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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing from the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: The Writing Process

Wabi Sabi Writing

February 23, 2013

One of the things I love most about reading is discovering in another’s words something about myself that I had …

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“A Scattering of Rocks” — Zen in the Garden of Eden

December 4, 2012

Sometimes there’s no other way to capture a moment–a way of seeing or being in the world–than through poetry. So …

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Writing – A Leap of Faith

November 26, 2012

Writing, or any creative endeavor, to some extent is a leap of faith and a huge personal risk.  Faith that …

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The Beauty of Blogging – A Tribute to Fellow Bloggers and Followers

November 19, 2012

I discovered a whole new beautiful world when I began blogging four months ago. Until then I’d only read “professional” …

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Hot Hills in Summer Heat

September 17, 2012

“I watch them every summer, the hot hills crouched like a lion beside the road. I see the strength—tawny skin …

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Walking Among Flowers

August 20, 2012

Out of the dark blue sea rose a lush-green mountain ribboned with cascading waterfalls.This was what we saw after 29 …

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Night Howls

July 31, 2012

Last month around this time when the moon was full, our nights were filled with howling. Almost every night we …

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Recent Posts

  • “Vast Emptiness, Vastly Full,” A Homecoming
  • This Sea Within, A Poem & Excerpt From My Novel
  • On Mackerel & Metaphor: A Poet Unravels the Universe
  • The Weight of Snow and Regret & Bo Hopkins’ Blues
  • Poetry to Save a Planet in Peril
  • Unexpected Pleasures: Three New Reviews of When Things Go Missing
  • The Primordial Pleasure of Swimming
  • Two Poems about Love & Coming Home

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Purpose of Blog

After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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