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Surprised by Hope

January 25, 2013 · by Chris Bradley | in awareness, Baja, birds, secret glories | 2 Comments

A few years ago, when we arrived in Baja for our winter stay, I was slowly recovering from a pinched nerve in my neck. After several weeks of physical therapy and medication, I was still hurting, and, in addition, I had the remnants of a nasty sinus and respiratory infection, often snorting and blowing and […]

Reading: One Poem a Day

December 21, 2012 · by Chris Bradley | in awareness, birds, poetry, reading | 2 Comments

I can read a novel for hours, luxuriating in a well-told story; an interesting piece of nonfiction can intrigue me for equally long periods. But poems . . . Only one poem can speak to me per day, it seems. I’ve discovered that reading a poem a day provides me the perfect pace, time spent […]

The Breeze Weaves a Quiet Tale

December 12, 2012 · by Chris Bradley | in awareness, birds, landscape, poetry, Texas hill country | 2 Comments

On a still night in the darkness of a clean sky the breeze weaves a quiet tale. Looking on in lonely splendor the stars smile and nod their heads as it pleases them looking for a cloud as a pillow and drifting into sleep. It is a grand old song sung countless times through many […]

Texas Poets Laureate

November 27, 2012 · by Chris Bradley | in awareness, birds, ordinary miracles, poetry, reading | Leave a comment

Karla K. Morton: New and Selected Poems (2010), TCU Texas Poets Laureate Series The Wonder Is: New and Selected Poems 1974-2004 by Jan Epton Seale Poems require a particular kind of attention, and I can absorb the dense phrasings of poetry only in small doses. In 2011, I met both the 2010 and the 2012 […]

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