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Hall Pass
Listen to this post on season 1 episode 31 of the podcast. Arlo straightened the back of her wrinkled skirt. Around her, iridescent...
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Calming Circle
(You can listen to this piece on season 1 episode 30 of the podcast.) Carpenter stepped into the kitchen for a glass of water as her twin...
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State of Relaxation
(Listen to this piece in season 1 episode 29 of the podcast) Ode to Steamy water dissolving scented salts where I’ll soak and read a...
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Dancing in the Streets
You can listen to this piece on episode 28 of the podcast. It wasn’t what I came to do. They weren’t who I came to see. Yet, my feet...
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Eyes Wide Open
Listen to this piece in episode 27 of the podcast. Roommate A: The door connecting my roommate’s room to my “walk-through” room with no...
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A Tree's Praise
You can listen to this piece on episode 26 of the podcast. Just after dusk when all the children dust the last bit of dirt from their...
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The Mail Carrier
Listen to this piece on episode 25 of the podcast. The sun crept around a passing puff of clouds. At first timid, though a minute later...
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Unwelcomed Silence
Listen to this piece on season 1 episode 24. Slats of pale blue pre-dawn light streamed through Hazel’s half-open shutters. The...
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Life at Five Twenty-two on a Friday Night
Listen to this post in season 1 episode 23. The horseradish. Dang it! I knew I forgot something. With the baby crying in the store—just...
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Dandong, China
You can listen to this piece in episode 22 It's gone. All the photos just a memory documented and stolen My tears are waiting ‘til...
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Situation
Listen to this piece on episode 21 of the podcast. It amazes me sometimes how much major time we spend on minor things. Trying to find...
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The Hour Between Evening and Night
Listen to this piece on episode 20 of the podcast. An old man with leathery skin and a gold tooth turned from his apple pie and looked...
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The Hope Garden
Listen to this piece in episode 19 of the podcast. Shaundra dropped the metal spoon into her sister’s pristine kitchen sink, screwing her...
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Downpour
Listen to this poem on episode 18 of the podcast. Silences pierced by hic cup ping sobs. words falter into sighs. Shifty glances...
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The Twins
Listen to this poem in episode 17. The itty bitty little ones lie snug and mommy kindly smiles presenting smug- ly baby one and baby two...
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Bloom
Listen to this piece in episode 16 of the podcast. I pray she doesn’t feel abandoned like I was. Dead parents on Christmas Eve when I was...
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Let Me Be
Listen to this piece on episode 15. It’s tiring. The phone calls. The texts. The DMS. The private messages. The reposts and @ing me....
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Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Listen to this piece on episode 14. “You’re welcome,” Johnny said, arching his right eyebrow, voice lilting down like I missed something....
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Left Too Soon
Margaret Washington was cold by the time her twins arrived. Lying across a wicker rocker. Afghan sitting on her slender legs. Tempa...
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Open Flame
Listen to this piece in episode 12 of the podcast. *It is also published in A Year in Ink Volume 15 issued by San Diego Writer's Inc. She...
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