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  • The rhythm of —

    The rhythm of — by Kshatriya AAAAAHHHHHHH! with my whole chest. with all my breath. from the tips of my toes to the top of my head. with all the air in my lungs. with all my energy. with all my might. AAAAAHHHHHHH! from the fallen-beaten position. from the standing fists-clenched position. from the deepest…

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  • Senses

    Senses By Patricia Morris HOME sounds like silence, broken by a refrigerator hum, cackling chickens from next door, the occasional helicopter or small plane buzzing overhead. Home sounds like music sometimes. This afternoon it was…

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  • Losing Beauty Saved My Skin

    By Julie Sherman The mean girls of the garden were stingy with their gifts. Flowering slowly, one bud at a time, then a second and a third they opened, and I tried to make friends…

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  • Petaluma June

    By Karen Handyside Ely   Petaluma summer morning. Cool, brisk, velvet fog blankets Sonoma Mountain shoulders, Leaving only the soft domed tops revealed, Rising in the mist.   Motivating chill in the air. Bare feet…

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