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Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, How to Clean a Fish

12.29.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone How to Clean a Fish By Ray Sharp Mark [1:17]–“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” We’ll assume you know all about where to fish, How to bait the hook, how to cast the line, How to set the hook and […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Only for a Moment

12.25.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Only for a Moment By Ryan Haack I was born with a short left arm; just after the elbow, it ends. And now it carries a nasty scar, advertising the futility of my slippery feet. I stepped out of the porch onto the first of three slick […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Bones

12.23.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Bones By Michael Ceraolo the bones of a few billion passenger pigeons, once present in flocks dense enough to darken the sky for eight continuous hours, hunted to extinction in less than a century And the bones of fifty million bison, skulls stacked several stories high while […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Sarah’s Eyes

12.22.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Sarah’s Eyes By Dee Thompson I have come to understand that memory is biological. When I look at the photos of my Cherokee great great grandmother Sarah, her tiny skull, her sad eyes, I feel her despair. I have no words for her story, only legends and […]


Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone, Bones

12.19.10 Posted in Contributor Series 7, words to linger on by

Contributor Series 7: The Confessional Diary of Bone Bones By Jeanette Cheezum Her bones are not lovely anymore. She turned one hundred yesterday. Outlived two husbands, short and tall, saw two sons and a granddaughter fight foolish wars. Always big money made them die. Helpless pawns in this world of greed. Built a company by […]


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