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a poet’s notebook

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“alpine canine”

March 28, 2011

Henry’s Best Buds

I did this for a self-paced class at Big Picture called Design Your LIfe, by Cathy Zielske. This assignment was "repetition." Template from Cathy Zielske. All photos from Alpine Canine. The "journaling" reads: When Kate, of Alpine Canine, first met Henry, she was sure he could handle the big-dog hike. She had to carry him… Continue reading

Critters

“alpine canine”, dog, henry

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Poems

Please do not assume that I am the speaker/ subject of my poems.

In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

“alpine canine”

Henry’s Best Buds