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    THE AMERICAN MUSE

    THE AMERICAN MUSE

    The Past without History

    The Past without History

    Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

    Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

    Disunited States

    Disunited States

    Some Things Never Change

    Some Things Never Change

    ON WHITENESS

    ON WHITENESS

    A MEMORY

    A MEMORY

    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: JAMES DICKEY

    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: JAMES DICKEY

    SHOW ME THE AUDIENCE

    SHOW ME THE AUDIENCE

    THE AMERICAN MUSE

    THE AMERICAN MUSE

    The Past without History

    The Past without History

    Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

    Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year

    Disunited States

    Disunited States

    Some Things Never Change

    Some Things Never Change

    ON WHITENESS

    ON WHITENESS

    A MEMORY

    A MEMORY

    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: JAMES DICKEY

    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST: JAMES DICKEY

    SHOW ME THE AUDIENCE

    SHOW ME THE AUDIENCE

    WINTER IS DYING

    WINTER IS DYING

    I have a modest stash of red wine in the house, and a canister full of my favorite pipe tobacco, Peterson's "Night Cap," a pungent oriental mixture with a dash of Perique and gobs of Latakia from Syria. Smells like bacon as I puff away in the easy chair. The steady percussion outside the window is from the roof melting, a pleasant sound like some squirrel nibbling on an acorn. The bugs are waking up; stink bugs have crawled up the windowpanes and stand there like little Giaco
    SNOW

    SNOW

    I looked out my window after brushing my teeth this morning and saw a tree blazing with white blossoms! It was startling, like a gulp of whiskey. I looked again and saw gobbets of snow on each branch, luminous as nickles. Oh well. Winter will have six more weeks of amnesia before we can sniff the pungent breath of thawing soil. Patience. Go slow. Drag your feet a little. The only fragrance in the house is last night's ashes in the grate. Snowplows drag their blades down the r
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    RETURN TO FRANCE

    RETURN TO FRANCE

    READING THE HEADLINES

    READING THE HEADLINES

    TO STOP THE CLOCK

    TO STOP THE CLOCK

    THE RAIN STORM

    THE RAIN STORM

    JASMINE BLOSSOMS

    JASMINE BLOSSOMS

    EARTH HOUSEHOLD

    EARTH HOUSEHOLD

    SPRING HAS NOT YET SPRUNG

    SPRING HAS NOT YET SPRUNG

    The Hinge of Summer's Door

    The Hinge of Summer's Door

    The Snow It Snoweth Every Day

    The Snow It Snoweth Every Day

    WINTER ON ARTHRITIC KNEES

    WINTER ON ARTHRITIC KNEES

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