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Shana Ritter
Sep 4, 20171 min read
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poetry on demand
September brings a new beginning, the start of a new year, my own birthday near to the high holidays, days when the gates swing open, and...
Shana Ritter
Sep 4, 20172 min read
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Loss and Light
Tomorrow is my oldest brother’s birthday. It will be the first he is not here to celebrate with us. He died in May, sinking under the...
Shana Ritter
Aug 8, 20172 min read
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At the end of the world
Ushuaia Argentina Tierra de Fuego “final del mundo” This is what the signs and souvenirs say; the end of the world, but what if it is the...
Shana Ritter
Mar 8, 20171 min read
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Changing Sights
The twilight lasts for hours, the slow fading light from east to west, the stars hazy at first get clearer, sharper in the dark, the...
Shana Ritter
Jul 6, 20161 min read
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Still Thinking about Orlando
Driving up the road to the Smithville farmers market, I wasn’t paying much attention to NPR morning edition until I heard that people in...
Shana Ritter
Jun 30, 20162 min read
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Rejection…
I am pushing against ennui. Trying not to fall toward entropy. Not succumb to the rejection pile: grants and poems, donation asks and...
Shana Ritter
Mar 31, 20161 min read
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What I learned about being still
It is not lying around It is not maintaining one position It is not counting breaths although counting breaths helps to get to a certain...
Shana Ritter
Feb 25, 20161 min read
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Walking Labyrinths
This is my first post of 2016. After almost of a month of no entries I wasn’t sure if I would come back to blogging, or if I would leave...
Shana Ritter
Jan 25, 20162 min read
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The darkening
The pond hasn’t iced yet though the morning sparkles with cold it’s not enough for frost. We still haven’t shifted away the last of the...
Shana Ritter
Oct 29, 20151 min read
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