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Sunday, October 16

an incomplete list of non-hyphenated, non-abbreviated, possibly obsolete words that occur once during the first act of four shakespearean comedies: unnoted grounded share allayments feated doctrine default enchantingly languishing bids flattering obedience neighbor repair forbear adjudged justly rounds underhand remorse amaze hellish unlearned slip corporal expire sithence arbitrement reviving outlustres smell greatness wills reserve obedient bargain gnat leans undergo behold burden physician guests rescue tie syracusa coupled inches mature poisons lame proclamation lamb top instruction businesses humbled oceans carcass sudden solace ponds weigh tottering holla instructions respect discovered invited credence employ hazarded imposed payment widow cornets witness spring frank repairs urged disaster contend contemn cordial carelessly venge senoys chatter appetite sacked eighteen breaking suited wednesday levied human sailors suspect tickle tub mutest tenderness inherit flat talents incessant politic military respects thereupon physic amain lion thinking fled mocked debtor animals pleasant confirmation burns beholders heritage evils laborers fishers grafted misconstrues goldenly likelihoods glory persecuted brooch warlike chastely taxation highways starve forces learn reward forced plausive unlike balance comfortable abroad careful dulcet maw adoption evening petty imagination encountered liegers ramps suitor ear clearness forwardness servants sleep choke frantic storms troy trow principal until lawn sheets blowers orleans greece unspeakable bestow methought highest leagues sickness countryman jaques hiding foiled seized chose goes grieved simpleness grieves mated allowed pigeons leg gloss levity aloud excellence according rancorous self beheld suffice tied glove jolly blinking drugs lovest million blame heels loyalty pour modest excessive puttock heavenly tomboys sportive lightens fishermen owing cry exploit preferment thrust dotards render valued values camest robin discretion ended sports supposed adore cousins presence weld material supplied crept publish decree kingdom expound captain babe low adieu fairer gossips unkept convince endowments waiting vexation lying copy cheerful perfumes rigorous dutchman seat sear hung garbage manage lungs shout intents notwithstanding provision inherited task seal writing entrap horses commonwealth gentility flood forsooth condemn consist hogs revolt applications ranged cowards epidaurus schools stubbornnest covenants cut pupil extraordinary greet unsuitable dozen articles portion clean clear short inseparable dungeon empire holds recorded unthankfulness greets wild sixth provoked puppies convey stroke sufficient otherwise unpeople burdened sojourn constant law calendar tall coat predominant flock implies emperor prefer strove names items subjection bounds creeps motive hood lasted quicklier appointed stinking waved incur bird bars recoil patient chiefly depart linen fondness divers wide shown host lordship plainings bark married particular wishing moderate profit vow fine pulled gazing minute unjust caution allow west skillful wore worthiness threw wickedness colors confections wounds mines plentifully answers grant constancy amends cares underminers clew hugeness delays clownish stolen modesty giving judge diseased minds wanted wept durst assail vomit dispersed wholesome table guilty fain compare contempt wend unseduced satiate stirs doubling hundred excludes unsatisfied harvest drops grecians waters duly lineaments marts haply definite bitterness movers foreign thoroughfare inform trodden certainty demonstrate unparagoned fallen estates dissolved livelihood penitent earthquake faces baseness gladly adorer requite familiar surprised factor grossly dunghills bounty wheel spectacles villains prick price reveller tempered peradventure undermine presumptuous prejudicates resistance greetings assure knowingly themselves hidden intent growing perforce commanded trusty receive drives driven war wax stiff called cowslips decreed speedily swans patiently birthright partition subtle stepmothers remains negligence residence flight knaveries protect closet meaner manifest severed beastly unseen abundance austria bondage traffic sitting usurping morrow third measured curs says martial curd bounden french receipt traders chaffless arrival proposes disdains liberties amplest employed experience endows wonderfully gallian entreaties england fits smoky safely sorrowest weepings barricado purchase fittest abate salt murders neat estimations bracelet sale servitude proved maids passage sharpness close taste knavery losing stall breed cheaters lengthening stain desired barnes wet changest stairs oil thigh smoke apart once trifle bleak assailants adventured higher threatening arch thief eke greatest judgments haggish infinitely witches tradition designs credible quench hawking increased woe thick injuries persuaded ranks mark coward unsought dream petticoats acquit concord beach 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Thursday, August 6

Two Sewing
by Hazel Hall (1886-1924)

The wind is sewing with needles of rain.
With shining needles of rain...

Sunday, July 26

Jack
by Maxine Kumin

How pleasant the yellow butter...

Friday, July 24

Wednesday, July 22

Sally's Hair
by John Koethe

It's like living in a light bulb, with the leaves...

Friday, July 25

A Cup of Coffee at Spring's Diner

snow leans against April's gust,
drifts onto a tree's coat of pink blossoms.
a woman swirls granular lies into a cup of milky truth,
sips and sings to the fogged window, quietly
daydreaming of fresh flowers to weave
with arthritic fingers and faded curls of gold.
a man's drink is plain, bitter and piping hot.
to drink it down, he burns lips and tongue and the roof of the mouth.
flecks of ice vanish into the grey hairs grown out of cheeks and chin.
his beard thaws like dead wheat.