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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Poem & Paintings, A Song

March 4, 2019

The sun does not shine on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, …

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Mary Oliver, Washed in Light

January 20, 2019

One of my favorite poets, Mary Oliver, died last week. I do not have the words to tell you how …

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Pied Beauty, Poem & Paintings

November 19, 2018

Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a …

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“Something in This Sleeping Earth” – Two by Whyte, One by Fiske

October 18, 2018

All My Body Calls All my body calls for something in this sleeping earth we call the spirit. But how …

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“Love After Love.” A Poem. A Feast.

August 20, 2018

Love After Love by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your …

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“To Be Replaced by Love” – George Saunders’ Wish for Graduates

May 28, 2018

With graduation season upon us, I thought I’d re-share the most inspiring graduation speech I ever read. One by the …

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Music Like Waves, Rising, Dispersing

April 30, 2018

I came across this poem on one of my favorite blogs O at the Edges. I love the image of …

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Poetry that Takes Us Beyond Articulation

April 6, 2018

Some of us are always seeking a path beyond ourselves, beyond articulation. It’s not escape. It’s the opposite of escape. …

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“Water Falling Through Sunlight” – Poem & Paintings for Troubled Times

March 17, 2018

September, 1918 This afternoon was the color of water falling through sunlight; The trees glittered with the tumbling of leaves; …

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Perfect Pairings – Klee and cummings

February 27, 2018

I’ve long been a huge fan of Paul Klee’s paintings and e.e. cummings’ poetry, and for similar reasons: their playfulness …

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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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