Tag: writing poetry
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Reconstruction Diary Meditations: Running Her Poetic License
October 21-22, 1866 This day has been a very cool one. We suffered considerably in the school house: there is but one stove in using order and that furnished all the heat for a large school, but not all that is necessary. Mary Stuart is better: she has not been able to be in school…
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The worst poem I ever wrote
Thirty-some years ago, finally divorced after months of marital and individual counseling and hours of agony trying to understand it all, I was settling in my hometown with three kids and a regular visitation schedule to their dad. Alone, every other weekend, I had nothing to do, except fret and wonder what was happening while…
