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danakirstine
Jan 302 min read
Nardinelli’s Hardware Store
Tonight I once again will be reading at our local Open Mic. This is the poem I wrote for the occasion. It is about the place and...
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danakirstine
Dec 13, 20233 min read
Recipe for Childhood
Childhood… ·        Should include warm surroundings, words, people, and copper tip winged wooden geese perched above a fireplace  -...
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danakirstine
Oct 11, 20231 min read
I Just don’t Understand
Even the Damselflies at the ponds edge can't help me understand.
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danakirstine
Aug 30, 20231 min read
Nimbus Fish Hatchery
I am so excited to announce that my poem, Nimbus Fish Hatchery, a poem about the salmon that spawn up stream of my first home in Fair...
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danakirstine
Aug 10, 20233 min read
My Zoris for a Life-long Memory
IMy Zoris for a Life-long Memory I must confess, I don’t recall the name of the park. It might have been Lomond View or perhaps it was...
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danakirstine
Aug 9, 20231 min read
Ghost in the Kitchen - The limerick
Sometimes the strangest things can happen when we are not looking.
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danakirstine
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Thanksgiving with Cousin Jack
There are few other people I enjoyed spending time with beyond my cousin Jack. He was and is an incredible, tender, and unorthodox guy.
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Eight
Eight-legged octopus in the deep blue sea, with tentacles that dance so gracefully. A master of disguise and a hunter of the night, it...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Comfort TV (the Waltmarie)
We were the first on the block to have the technology, so we invited all – Neighbors Mom popped corn, dad tuned 25“ zenith console made...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Rodeo – (the Virelai )
Joyous enchantment rodeo did present with him as electricity went through arched spine over bent hat brim floating over scent of dust,...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Where's my pen? (The Zejel)
My quill seems always out of reach. Help me understand, I beseech. Darkened pockets devour each. Momentary spark of genius gone, flitting...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
What if you fall?
Wiggling out bedroom window – a little further, reaching towards railcar siding, commuter–train roars, shaking security bushes between...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Front Porch Sanctuary
Flakes of oxide green paint once uniformly coated the oversized front porch now swirl in corners and line each darkened edge up to the...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
The Little Rock Train Depot
About the size of three city blocks standing diagonal toward the business section of downtown and obliquely towards the capital building....
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Jesus Bobblehead
Protector beneath rearview mirror – Jesus bobblehead dances to his own ballet, Through winding path, both up and down, content and...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Another mass shooting
Another mass shooting, Another day of fear, Another community, Left in pain and tears. Another headline, Another news brief, Another...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Sonnet for Our Kentucky Daffodils
Even across greyed knolls of bluegrass pasture, wild narcissus declare winter’s waning. Thriving under forest canopy cover, along winding...
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
George Owell’s Warning (The Cinquain)
Augment Auto transfer Autonomous machines Artificial intelligence Anxious
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danakirstine
Jul 18, 20231 min read
Goldfish (The Haiku, ode to Jamison and Riley)
Poolside instruction They learn to swim by splashing- Schools of tiny fish.
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