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after the rain

  The weather and I were quite well coordinated today. Lots of rain. But after rain comes sun and the day ended in sunshine and the sun is now setting as I look out through my study window. On my … Continue reading

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fragments from the cruellest month

As Eliot puts it: “Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow…” The late Swedish poet Karin Boye is another poet who has expressed the painful drama of spring exquisitely in her famous poem Of Course It Hurts (Visst gör … Continue reading

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