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A Girl, A Dog, and the End of the World Melanie Civin Kenion

A Girl, A Dog, and the End of the World

May 11, 2025

A Girl, A Dog, and the End of the World  I heard you when you left,  picked my head up from the pillow pushed away the curtain.  Held my ton...

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Listening to the Spode Bowl Melanie Civin Kenion

Listening to the Spode Bowl

July 13, 2024

Listening to the Spode Bowl I dropped the bowl, the sound of the crack, the shatter hitting the floor.  The bowl, Spode, blue and white fine...

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Last Morning in Provincetown Melanie Civin Kenion

Last Morning in Provincetown

June 28, 2024

Last Morning in Provincetown Writing about nature is not my thing, I like the gruffness of my city in the morning. The train squealing at th...

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Sparrows in the City Melanie Civin Kenion

Sparrows in the City

June 09, 2024

Sparrows There are sparrows in the tree. Actually they are in the tree I pretend is mine. It somehow grows from fertile soil and towers unci...

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Dappled Trout Melanie Civin Kenion

Dappled Trout

April 02, 2024

Dappled Trout It was a dappled trout that drew me to you. I watched as you put it on the grill, head and bones and tail. It was something in...

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This Body Melanie Civin Kenion

This Body

March 11, 2024

This Body This body. This body that became mine over time.  The one I rediscover every morning when I stand naked, gaze lovingly in the glas...

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Imagine if Kisses Weren't Real Melanie Civin Kenion

Imagine if Kisses Weren't Real

March 03, 2024

Imagine if Kisses Weren't Real Imagine if kisses weren’t real. Imagine if lips didn’t meet. If you didn’t feel the tenderness or the pas...

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