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the land of uncertainty: terra infirma
in which we learn a thing or three from the vicissitudes of cancer . . .
Jul 10
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Barbara Mahany
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sharpened pencils and clean underwear
in which we once again find ourselves in the unfamiliar . . .
Jul 3
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up and moved…
in which you learn where to find the ol’ chair .
Jul 3
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Barbara Mahany
broken open
in which a book begins its stirring . . .
Jul 1
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Barbara Mahany
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June 2026
raggedy
call me raggedy.
Jun 26
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Barbara Mahany
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mrs. parks’ feet were not particularly weary
because we are not giving up on the america we believe in, the one that bears a very big heart, the one that can shoulder the world’s heavy load, the…
Jun 19
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why i wake with the birds
in summer, when the windows’ optimal posture is open, i hear the birds at daystart.
Jun 12
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Barbara Mahany
catch and release
the choreographies of heaven are beyond us.
Jun 5
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Barbara Mahany
May 2026
etch-a-sketch days
by mid-morning the other day, after a lava flow of bumbling words had frothed from my mouth, after fumbling through apology and course correction that…
May 29
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Barbara Mahany
the balm in gilead
gulps of coffee fuel me this morning, groggy as i am from a near-crippling concoction of cough, cold, inhaling too much pollen, and the foolishness of…
May 22
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Barbara Mahany
the question of happiness
jane got me started.
May 15
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Barbara Mahany
the comings-and-goings house: a mother’s prayer come tumbling true
the census at this old house shifts daily of late.
May 8
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Barbara Mahany
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