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708				<p>The Thaw A poem by M. Anne Alexander The Thaw With the thaw, this rosebud, flesh-pink, silken, responds to my touch with soft scents. She has survived, so far,    though tears stream from opened pores, shining in the white... <a class="more-link" href="https://poetrybreakfast.com/2024/10/16/the-thaw-a-poem-by-m-anne-alexander/#more-12883">Continue Reading &rarr;</a></p><div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
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797				<p>Leaving Seashells Along Riverbank Meadow A poem by Wendy Webb Leaving Seashells Along Riverbank Meadow If earth is heaven in a shell, a priceless pearl selfheal, the riverbank shades whimsy’s leaf of dappled drifts from hell. Why, I could live... <a class="more-link" href="https://poetrybreakfast.com/2024/10/15/leaving-seashells-along-riverbank-meadow-a-poem-by-wendy-webb/#more-12880">Continue Reading &rarr;</a></p>
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886				<p>Rydal Cave A poem by Isabel Miles Rydal Cave The ceiling of the cave’s a frozen storm at sea, its visitors, just people in a cave, together, vulnerable in water-dripping semi-dark. Goodwill wells up. We offer help to strangers, point... <a class="more-link" href="https://poetrybreakfast.com/2024/10/14/rydal-cave-a-poem-by-isabel-miles/#more-12877">Continue Reading &rarr;</a></p><div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
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975				<p>My 10-Year-Old SelfA poem by Tricia McCallum My 10-Year-Old Self I will take her tiny hand and she will lead me out of here. She makes sense of what I can’t these days. Cuts to the bone, her instincts impeccable,... <a class="more-link" href="https://poetrybreakfast.com/2024/10/11/my-10-year-old-self-a-poem-by-tricia-mccallum/#more-12888">Continue Reading &rarr;</a></p>
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1064				<p>Sourdough #6 A poem by Samuel Louis Spencer Sourdough #6 Did you get the loaf I left bereft at your door step? Did you slice it with the knife I cut you with that time we tried making dinner? Did... <a class="more-link" href="https://poetrybreakfast.com/2024/10/10/sourdough-6-a-poem-by-samuel-louis-spencer/#more-12874">Continue Reading &rarr;</a></p><div id="jp-post-flair" class="sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"
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1626
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1627
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1631
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 1632
1632
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1634window.WPCOM_sharing_popups = window.WPCOM_sharing_popups || {};
1635window.WPCOM_sharing_popups[ "facebook" ] = "menubar=1,resizable=1,width=600,height=400";
1636window.WPCOM_sharing_popups = window.WPCOM_sharing_popups || {};
1637window.WPCOM_sharing_popups[ "twitter" ] = "menubar=1,resizable=1,width=600,height=350";
1638window.WPCOM_sharing_popups = window.WPCOM_sharing_popups || {};
1639window.WPCOM_sharing_popups[ "tumblr" ] = "menubar=1,resizable=1,width=450,height=450";
1640window.WPCOM_sharing_popups = window.WPCOM_sharing_popups || {};
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vendor: 1 bytes, line 1643
1643
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1646
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1666
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1669				extend( window.infiniteScroll.settings.scripts, ["jetpack-mu-wpcom-settings","rlt-proxy","jquery-core","jquery-migrate","jquery","wpcom-actionbar-placeholder","grofiles-cards","wpgroho","jetpack_likes_queuehandler","the-neverending-homepage","baskerville-imagesloaded","baskerville-flexslider","imagesloaded","masonry","baskerville-global","wp-hooks","wp-i18n","gifting-banner","jetpack-blocks-assets-base-url","wp-dom-ready","wp-polyfill","jetpack-block-subscriptions","jetpack-carousel","tiled-gallery","sharing-js","carousel-wpcom"] );
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1671			})();
1672		</script>
1672
1673				<span id="infinite-aria" aria-live="assertive"></span>
1674			<iframe src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/master.html?ver=20260924#ver=20260924' scrolling='no' id='likes-master' name='likes-master' style='display:none;'></iframe>
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1676<script src="//stats.wp.com/w.js?69" defer></script>
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