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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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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

Our Town

All hail, All hail No riff-raff, members only For those outside the velvet ropes, full on merch display the freedom to buy will be the last…

Apr 20

Our Town

Apr 20

The Ins and The Outs

I have been thinking about belonging

Apr 6

The Ins and The Outs

Apr 6

Within the arc

Timelines, calendars, schedules before and after, cause and effect now and then, arrow straight lined up and done neat as figures in their…

Mar 26

Within the arc

Mar 26

Timesong

A keyboard ended up in a corner of the Middle School commons, a donation; no one knew quite where to put it, or how to say no. kids take…

Jan 26

Timesong

Jan 26

Rage

Maybe it is inevitable necessary needed

Jan 11

Rage

Jan 11

benjamin

benjamin

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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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