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  1. Parker Owens
    Thank you for reading these, tim. These were fun to observe and note down. They're really enjoyable ways to distill the experiences of the day.
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    Deer dash in darkness for deep, thorny rose thickets and brown hares crouch low in summer grass and clover at the scuff of my sneakers. The moon’s reflection dances on riffled shallows, silver and deep blue changing to dawn’s lavender, laughing with me at the day. Dawn’s golden rays shine on dew flecked emerald wings stilled for a moment, but soon to blur in motion away from my front w
  3. Parker Owens
    That’s such a sharp, sweet story. Fights and bickering are part of human relationships; you give Chris and Paul insight into their love and what it means for the life they both want. Beautifully done.
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    The Class

    Parker Owens commented on Mikiesboy's story chapter in The Class

    This is fantastic! Loved how nobody will answer direct questions. Come to think of it, I’ve done the same in my classes from time to time. 🙄 But the best part is the groan at the end. Some things are, indeed, universal.
  5. Parker Owens
    I love how this came to be. It is exceptionally beautiful. I love it.
  6. Parker Owens
    Wow; love the premise and how you handled it. And of course, you made me want to do some reading...
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    Picnic

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Picnic

    @northie: Thank you for re-reading this. Gary’s tension drives this forward, but it’s natural that he sees most of it in David’s group. But Zander and Andy are watching and perceptive.
  8. Parker Owens
    Rain after drought; sun after storm; direction after drift - both of these poems were contrast paintings in their ways. And both speak of hope after hurt. Thank you for your kind and insightful thoughts.
  9. Parker Owens
    Thank you for your comment on these. I feared obscuring any meaning with too much verbosity. Your thoughts reassure me I was on the right path. To hold fast until the dawn, to kick against time’s current to find the right soul... I hope those things came through.
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    Blind Justice

    Parker Owens commented on northie's story chapter in Blind Justice

    This certainly fits as a chant; the accused cannot find his way out of the inexorable, inexplicable verdict. Very dramatic and tragic, too.
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    Age and Unborn

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Age and Unborn

    Oh, the black-edged, crepe hanging era still lingers, if only in different ways. If you were misdirected by Unborn, then I can smile. I’m glad you saw through it to the end. Thank you for your reading and comment.
  12. Parker Owens
    This can be a very expressive form, worth exploring and experimenting with. Thanks so much for reading these. Each had a different genesis; number one in rhythm, two in frustration, three in metaphor, four in sorrow.
  13. Parker Owens
    Thank you, Gary. I've experienced a long drought, but maybe poetry is beginning to speak to me again. I'm glad you found Current to be as compelling as the tide that sweeps us along. I often seem to swim for those eddies and pools that let me linger in one place for just a bit longer - especially when the view is nice. Thanks again for reading.
  14. Parker Owens
    You are kind to read and remark on these. They came at the end of a longish drought. Thank you!
  15. Parker Owens
    After Rain How different was the lightning riven night from fair blue skies which stretch from east to west, for pain and heartache mocked my youthful breast with bolts that struck the promise of delight to leave it charred and withered in my sight, a barren place devoid of hope or rest and me, exposed, no bower in which to nest beneath the clouds that lowered from the height. The years would pass before I saw a glow, your dawn on the horizon growing
  16. Parker Owens

    Chapter 1

    Parker Owens commented on Parker Owens's story chapter in Chapter 1

    Thank you very, very much. I really appreciate your comment. This was one of my favorites.
  17. Parker Owens
    Am traveling over an hour to hear a carillon concert. Rain threatens, but I hope it holds off. Here is what it might sound like...only outdoors.
  18. Parker Owens
    You are very kind to read and comment on these somewhat melancholy reflections at Concord. It seemed that the whole point of remembering had been forgotten - or perhaps the memories were taken quite for granted. Emerson would wonder at us, surely.
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    Restlessness

    Parker Owens commented on totallyy's story chapter in Restlessness

    These words speak so eloquently, and with such sadness. The impossibility of some questions, their inability to yield to computation or logic or reason, these can injure the spirit. I offer you my hand for your weariness, and for your spirit.
  20. Parker Owens
    Thoreau lived in a way utterly alien to most of the people I encountered that wedding weekend. We would be like visitors from a different galaxy to him, perhaps - yet all the more terrifying as we claim language and heritage in common. I danced at the wedding - what would Thoreau have thought about Sinatra?
  21. Parker Owens
    I wept. Beautifully written, but so very close to home.
  22. Parker Owens
    I couldn’t help wondering about how we would seem in the eyes of the people we remember from that place. I particularly thought about Thoreau, and what he would have to say about us now. Thanks very much for reading this.
  23. Parker Owens
    You have it exactly. My head - and perhaps my heart, too - was definitely with the ghosts of those who made Concord’s name, and not its current occupants. Thank you for visiting with me; and the wedding which followed was quite lovely.
  24. Parker Owens
    I traveled to Boston for a large family wedding. The morning before the ceremony, I had time to kill, and decided to escape the urban summer heat and go to Concord, home of Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau. There, too, are historic sites, where British redcoats faced a ragged militia in a running skirmish which ignited the American Revolution. I found directions to Orchard House, home of Louisa May Alcott, a writer of considerable following. My great aunt, who
  25. Parker Owens
    I love both of these. You evoke images and backstories that let my imagination explore.
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