William Michaelian

Poems, Notes, and Drawings

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Unto Peace

Owing to morning temperatures in the low-twenties, the birdbaths have seized up again. The air, meanwhile, is very dry, the streets are dry, and every bush and twig. Saturday afternoon, I was able to climb onto the roof with our electric blower and hundred-foot extension cord, and blow off all of the debris left behind by the fall storms. The fir needles were deep; the cones were plentiful; and there […]

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Fifty-Fifty

I’ll note here a pleasant, long overdue trip to the town of Lincoln City on the Oregon coast. It was a chilly, foggy drive, but by the time we arrived yesterday at about ten in the morning, the sun was shining brightly, the temperature was fifty degrees, and there was only a light breeze — a perfect day for sandals and a walk on the beach — after we’d visited […]

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