Category Archives: gardening

Midnight Poem, March 5, 2015

Something wakes me without sounding Nothing stirs, I hear my breath I look out my bedroom window Into darkness, into death. ‘ Yet I move the blanket over Shiver with the morning cold Once more I look through my window … Continue reading

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Review of In The Forest of The Night

Pam Tessnear rated a book 4 of 5 stars In the Forest of the Night by Larry Ellis Here is a friendly and I think insightful review of my book copied here from Goodreads.  You can still download it for … Continue reading

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Markings in The Snow

It is late afternoon in late winter This season’s only great snow still covers the ground Sparkling in the long-angled evening light The roads have been plowed and driveways scraped But the lawns and fields are still perfect, unbroken white. … Continue reading

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The Last Rose (Tomato) of Summer

This wasn’t a great year for tomatoes here.  We tried it one more time, even though I was sure that our little plot – and its farmer – needed at least a year of rest; of lying fallow.  Last year … Continue reading

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