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Literature

A collection of 26 posts

Learn To Fly
Fiction

Learn To Fly

“I think they call it flying because it uses all the same muscles,” Anael says. Above, a shout, “Ready! Hup!” and a shadow sails through afternoon sunbeams.

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Roanoke Rambler Dec 27, 2022 • 4 min read
Fireworks
Poetry

Fireworks

Green is gorgeous is too soon gone, / she thought. Rockets fell toward new year’s dawn.

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Roanoke Rambler Dec 27, 2022 • 1 min read
Appalachian Chapel
Poetry

Appalachian Chapel

In the acre’s shady corner / of unremembered names

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Roanoke Rambler Dec 27, 2022 • 1 min read
Energy Solutions
Poetry

Energy Solutions

again, i was all alone / and awake / (just lying there) / when the first wave came with a strong wind

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Roanoke Rambler Sep 27, 2022 • 2 min read
A Castle in the Air
Fiction

A Castle in the Air

It was a hot July day in the mountains of Virginia. The earth swam in a faint blue haze of heat that rose from river and cliff.

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Roanoke Rambler Jul 5, 2022 • 10 min read
Centralia
Poetry

Centralia

along centre street in midtown ashland / where william’s woods’ dark seams form a forum ...

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Roanoke Rambler Jul 5, 2022 • 2 min read
The Silence of the Drams
Humor

The Silence of the Drams

As a professional liquor reviewer, the pandemic saw me locking my immune system up tighter then Fort Knox.

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Roanoke Rambler Jul 5, 2022 • 5 min read
Less Than
Poetry

Less Than

I was afraid / of the man next door ...

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Roanoke Rambler Jul 5, 2022 • 1 min read
Smuggled Images
Poetry

Smuggled Images

Sister Three was on the phone, / and she was outraged.

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Roanoke Rambler May 4, 2022 • 2 min read
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