The End of the Beginning by Douglas Penick
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This essay marks the ending of the lavish storehouse of riches known as Berfrois...
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The sky, serene, impenetrable, ineffable and incomparable, with a fine island of clouds...
Read MoreTravellin’ Woman
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How many women have had to contort themselves into a particular image of an adventurous woman?
Read MoreYou Cannot Wear a Rainbow by Douglas Penick
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Even in the Buddha’s teachings, the direct experience of omnipresent wakefulness falls prey to hierarchies...
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Of particular importance in the revisionist lesson is the task of clearing Dracula from any association with vampirism...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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