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Shana Ritter
- Sep 4, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Shana Ritter
- Aug 8, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Shana Ritter
- Mar 8, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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Shana Ritter
- Jul 6, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Shana Ritter
- Jun 30, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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Shana Ritter
- Mar 31, 2016
- 1 min
Rejection…
I am pushing against ennui. Trying not to fall toward entropy. Not succumb to the rejection pile: grants and poems, donation asks and...
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Shana Ritter
- Feb 25, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Shana Ritter
- Jan 25, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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Shana Ritter
- Oct 29, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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