Author Archives: alicebarrett

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About alicebarrett

Small town writer

Lace by Siobhan Campbell

Posted on February 14, 2025 by alicebarrett

Crochet, a hook and one set of fingers… Continue reading →

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On Election Day by Anita Gallers

Posted on February 13, 2025 by alicebarrett

my Jewish star hangs
beside my “I voted” sticker… Continue reading →

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Daybreak Over Chicopee by Marian Kent

Posted on February 12, 2025 by alicebarrett

Hope wears an itchy sweater Continue reading →

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Old Poets by Michael Longley

Posted on February 11, 2025 by alicebarrett

Old Poets Continue reading →

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The Patience of Ordinary Things by Pat Schneider

Posted on February 10, 2025 by alicebarrett

It is a kind of love, is it not? Continue reading →

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Winter Windows by Bee Boykin

Posted on February 9, 2025 by alicebarrett

This is why people have windows… Continue reading →

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Not for Sale by Mary Clare Powell

Posted on February 8, 2025 by alicebarrett

as benevolent as the sun
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Shakers by Mary Clare Powell

Posted on February 7, 2025 by alicebarrett

It is holy, to smooth a bed after rising from it each morning, 4:30 in summer, 5:30 in winter. Holy sitting on the toilets, long skirts around, in the quiet New York hills. … To slide a hand along the … Continue reading →

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Written by Satan

Posted on July 10, 2024 by alicebarrett

The Bill of Rights was written by Satan. When I read them in high school, I was old enough. I can’t find them anywhere since then.  I guess no one is old enough. . Some were okay; we saved number … Continue reading →

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Come to the Stone

Posted on February 13, 2024 by alicebarrett

           by Randall Jarrell The child saw the bombers skate like stones across the fields  As he trudged down the ways the summer strewed  With its reluctant foliage; how many giants  Rose and peered down and vanished, by the road The … Continue reading →

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