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by Daniel Lusk More April cruelty: a friend denied tenure, aunt learns of bone cancer, brother suddenly gone. Budding spirea shattered, peonies

by Daniel Lusk Where the pond will rise as deep snow ebbs slow–wise, brilliant light on oak and hemlock shadows fading paw prints. I could

by Daniel Lusk Now it is happening in the past: my brother is gone and I did nothing to stop him. Rain and snowmelt washed out the lane and I did

by Daniel Lusk 1 Little blue finch has died. I should have known she’d not withstand cold in her cage alone. I buried her under the apple tree by

by Daniel Lusk These zebra mussels are mistakes we made in our youth. How clear the water now and how clearly we can see them. They seem to have

by Daniel Lusk — after a painting by Sally Coppersmith Out of our view overhead, clouds like spinnakers. Stippled lake giving way to

by Daniel Lusk “Why am I soft in the middle when life is so hard?” Paul Simon, “You Can Call Me Al” A young woman bursts from the

by Daniel Lusk. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 2011, 96 pages, softcover, $14.95, ISBN: 978-0-9641856-8-5. Buy the Book From the preface of

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