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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Is the Universe a Gift or a Prayer Answered?

June 8, 2025

I’m sharing some poetry by Paul Wittenberger that struck me with their beauty and depth and the questions they raise …

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Evolution Entwined with Love

March 18, 2024

I like to think this all has meaning, this grand scope of things from the birth of stars to the …

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Growing Orbits of Love — From the Sensual to the Sacred in Prose & Poetry

March 29, 2023

He passed his fingertips over her skin almost without touching her, and experienced for the first time the miracle of …

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A Deep-Dive Through Time and Space

July 17, 2022

By now you’ve probably seen the stunning new images from the Webb Space Telescope, which takes us 13 billion years …

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O Holy Night, Images Sacred & Sublime

December 24, 2018

Star_birth_in_Messier_83_(captured_by_the_Hubble_Space_Telescope) I’ve gathered some images, sacred and sublime, to scroll through as you listen to “O Holy Night“, one of my …

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Night Howl, Deep in My Bones

August 7, 2017

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

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Poets on Poetry: Mark Doty, Mackerel & Metaphors

April 30, 2015

One of the things I love most is writing about writing, unraveling the creative process, how the mind at play …

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Music for Sailing Among the Stars

November 14, 2013

One of my poems has been set to music. An amazing composer, Troy Armstrong, emailed me earlier this year and …

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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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Swimming Among the Stars

July 23, 2012

Last night I swam among the stars. The air and water temperatures were both 78 degrees, so it felt like I …

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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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