Great Regulars: I Planned To Have a Border of Lavender

by Paul Goodman

I planned to have a border of lavender

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: I Planned To Have a Border of Lavender by Paul Goodman

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The Man Who Finds That His Son Has Become a Thief

by Raymond Souster

Coming into the store at first angry

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Man Who Finds That His Son Has Become a Thief by Raymond Souster

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Maybe Very Happy

by Jack Gilbert

After she died he was seized

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Maybe Very Happy by Jack Gilbert

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Mennonites

by Julia Kasdorf

We keep our quilts in closets and do not dance.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Mennonites by Julia Kasdorf

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Shopping Urban

by Jane Shore

Flip-flopped, noosed in puka beads, my daughter

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Shopping Urban by Jane Shore

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Student

by Ted Kooser

The green shell of his backpack makes him lean

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Student by Ted Kooser

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Where I Am With You

by Ryan Vine

Waking from a nap,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Where I Am With You by Ryan Vine

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