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Freedom to wander in body and mind

Category: Poetry

A perfect summer

This has been — without a doubt — the best summer at Camp I can remember. Even though the season was truncated, and even though our numbers decreased every week, it was more incredible than I could have ever hoped. The first two weeks, especially, were magical. We had glorious weather. Warm (sometimes downright hot)… Read More A perfect summer

August 29, 2026August 30, 2026 KimLeave a comment

Chasing the moon: a love story

Montana June 21, 2024 I guess I’m trying to put memories in amber by writing them. Trying to hold on to the feelings, the excitement, the view. The sky was painted horizontal and layered, dark and beautiful. We were chasing the moon in Bozeman through green pathways and a misty haze that accompanies a delicious… Read More Chasing the moon: a love story

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024 KimLeave a comment

Then spoke the thunder

Today I went by myself to Bryce Canyon and had my mind blown, my soul rung like a bell, my thoughts empty but for the fragments of poetry that were playing out in front of my very eyes. TS Eliot, Peter Mulvey, Mary Oliver, Walt Whitman. So many of their words were with me today… Read More Then spoke the thunder

May 15, 2024May 20, 2024 KimLeave a comment

Playing at god

(a poem from earlier this summer)

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 KimLeave a comment
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