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COMING BACK FROM ELSEWHERE

January 11, 2012

The breeze lies on the water. There are two red canoes with four people in blue life-jackets paddling with silver & black paddles. Maples have pushed out their leaves to hang limp, yellow-green & newborn. The reflections of boats docked to the shore waver in the wake of one goose moving toward the island. At [...]

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AND SOMETIMES THE POETRY AIN’T ABOUT FISHING.

December 12, 2011

A few classics from back in the day, inspired by music and road trips. And women. THE AIR ON BOURBON Her voice was enough to make me walk in here & I can’t believe the rose (thorns & all), her slow anguish in mid-air & the three guys sweatin’ through Sunday suits & that thrumming [...]

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FLY RODS FOR A GREAT CAUSE

November 21, 2011

I wanted so badly to land a great-big beautiful lake-run steelhead, brown or salmon on the rod. It was Day 2 of our weekend on the Salmon River with the veterans from the Ft. Drum Chapter of Project Healing Waters. Rob Burke, the head of the Chapter had fished most of the day before with [...]

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PISS & MOAN

May 19, 2011

12 bass. 2 hours. The wall of brambles guarding the 1/2-acre farm pond ate my lunch. But that’s how it goes when you play the game. And here I am lamenting that I’m handcuffed during the week. Whatever.

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