Beauty and Terror
life and law
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Rough Going
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It's Pride, my third Pride without my partner of 20 years. Fresh pain, more than I expected. Two days ago I brought my dog Ha...
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Streaking By
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Frick Park in Spring. Hill between Beechwood and Forbes. When I was 34, my wife encouraged me to get my motorcycle license, somethin...
Friday, March 3, 2017
Unaccompanied
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I play one of Madeleine's favorite recordings, Yo Yo Ma performing Bach's Cello Suite No.1 in G Major. In my mind I am in our old h...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
My Funny Valentine
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Madeleine's angle for why we should move in together, was so that we could have time together after our dates when we weren't arg...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Uphill Both Ways, and In The Snow (Love Will Come To You)
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The woman who was once our marriage counselor is now my grief counselor. I recommend marriage counseling. May I give you a head start and ...
Monday, November 28, 2016
In Keeping
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When my wife died of lung cancer, poems landed around me in the ruins like ashes after a forest fire. Raymond Carver’s last book, A ...
Friday, September 30, 2016
My Wife Died of Lung Cancer
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I'm waiting for her to come home so I can go to bed. Today I emptied the dishwasher, took the dogs to the park, went grocery shoppi...
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