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my favs from September 28 - October 27:
- “The Sun”
- “When Death Comes”
- “Whelks”
- “Goldfinches”
- “Poppies”
- “Peonies”
- “October”
- “The Summer Day”
- “White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field”
- “The Hermit Crab”
— Oct 30, 2025 06:31AM
- “The Sun”
- “When Death Comes”
- “Whelks”
- “Goldfinches”
- “Poppies”
- “Peonies”
- “October”
- “The Summer Day”
- “White Owl Flies Into and Out of the Field”
- “The Hermit Crab”
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chris :)
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My favs from October 28 - November 27:
- “Morning Poem”
- “Wild Geese” !!!!!
- “The Journey”
- “Poem”
- “First Snow”
- “Humpbacks”
- “The Roses”
- “Tecumseh”
- “In Blackwater Woods”
— Nov 28, 2025 07:16AM
- “Morning Poem”
- “Wild Geese” !!!!!
- “The Journey”
- “Poem”
- “First Snow”
- “Humpbacks”
- “The Roses”
- “Tecumseh”
- “In Blackwater Woods”
chris :)
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my favs from August 28 - September 27:
- “The Loon”
- “Winter at Herring Grove”
- “Mink”
- “Stones”
- “Flare”
- “From the Book of Time”
- “Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches”
- “Black Oaks”
- “Am I Not Among the Early Risers”
- “Fox”
- “May”
- “Yes! No!”
- “Mockingbirds”
— Sep 30, 2025 10:01AM
- “The Loon”
- “Winter at Herring Grove”
- “Mink”
- “Stones”
- “Flare”
- “From the Book of Time”
- “Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long Black Branches”
- “Black Oaks”
- “Am I Not Among the Early Risers”
- “Fox”
- “May”
- “Yes! No!”
- “Mockingbirds”
chris :)
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My favs from July 28 - August 27:
- “Song for Autumn”
- “Fireflies”
- “Terns”
- “Just Lying on the Grass at Blackwater”
- “Why I Wake Early”
- “Mindful”
- “Lingering in Happiness”
- “Snow Geese”
- “Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does It End?”
- “The Dipper”
— Aug 31, 2025 08:52AM
- “Song for Autumn”
- “Fireflies”
- “Terns”
- “Just Lying on the Grass at Blackwater”
- “Why I Wake Early”
- “Mindful”
- “Lingering in Happiness”
- “Snow Geese”
- “Where Does the Temple Begin, Where Does It End?”
- “The Dipper”
chris :)
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My favs from June 28 - July 27:
- “Mornings at Blackwater”
- “Invitation”
- “When I Am Among the Trees”
- “When the Roses Speak, I Pay Attention”
- “Praying”
- “Thirst”
- “Oxygen”
— Jul 28, 2025 08:38AM
- “Mornings at Blackwater”
- “Invitation”
- “When I Am Among the Trees”
- “When the Roses Speak, I Pay Attention”
- “Praying”
- “Thirst”
- “Oxygen”
chris :)
is on page 94 of 456
My favs from May 28 - June 27:
- “The First Time Percy Came Back”
- “I Happened to Be Standing”
- “Three Things to Remember”
- “I Worried”
- “Don’t Hesitate”
- “How I Go to the Woods”
- “On the Beach”
- “We Shake with Joy”
- “It Was Early”
- “To Begin With, The Sweet Grass”
- “Evidence”
- “Mysteries, Yes”
- “At the River Clarion”
- “The Other Kingdoms”
— Jun 28, 2025 08:23AM
- “The First Time Percy Came Back”
- “I Happened to Be Standing”
- “Three Things to Remember”
- “I Worried”
- “Don’t Hesitate”
- “How I Go to the Woods”
- “On the Beach”
- “We Shake with Joy”
- “It Was Early”
- “To Begin With, The Sweet Grass”
- “Evidence”
- “Mysteries, Yes”
- “At the River Clarion”
- “The Other Kingdoms”
chris :)
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Been reading one poem a day for a month now, and thought I’d share my fav poems so far:
- “I Wake Close to Morning”
- “The World I Live In”
- “For Tom Shaw S.S.J.E. (1945-2014)”
- “That Little Beast”
- “The Gift”
- “I Don’t Want to be Demure or Respectable”
- “On Meditating, Sort Of”
- “Bazougey”
— May 28, 2025 05:50AM
- “I Wake Close to Morning”
- “The World I Live In”
- “For Tom Shaw S.S.J.E. (1945-2014)”
- “That Little Beast”
- “The Gift”
- “I Don’t Want to be Demure or Respectable”
- “On Meditating, Sort Of”
- “Bazougey”

