I open with another poem from my book, Stringing the Bow, read our love letters from our eighth wedding anniversary, and close with a poem for our daughter who celebrated her birthday yesterday.

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A lighthearted remembrance of stroller adventures, holding hands in church, and diving headlong into Daylight Savings Time.

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I open with a dark poem that ends in hope, rather like Holy Week that begins today for Christians. Our love letters talk about hope for the weekend, and I close with a poem about a statue of St. Francis of Assisi, appropriate to the Jubilee of St. Francis that Catholics celebrate this year.

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A band concert pulls up a tribute to the French horn in my new book, our love letters celebrate endearing qualities, and "Green Inebriation" reappears, revised, as spring inevitably will come.

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I read a poem written after a dinner we shared overlooking La Jolla Cove, our love letters about new demands on our time and attention after our move to California, and another poem reflecting on our fifth daughter.

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I read two poems from the pre-publication copy of my book, Stringing the Bow, and our love letters from my first attempt to deal with my depression.

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I look at the ramifications of an encounter with a snake in my childhood, read our love letters on doing things we like, and end with my only sonnet on green visions in Dallas.

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The first poem tells the story of growing up from Texas to Oklahoma to New Jersey and discovering love at 17. Our love letters share how we grew more deeply in love after our Marriage Encounter Weekend, and the closing poem traces the journey to home.

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In view of the upcoming publication of my book, Stringing the Bow, I read the first two poems and our love letters on what keeps us together as a couple.

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We go from high school chemistry to the Kumeyaay indigenous people in the San Diego area to the lush green of Southern California winter.

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