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May 14, 2026 Poetry

May, Again

May, Again

A poem about returning to May and what it means to have lived through another year to get here.

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January 18, 2026 Poetry

The First Week of January

The First Week of January

A poem about the particular feeling of January — the blank-page quality of it, the cold, the hopeful and the apprehensive.

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October 3, 2025 Poetry

October Light

October Light

A poem about the particular slant of light that arrives in October and what it does to the ordinary world.

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June 25, 2025 Poetry

Ocracoke Evening

Ocracoke Evening

A poem about the particular quality of summer evenings on the island — the light, the boats, the way time moves differently here.

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March 15, 2025 Poetry

Small Hours

Small Hours

A poem about the particular quality of light at 4am, when the world hasn't decided yet what kind of day it's going to be.

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