PinnedPublished inThe Bigger PictureMemories of a Low Country ChildhoodWhat it means to grow up in a landscape both beautiful and haunted.Mar 4, 2021A response icon8Mar 4, 2021A response icon8
PinnedForest PoemI, like the moss and wind and warbler, belong to the wood…Mar 10, 2021A response icon2Mar 10, 2021A response icon2
Ode to a Woman Who is Not Where You Think She Should BeThey asked where to find you, said you had all but disappeared. They asked me for your likeness and I told them — At the bottom of the…Nov 4, 2022Nov 4, 2022
Published inILLUMINATIONLearning to Enjoy Hard-Earned FatigueMuscle is antifragile.Apr 22, 2021A response icon2Apr 22, 2021A response icon2
Finding an Abandoned House: A Lesson in EntropyI found a house once, as a child, that had been left.Mar 12, 2021A response icon1Mar 12, 2021A response icon1
Published inILLUMINATIONLoving, With All Your Might, What You HaveA great English thinker and theologian wrote one of my favorite lines:Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
Clothing PoemIsn’t it strange, just a little, that we dress ourselves in so many skins?Mar 2, 2021A response icon1Mar 2, 2021A response icon1
Winter PrayerHow easy to forget, in February, that soon the ground will come alive again.Feb 24, 2021A response icon1Feb 24, 2021A response icon1
Published inILLUMINATIONHeart MurmurI believed in the urgency with which your hands jumped to mine and held tight, like a robin’s feet to the branch.Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021