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Out to the Edge

Out to the Edge

A coming of age story set in coastal Maine.

1993

B. Holmes (Editor), et al.

B. Holmes (Editor), Ben Weinberg

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Poets Unlimited

something is coming

Long ago, when I lived on the island,

Aug 7, 2018

something is coming

Aug 7, 2018

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Poets Unlimited

Looking out my window

Look out upon the garden, a wither of tangled vines unharvested fruits hang cracked and past their time mist, softer than a lover’s…

Oct 17, 2018

Looking out my window

Oct 17, 2018

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Age of Awareness

Losing home

I dreamed the old man last night Driving cross country road turned north, and as in dreams, no one noticed, the shoulder crumbled like a…

Jan 4, 2020

Losing home

Jan 4, 2020

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Our Times

An age of infinite irony:

Apr 25, 2020

Our Times

Apr 25, 2020

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The Knock on the Door

100 degrees in the land of ice and snow Polar bear’s got nowhere to go All that was perma, about to be lost

Jul 1, 2020

The Knock on the Door

Jul 1, 2020

Moments that choose us

December gale broke down lobster boat adrift in the Gulf of Maine

Nov 11

Moments that choose us

Nov 11

Party’s Over

Hosting events is not my thing, expectations rise with status, having my all my bosses over for a meal is neither casual or simple. After…

Oct 19

Party’s Over

Oct 19

Edges

She pieces the quilt painstakingly, each edge clean, every seam flattened, angles and points aligned, The easy perfect fit, hides all trace…

Sep 29

Edges

Sep 29

Derecho

Thunder mutters but the rain don’t fall

Aug 24

Derecho

Aug 24

The Wonder of Gardening

I learned to garden with my mother in a patch of rocky soil on Gotts Island in Maine. My mother had learned her gardening habit with her…

Aug 16

The Wonder of Gardening

Aug 16

benjamin

benjamin

4.97K Followers

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Writer, walker, poet, educator. Commercial fisherman, builder, donut maker, organic grower. Boston, U. City, Maine, South Africa, Madrid.

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