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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

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Aug 7, 2018

something is coming

Long ago, when I lived on the island,

something is coming

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Poets Unlimited

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Oct 17, 2018

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…

Looking out my window

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Age of Awareness

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Jan 4, 2020

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…

Losing home

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Apr 25, 2020

Our Times

An age of infinite irony:

Our Times

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Jul 1, 2020

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

The Knock on the Door

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Mar 14

The flip of a switch

I’ve been thinking about a lecture I attended years ago years ago enough that a virtual lecture was a novelty and not a podcast The speaker…

The flip of a switch

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Apr 20, 2025

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…

Our Town

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Apr 6, 2025

The Ins and The Outs

I have been thinking about belonging

The Ins and The Outs

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Mar 26, 2025

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…

Within the arc

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Jan 26, 2025

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…

Timesong

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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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