Where words take flight
Poetry for the heart,
under a clear blue sky
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See all poemsMorning Over Maine
The gulls write cursive on the dawn, salt-script across a paper sea, and every wave that breaks at lawn reads back the sky's first poetry.
Read poem →Kitchen Table Hymns
My grandmother prayed with flour on her hands, blessing the bread before it rose, and I have understood since then that some faiths smell like Saturday.
Read poem →Letters I Never Sent
There is a drawer inside my chest where all the unsent letters rest, each folded once against the truth I couldn't mail to you.
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