Great Regulars: The Coming of Light

by Mark Strand

Even this late it happens:

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Coming of Light by Mark Strand

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Days End
by Alden Nowlan

for Anne

I have worked since daylight in the hayfields.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Days End by Alden Nowlan

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Everything but God
by Anne Pierson Wiese

In Europe you can see cathedrals

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Everything but God by Anne Pierson Wiese

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For the Life of Him and Her
by Reed Whittemore

For the life of her she couldn't decide what to wear to the party.

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: For the Life of Him and Her by Reed Whittemore

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Here I Am
by Michael Ryan

on a subway station bench

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Here I Am by Michael Ryan

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Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds by William Shakespeare

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The Starfish
by Robert Bly

It is low tide. Fog. I have climbed down the cliffs

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: The Starfish by Robert Bly

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