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just Sunday
it's just timing for a short drive and shorter lines it's just breakfast and toe work and tile work it's just four eggs boiling for a...

Jae
Feb 9, 20201 min read
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Out in the Country
We have a stand of trees on the west side of the house. For years, a turkey has lived there. She has her babies; they make turkey noises...
Mel Jones
Jan 16, 20203 min read
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Thoughts- A Haiku
Laying on firm ground Raining past a cloudless sky Thoughts pierce through thin air

Jae
May 3, 20191 min read
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A Mark
What is love if not a poem No fear shows up in a poem Though there is boundless fear in love Courage in love Healing in love A mark Typed...

Jae
Apr 19, 20191 min read
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the loft
this loft this place where love waited to fill its vast space with us where closets filled over spilled with us this place where love...

Jae
Apr 14, 20191 min read
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Hushed by the News
Grabbed by the… …country. In some alternative universe, Somewhere far away, safe, left behind by some mordant twist of fate Reason sits:...
Mel Jones
Mar 26, 20191 min read
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Bring a Big Boulder
For Jassy Bring a Big Boulder Bring a big boulder to bear Round the curves and swerves Up the breakneck bluffs Down into lowly swales To...

Jae
Feb 24, 20191 min read
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As Close as I Could Get Today
I tried hard to capture a moment for you way up in the sky where the morning moon hung in half against a blue, blue sky. Careful on icy...

Jae
Jan 28, 20191 min read
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Back to the House at Pooh Corner
I was showing a friend, a coworker, how to see houses on Google maps the other day. She was excited. We looked at her house in England,...
Mel Jones
Jan 3, 20195 min read
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Remember What the Door Mouse Said...
So here’s my list for 2019. Everyone needs a list, I’m big on lists. So much to be done; this list barely touches my goals. 1. To finish...
Mel Jones
Dec 31, 20185 min read
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Poetry by Nick Jones
Head bent, shoulders hunched Staring at the screen Constantly scrolling Now typing away Time for a new post Instagram, Facebook Snapchat...
Mel Jones
Dec 30, 20181 min read
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Bridges Ice First
As I watch the snow fall Deep, thick, cold I think about the homeless Cold and alone under Bridges icing first. As I drive country roads...
Mel Jones
Dec 10, 20181 min read
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If Only I Were Sleeping
38yrs ago today, at roughly the 6am hour, I rose from my bed, walked down the stairs, flipped the power to the stereo on. John Lennon’s...
Mel Jones
Dec 8, 20181 min read
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Notes from the Edge: Bohemian
We’ve been a little slack over the last seven days at Culture Salad. Babies, holidays, grandchildren, a poetry challenge (365 poems in...
Mel Jones
Nov 25, 20182 min read
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Waking Up
You bob up, catch a bit of air Then sink down Slowly Deeply You saunter up, sit a minute Drop a hint Of this And that You stand up,...

Jae
Nov 19, 20181 min read
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