were dead. Death is sadly all around us. During the pandemic, I lost two more...

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A FEW WORDS ON REDEMPTION SONGS

Driving in Ireland can be a bit of a challenge, although I’ve always enjoyed it. Staying to the left is no problem, because the driver’s...

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A FEW WORDS ON THIN PLACES

In Evangeline Walton’s imaginative retelling of the Welsh Mabinogion, Pwyll, Prince of Dyved, meets Annwnn, the Prince of Death. Through...

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A VERY FEW WORDS ON DOLPHINS

It’s not unusual to see dolphins in the Ware River, about a 20-minute paddle from where we put in on Wilson Creek. The Ware empties into...

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Reyn Kinzey - A Few Words: On Poetry and Dragons

Poets often say, “I write for myself.” No doubt that’s true. I know I write for myself, to figure out how I feel, and to guide my way...

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